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The RIAA came up with a rather unusual revelation this week. The music industry group, widely known for its anti-piracy activities, reported that The Pirate Bay started blocking U.S. IP-addresses this year. This is big news, except for the fact that it doesn’t hold any water. The Pirate Bay has no idea what the RIAA […]
Facebook no longer allows its users to share links to The Pirate Bay on their timelines or in chat messages. The blockade follows similar measures taken against other pirate sites in previous weeks. This is not the first time Facebook has taken against against The Pirate Bay but the current measures go substantially further. Ten […]
The Pirate Bay has accepted Bitcoin donations for more than six years. More recently, it added other cryptocoins as well. When we add up all the donations since late 2017, the income is relatively modest. But perhaps the site has a long-term strategy in mind? The Pirate Bay has been both an early adopter and […]
The Pirate Bay remains one of the most popular pirate sites on the web. The notorious torrent site has survived plenty of legal and technical challenges during its long history, but a recent issue seems hard to tackle. After more than three months, TPB still hasn’t opened user registrations, a measure it took to prevent […]
Dutch Internet provider Ziggo has mistakenly blocked access to the popular torrent site EZTV. The overblocking started when The Pirate Bay and EZTV were put on the same Cloudflare IP-address. The issue was eventually resolved after anti-piracy group BREIN asked Cloudflare to put EZTV on a different IP-address. The Pirate Bay is arguably the most […]
Back in 2015, Vodafone admitted that following an order from the Spanish government, it had begun blocking The Pirate Bay, the world’s most famous torrent site. Fast forward four years and the Ministry of Culture and Sports is attempting to finish the job, with an order for ISPs to block more than 60 TPB-related domains. […]
A member of a release team that uploaded thousands of torrents to The Pirate Bay, KickassTorrents and ExtraTorrent faces new action after failing to pay a settlement agreed with BREIN. In 2016, three group members agreed to pay €67,500 between them, but only two paid. BREIN now has a court order to enforce the debt […]
A self-proclaimed prolific Pirate Bay user from Hawaii has agreed to a $2,900 consent judgment. The makers of the movies “Boyka: Undisputed IV” and “Mechanic: Resurrection” initially targeted the wrong person. However, after a follow-up investigation, they turned the case into a win. Every year, thousands of people are sued in the United States for […]
According to the latest Lyst Index report of the world’s hottest fashion brands, Switzerland-based Vetements is a Top 10 player, just behind Versace. Bizarrely, one of its latest ‘creations’ is a Pirate Bay hoodie, on sale for the bargain price of just $845. Ladies and gentlemen are advised to form an orderly queue, credit cards […]
The Pirate Bay is temporarily closed to new users to prevent the site from being flooded with spam. The site was being abused by scammers who uploaded hundreds of malware-linked torrents at once, a crew member informs TorrentFreak. When a solution is ready, registrations are expected to open up again. It’s been relatively smooth sailing […]