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Popular torrent site MKVCage, which also distributes torrents on other sites, is being sued by the makers of the action film Hellboy. Soon after the lawsuit was filed the site went offline, but for now it’s unknown whether the downtime is related to the legal issues. A group of movie companies has been very active […]
The popular torrent meta-search engine Torrentz2 is the go-to site for many avid BitTorrent users. Aside from indexing classic torrent sites, Torrentz2 recently expanded by adding Google to its index, which apparently has a pretty impressive collection of unique torrent hashes. More than 80 million in total. Like every general search engine on the web, […]
The Federal Court in Sydney, Australia, has handed down yet another blocking injunction targeting streaming and torrent sites. The order also targets a list of proxies, mirrors and similar sites that without ISPs’ objection, can be amended without the plaintiffs returning to court to detail them specifically. Section 115a of Australia’s Copyright Act, which provides […]
Popular torrent site YTS has been hit with a third lawsuit from a US company this year. The website, which has millions of users, is accused of uploading and sharing a copy of the film “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.” In addition, the complaint also targets 16 Hawaii residents who allegedly shared the film […]
HB Productions, the company that owns the copyrights to the movie Hellboy, is suing the operator of torrent site YTS.lt. The complaint, filed at a federal court in Hawaii, also targets 19 “John Doe” users who allegedly shared YTS’s Hellboy torrent. Through the lawsuit the movie company hopes to recoup some of its claimed losses. […]
Following a lawsuit filed by several movie companies, a representative of the popular torrent site YTS reportedly considered a settlement. While no agreement was reached, the notorious pirate site has made several movies unavailable to the public at large. YTS is the most-visited torrent site on the Internet. With millions of visitors, it even beats […]
Foxtel has returned yet again to the Federal Court in Sydney, Australia, with another application to have ‘pirate’ sites blocked by ISPs. Documents obtained by TorrentFreak reveal efforts to block streaming and torrent sites plus proxy platforms that enable users to access blocked sites. Following the introduction of amendments to copyright law in 2018, it […]
Popular torrent site YTS has recently moved to a new domain name, using a Lithuanian top-level domain. The operators haven’t commented on their motivation, but it seems likely that a recent lawsuit several movie companies filed in the US played a role. With millions of visitors, YTS is the most-visited torrent site on the Internet, […]
A torrent site losing its domain over a single copyright complaint from Amazon seems an unlikely scenario. However, when one views the complaint as a trigger, one that’s able to set off a chain reaction at the domain’s registry, everything begins to fall into place. There are thousands of torrent and streaming sites on the […]
The popular magnet torrent search engine MagnetDL has closed its doors after seven years. With its clean and easy-to-use interface, the site was the go-to site for many torrent users. It’s unclear why MagnetDL is closing shop, but former users will now have to find an alternative. Founded in 2012, MagnetDL offered a clean and […]