Demonoid Back Online, But Blocking Canadian Users
Looks like the CRIA had a hand in the affair after all.
Well, it looks like things are somewhat back to normal on Demonoid, for now the site is up and running like days of old. Yet, it seems as though the world’s second largest BitTorrent tracker site did run into legal problems after all, [...]
Demonoid Trackers Back Up, But Site Still Down
Is Demonoid slowly returning to business as usual?
Many of you, myself included, have been following the whole Demonoid, a popular BitTorrent tracker site, affair very closely. Well, I’m pleased to report that the site seems to be slowly reappearing as we speak.
I reported before that the CRIA was allegedly to blame for the recent [...]
MPAA Goes After 2 More Video Streaming Sites
Cinematube and SSUpload are the new targets of its war on piracy.
It was back in June that the MPAA started to go after video streaming sites, with YouTVpc and Peekvid being the first to feel its wrath. Today it was announced that it has decided to go after SSUpload.com and CinemaTube.net as well.
The [...]
Trent Reznor Tells Australian Crowd to ‘Steal My Music’
Says that’s what record labels get for not dropping their CD prices like he asked.
I mentioned previously how NIN frontman Trent Reznor was both shocked and angered to discover on a visit to an Australian CD retailer that his latest release, “Year Zero,” was retailing for almost $30 USD.
Calling the price “absurd,” he [...]
Pirate Bay Goes After Music and Film Industry
Now that they have proof of the music and film industry’s use of hackers, saboteurs, and DDOSers, the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker site decides to take them to court.
It’s not often that we get to a chance to hear about music and movie industry corporations getting taken to court over the tactics they employ [...]
ISOHunt Begins Blocking US Visitors
Follows TorrentSpy’s lead and chooses user privacy over court-ordered MPAA data collection.
BitTorrent users in the US have just lost another popular public BitTorrent tracker site with ISOHunt’s recent announcement that it has decided to begin blocking access by US visitors effective immediately.
Jacqueline Chooljian, a federal judge for the Central District of California in [...]
Has Demonoid Been Shut Down by the CRIA?
Unresponsive for almost 2 days now, a Dutch website is reporting that the popular BitTorrent tracker site has been taken down by the Canadian music industry.
According to a Dutch news site, Demonoid has been taken down due to the efforts of the Canadian Recording Industry Association.(CRIA)
There’s no word yet on what the cause is, [...]
Halo 3 Leaked to BitTorrent
Users with modded consoles get an early taste of the much anticipated third chapter in the highly successful and critically acclaimed Halo franchise.
Not scheduled for official release until tomorrow North America and on the following day in Europe, bootleg copies of Halo 3 for the Xbox 360 have already shown up on [...]
Germany Outlaws Burning CDs Made From Illegally Obtained Music
New copyright law criminalizes the use of music obtained from illegal file-sharing.
Last Friday Germany’s upper house of parliament approved a controversial new copyright law that makes it illegal for individuals to make copies of music and movies if they were obtained illegally.
Pushing aside criticism from consumer protection groups, the Bundesrat passed [...]
