Piracy articles

• Article

  KickassTorrents resurfaces online, as all piracy sites do

  By James Vincent on July 22, 2016 06:07 am + 25 comments

  The alleged founder and operator of the most popular torrenting site in the world, KickassTorrents Continue reading…

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  Android pirates who distributed 4 million apps plead guilty

  By James Vincent on May 3, 2016 06:22 am + 14 comments

  When the FBI shut down a trio of illegal Android app marketplaces in 2012, they were the first Continue reading…

• Article

  The Pirate Bay now lets you stream torrents from your browser

  By James Vincent on February 8, 2016 04:49 am

  The best-known torrent site in the world now streams pirated content too. The Pirate Bay has added Continue reading…

• Article

  Google now receives more than 2 million piracy takedown requests a day

  By James Vincent on November 23, 2015 09:32 am + 1 comments

  It's been a while since we checked in with Google's Transparency Report, the company's blog that Continue reading…

• Article

  It's still illegal to jailbreak your video game console because of piracy

  By Nick Statt on October 27, 2015 05:32 pm + 6 comments

  If you're interested in installing unauthorized third-party software on your Xbox One or PlayStation Continue reading…

• Feature

  A brief history of Popcorn Time, the piracy service everyone’s watching

  By Jacob Kastrenakes and James Vincent on October 23, 2015 12:00 pm

  Most of us think of Netflix when we think of streaming movies and TV shows, but over the past year Continue reading…

• Stream

  Popcorn Time: the 'Netflix for piracy' that refuses to die

  By Adi Robertson on October 23, 2015 10:49 am + 475 comments

  Popcorn Time was a simple idea: give people an app that looked like Netflix but streamed BitTorrent Continue reading…

• Article

  Piracy service Popcorn Time now has a legal alternative called Butter

  By Adi Robertson on October 23, 2015 10:29 am + 10 comments

  One of the many versions of popular piracy service Popcorn Time has now spawned what its creators Continue reading…

• Article

  Netflix’s 4K video reportedly cracked, Breaking Bad episode posted online

  By Adi Robertson on August 28, 2015 04:13 pm

  Pirates might have managed to break the copy protection on Netflix's Ultra HD video. TorrentFreak Continue reading…

• Article

  How to stem the piracy of classic games: follow Rare Replay's playbook

  By Chris Plante on August 3, 2015 04:17 pm

  The average laptop has enough storage and power to house and play every video game released for Continue reading…