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1.

YouTube’s Piracy Filter Blocks MIT Courses, Blender Videos, and More (torrentfreak.com)

1129 points by gooseus 2018-06-18 | 250 comments

2.

BitTorrent’s Secure Dropbox Alternative Goes Public (torrentfreak.com)

770 points by ninthfrank07 2013-04-23 | 283 comments

3.

How the US Pushed Sweden to Take Down the Pirate Bay (torrentfreak.com)

701 points by pawal 2017-12-14 | 310 comments

4.

French ISPs Ordered to Block Sci-Hub and LibGen (torrentfreak.com)

696 points by obl 2019-04-02 | 368 comments

5.

Sci-Hub Proves That Piracy Can Be Dangerously Useful (torrentfreak.com)

566 points by okket 2018-08-04 | 170 comments

6.

World’s Oldest Surviving Torrent Still Alive After 15 Years (torrentfreak.com)

522 points by lainon 2018-09-29 | 200 comments

7.

Police Raid 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay Girl (torrentfreak.com)

472 points by Sami_Lehtinen 2012-11-22 | 159 comments

8.

Swedish ISP Protests ‘Site Blocking’ by Blocking Rightsholders Website Too (torrentfreak.com)

454 points by kawera 2018-11-03 | 115 comments

9.

Elsevier Complaint Shuts Down Sci-Hub Domain Name (torrentfreak.com)

450 points by yunque 2016-05-05 | 227 comments

10.

U.S. Government Shuts Down 84,000 Websites, ‘By Mistake’ (torrentfreak.com)

430 points by Uncle_Sam 2011-02-16 | 152 comments

11.

Cloudflare Terminates Service to Sci-Hub Domain Names (torrentfreak.com)

415 points by jakobdabo 2018-02-05 | 218 comments

12.

Flight Sim Company Embeds Malware to Steal Pirates’ Passwords (torrentfreak.com)

403 points by unhammer 2018-02-20 | 169 comments

13.

Feds, Please Return My Personal Files Stored at MegaUpload (torrentfreak.com)

390 points by nextparadigms 2012-01-20 | 206 comments

14.

Swiss Government: Downloading Movies and Music Will Stay Legal (torrentfreak.com)

389 points by Uncle_Sam 2011-12-02 | 212 comments

15.

Torrentz Shuts Down, Largest Torrent Meta-Search Engine Says Farewell (torrentfreak.com)

385 points by dacm 2016-08-05 | 312 comments

16.

Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Released from Prison (torrentfreak.com)

380 points by lelf 2014-11-10 | 200 comments

17.

Swedish Police Raid the Pirate Bay, Site Offline (torrentfreak.com)

375 points by jalan 2014-12-09 | 167 comments

18.

Fox 'uses' a gameplay video from YouTube, and removes the original with DMCA (torrentfreak.com)

363 points by juanito 2016-05-20 | 77 comments

19.

UK Porn Filter Will Censor Other Content Too, ISPs Reveal (torrentfreak.com)

357 points by llambda 2013-07-26 | 169 comments

20.

Gamers Want DMCA Exemption for ‘Abandoned’ Online Games (torrentfreak.com)

346 points by duramato 2017-12-21 | 75 comments

21.

YouTube's Copyright Protection System Is a Mess (torrentfreak.com)

310 points by okket 2018-12-22 | 123 comments

22.

Google Downranks 65,000 Pirate Sites in Search Results (torrentfreak.com)

306 points by Jerry2 2018-06-30 | 253 comments

23.

Google Boots Open-Source Anti-Censorship Tool "Ahoy" from Chrome Store (torrentfreak.com)

303 points by davidgerard 2018-08-10 | 92 comments

24.

Publisher Gets Carte Blanche to Seize New Sci-Hub Domains (torrentfreak.com)

297 points by beefman 2018-04-12 | 163 comments

25.

PayPal Starts Banning VPN and SmartDNS Services (torrentfreak.com)

296 points by fernandotakai 2016-02-06 | 193 comments

26.

The Pirate Bay Will Stop Serving Torrents (torrentfreak.com)

295 points by llambda 2012-01-12 | 86 comments

27.

Ron Paul speaks against SOPA (torrentfreak.com)

288 points by pawn 2011-12-30 | 304 comments

28.

Judge: An IP-Address Doesn’t Identify a Person (or BitTorrent Pirate) (torrentfreak.com)

285 points by llambda 2012-05-03 | 100 comments

29.

Canada Prohibits Piracy Settlement Demands in ISP Copyright Notices (torrentfreak.com)

284 points by walterbell 2018-12-23 | 64 comments

30.

Pirate Bay Founder Arrest Followed By $59m Swedish Aid Package For Cambodia (torrentfreak.com)

270 points by subsystem 2012-09-05 | 79 comments

31.

Mastercard and Visa Start Banning VPN Providers (torrentfreak.com)

267 points by melito 2013-07-03 | 110 comments

32.

Pirate Bay Founders Acquitted in Criminal Copyright Case (torrentfreak.com)

265 points by adamnemecek 2015-07-10 | 9 comments

33.

SOPA sponsors break their own laws (torrentfreak.com)

261 points by kapitalx 2011-11-18 | 40 comments

34.

Kim Dotcom: The US Government is Wrong, Here’s Why (torrentfreak.com)

260 points by cleverjake 2012-03-26 | 189 comments

35.

PeerTube: A ‘Censorship’ Resistent YouTube Alternative (torrentfreak.com)

259 points by otini 2018-06-24 | 109 comments

36.

Leaked: Police Plan to Raid The Pirate Bay (torrentfreak.com)

257 points by webandrew 2012-03-09 | 93 comments

37.

The Pirate Bay Moves to .SE Domain To Prevent Domain Seizure (torrentfreak.com)

257 points by dazbradbury 2012-02-01 | 81 comments

38.

Internet Archive Seeks to Defend Against Wrongful Copyright Takedowns (torrentfreak.com)

255 points by jcr 2016-03-25 | 45 comments

39.

Megaupload to Sue Universal, Joins Fight Against SOPA (torrentfreak.com)

248 points by llambda 2011-12-12 | 59 comments

40.

“DRM is Used to Lock in, Control and Spy on Users” (torrentfreak.com)

246 points by cheiVia0 2016-11-09 | 55 comments

41.

World’s Oldest Torrent Is Still Being Shared After 4,419 Days (torrentfreak.com)

244 points by yabatopia 2016-01-24 | 107 comments

42.

The Pirate Bay: “The Battle of Internets is About to Begin” (torrentfreak.com)

241 points by Uncle_Sam 2011-05-09 | 103 comments

43.

CBS Shuts Down Stage 9, a Fan-Made Recreation of the USS Enterprise (torrentfreak.com)

240 points by okket 2018-09-27 | 163 comments

44.

Spain threatened with trade blacklist for not passing SOPA style law (torrentfreak.com)

239 points by Hates_ 2012-01-05 | 38 comments

45.

Google Refuses to Remove the Pirate Bay's Homepage (torrentfreak.com)

239 points by octosphere 2018-08-01 | 84 comments

46.

IPVanish “No-Logging” VPN Led Homeland Security to Comcast User (torrentfreak.com)

231 points by placatedmayhem 2018-06-07 | 173 comments

47.

Kim Dotcom Spying Operation Was Illegal, NZ High Court Rules (torrentfreak.com)

226 points by tgragnato 2017-08-27 | 29 comments

48.

Antigua Government Set to Launch “Pirate” Website To Punish United States (torrentfreak.com)

226 points by fraqed 2013-01-24 | 97 comments

49.

Pirate Bay officially loses case (torrentfreak.com)

226 points by chris11 2009-04-17 | 164 comments

50.

BitTorrent Based DNS To Counter US Domain Seizures (torrentfreak.com)

221 points by mcgin 2010-11-30 | 73 comments

51.

US Court Grants ISPs and Search Engine Blockade of Sci-Hub (torrentfreak.com)

221 points by stevemclaugh 2017-11-06 | 123 comments

52.

Kim Dotcom: Joe Biden Ordered the Megaupload Shutdown (torrentfreak.com)

217 points by rkudeshi 2012-07-03 | 88 comments

53.

Google Starts Censoring BitTorrent, RapidShare and More (torrentfreak.com)

217 points by barredo 2011-01-26 | 97 comments

54.

Microsoft Censors Pirate Bay Links in Windows Live Messenger (torrentfreak.com)

216 points by zotz 2012-03-24 | 175 comments

55.

File Hosting Service Hotfile Sues Warner Bros. For Copyright Fraud and Abuse (torrentfreak.com)

214 points by scottshea 2011-09-13 | 42 comments

56.

I Know What You Downloaded on BitTorrent… (torrentfreak.com)

214 points by llambda 2011-12-10 | 86 comments

57.

Pirates Plunder 4K Hateful Eight, but Did They Crack DCP? (torrentfreak.com)

207 points by dbcooper 2016-09-07 | 234 comments

58.

Internet Archive Starts Seeding 1,398,875 Torrents (torrentfreak.com)

203 points by vibrunazo 2012-08-08 | 40 comments

59.

Google Adds 'Kodi' to Autocomplete Piracy Filter (torrentfreak.com)

202 points by portofcall 2018-03-29 | 111 comments

60.

The Pirate Bay Wants You To Really Download A Car (torrentfreak.com)

201 points by llambda 2012-01-24 | 137 comments

61.

Globally, Almost Four Out of Ten Music Consumers Are Pirates (torrentfreak.com)

201 points by okket 2018-10-10 | 344 comments

62.

Wikileaks: Police Arrested Movie Pirate As “A Personal Favor” To Movie Official (torrentfreak.com)

197 points by there 2011-04-30 | 41 comments

63.

Pirate Bay Finds Safe Haven in Iceland, Switches to .IS Domain (torrentfreak.com)

197 points by Heliosmaster 2013-04-25 | 120 comments

64.

70% of the Public Finds Piracy Socially Acceptable (torrentfreak.com)

195 points by hoag 2011-03-01 | 181 comments

65.

PureVPN Logs Helped FBI Net Alleged Cyberstalker (torrentfreak.com)

193 points by sparklemarkle 2017-10-09 | 95 comments

66.

Author Slams eBook Piracy, Son Outs Her As a Music Pirate (torrentfreak.com)

192 points by lockem 2010-12-13 | 170 comments

67.

Politician Violates His Own Two-Strikes Anti-Piracy Plan (torrentfreak.com)

192 points by nextparadigms 2011-10-03 | 30 comments

68.

Megaupload Demands Return of Millions of Dollars From U.S. Govt. (torrentfreak.com)

191 points by Garbage 2012-05-31 | 90 comments

69.

Chilling Effects removes itself from search engines (torrentfreak.com)

189 points by jarcane 2015-01-10 | 27 comments

70.

Canadian anti-piracy outfit pirates photos for its website (torrentfreak.com)

189 points by vy8vWJlco 2013-05-15 | 67 comments

71.

Danish Police Censor Google, Facebook and 8,000 Other Sites by Accident (torrentfreak.com)

189 points by websagir 2012-03-02 | 59 comments

72.

EU Court: Open WiFi Operator Not Liable for Pirate Users (torrentfreak.com)

185 points by chewymouse 2016-09-16 | 24 comments

73.

Megaupload Trial May Never Happen, Judge Says (torrentfreak.com)

184 points by res0nat0r 2012-04-20 | 84 comments

74.

The Avengers: Why Pirates Failed To Prevent A Box Office Record (torrentfreak.com)

183 points by narad 2012-05-08 | 137 comments

75.

Raided 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay Girl Came To Save Us All (torrentfreak.com)

179 points by cyphersanctus 2012-11-25 | 73 comments

76.

Judge Recommends ISP and Search Engine Blocking of Sci-Hub in the US (torrentfreak.com)

179 points by davidgerard 2017-10-03 | 118 comments

77.

Universal Censors Megaupload Song, Gets Branded a “Rogue Label” (torrentfreak.com)

179 points by lomegor 2011-12-10 | 79 comments

78.

Tribler Makes BitTorrent Impossible to Shut Down (torrentfreak.com)

178 points by Garbage 2012-02-08 | 60 comments

79.

Netflix Is Killing BitTorrent in The US (torrentfreak.com)

177 points by AndrewWarner 2011-04-27 | 98 comments

80.

Pirate Party Wins 7.1% of Swedish Vote, Enters European Parliament (torrentfreak.com)

177 points by mapleoin 2009-06-07 | 54 comments

81.

An easy way to share files P2P, and how it works (torrentfreak.com)

175 points by shacharz 2013-07-06 | 98 comments

82.

EU Adopts Resolution Against US Domain Seizures (torrentfreak.com)

175 points by Tsiolkovsky 2011-11-17 | 21 comments

83.

U.S. Government Seizes BitTorrent Search Engine Domain and More (torrentfreak.com)

172 points by Uncle_Sam 2010-11-26 | 72 comments

84.

ISP Walks Out of Piracy Talks: “We’re Not The Internet Police” (torrentfreak.com)

171 points by spdy 2012-12-30 | 8 comments

85.

Megaupload Seizure Order “Null and Void” Says High Court (torrentfreak.com)

171 points by llambda 2012-03-18 | 32 comments

86.

Police Return Seized Hardware to Victorious BitTorrent Admin, Trashed (torrentfreak.com)

170 points by rbanffy 2011-03-13 | 43 comments

87.

The Copyright Lobby Absolutely Loves Child Pornography (torrentfreak.com)

166 points by zdw 2012-01-22 | 23 comments

88.

VPN Services That Take Your Anonymity Seriously (torrentfreak.com)

165 points by chaostheory 2013-03-03 | 107 comments

89.

Pirate Bay Founders’ Prison Sentences Final, Supreme Court Appeal Rejected (torrentfreak.com)

165 points by forza 2012-02-01 | 69 comments

90.

Cloudflare Ordered to Expose YTS, Showbox, and Popcorn Time Site 'Operators' (torrentfreak.com)

163 points by aravindhsriram 2018-09-21 | 41 comments

91.

Reddit's /r/Piracy is deleting almost ten years of history to avoid ban (torrentfreak.com)

163 points by okket 2019-04-07 | 136 comments

92.

Kim Dotcom Releases New Raid Footage Captured By In-House CCTV (torrentfreak.com)

163 points by Libertatea 2013-06-13 | 99 comments

93.

Pirate Bay Founder Arrested in Cambodia (torrentfreak.com)

162 points by denzil_correa 2012-09-01 | 76 comments

94.

TPB AFK: Watch and Download The Pirate Bay Documentary (torrentfreak.com)

161 points by derpenxyne 2013-02-08 | 68 comments

95.

Pirate Bay Founder Held In Solitary Confinement (torrentfreak.com)

161 points by nsns 2012-10-20 | 59 comments

96.

‘Daily Stormer’ Termination Haunts Cloudflare in Online Piracy Case (torrentfreak.com)

159 points by vespian 2017-10-01 | 230 comments

97.

US Authorities Silence NinjaVideo Founder, Rush Her to Prison (torrentfreak.com)

158 points by nicki_easy 2012-01-14 | 154 comments

98.

Pirate site with No Traffic attracts 49m bogus DMCA notices (torrentfreak.com)

158 points by kilburn 2017-02-20 | 39 comments

99.

Pirate Bay Receives Notice To Keep a Torrent (torrentfreak.com)

157 points by rpledge 2010-08-26 | 41 comments

100.

You Can’t Copyright Porn, Harassed BitTorrent Defendant Insists (torrentfreak.com)

157 points by pdelgallego 2012-02-06 | 102 comments

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