Poisoned BitTorrent Client Blamed for Spread of Malware Drew Wilson | March 19, 2018 Microsoft says nearly 400,000 devices could have been infected with unauthorized Bitcoin mining due to an update of MediaGet.
Irish Judge Grants Injunction to Block 8 Torrent and Streaming Sites Drew Wilson | January 15, 2018 8 websites that offer streaming or torrents are going to be blocked. This is thanks to an injunction granted by an Irish judge.
Court Rules Against Cloudflare, Can Be Liable For Infringement Drew Wilson | March 31, 2017 A judge in California has ruled that Cloudflare isn’t protected from DMCA injunctions. As a result, they may be held liable for alleged copyright infringement of websites they protect.
ZeroPaid Interviews TorrentLitigation.com Drew Wilson | August 23, 2012 We talk a lot about national and international copyright laws a lot, but one of the issues that receives less attention is how individual users can deal with legal threats by rights holders whenever they, say, get caught uploading copyright infringing material. Adam Urbanczyk, Principal Attorney of TorrentLitigation.com wants to be a solution for users …
Torrent Users Coming to Grips With Demonoid Shut Down Drew Wilson | August 16, 2012 For a lot of Torrent users, Demonoid was a one stop shop for a lot of different kinds of content. It was one of a handful of sites that had such name recognition. Billed by many as a “semi-private” tracker, the site introduced a number of users to the world of private BitTorrent trackers. Now …
Leap Second Crashes The Pirate Bay [Updated] Drew Wilson | June 30, 2012 Panic ensued over The Pirate Bay going down. The problem for about two hours was that no one knew why until now. It turns out, the infamous leap second is to blame for the Pirate Bay going down.
The Pirate Bay Goes Down for Unknown Reasons Drew Wilson | June 30, 2012 Swedish BitTorrent website ThePirateBay has been experiencing some downtime recently. Unfortunately, no one seems to know why the site is down.
Anti-Piracy Company Attacks the Media While Lashing Out at H33t Drew Wilson | May 31, 2012 In news that one could file under “oddities”, an anti-piracy company has apparently decided to attack several websites in the midst of a rant against BitTorrent website H33t.
Breaking News: The Pirate Bay DDOS Attacker Revealed Drew Wilson | May 17, 2012 We’ve been following the news of the DDOS attack on Swedish BitTorrent website The Pirate Bay and Wikileaks. Now, ZeroPaid has finally learned who was behind the attack.
UK High Court Orders ISPs to Block The Pirate Bay Drew Wilson | April 30, 2012 A recent court ruling in the UK could have wide-ranging consequences across the Internet – especially for those living in the UK. The high court in the UK has ruled that ISPs must block Swedish public BitTorrent website ThePirateBay.