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BitTorrent.com and Archive.org Blacklisted as Pirate Sites by Major Advertiser

Friday, June 10th, 2011

GroupM, one of the world’s leading advertising companies, has compiled a blacklist of more than 2,000 URLs in an attempt to prevent its clients’ ads from appearing on pirate websites. The blacklist includes many of the usual suspects such as The Pirate Bay and KickassTorrents, but it also features many perfectly legitimate websites including Archive.org and BitTorrent Inc’s site.

Source: BitTorrent.com and Archive.org Blacklisted as Pirate Sites by Major Advertiser

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LimeWire Pays RIAA $105 Million, Artists Get Nothing

Friday, May 13th, 2011

In the midst of their jury trial, the company behind the defunct LimeWire client and the RIAA settled their dispute out of court. Limewire will pay $105 million to compensate the major music labels for damages suffered. A moment of justice for the music industry, but not necessarily for the artists. The recouped money is destined for reinvestment in new anti-piracy efforts and will not be used to compensate any artists.

Source: LimeWire Pays RIAA $105 Million, Artists Get Nothing

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Comcast Offers Help to The Pirate Bay, Problems Fixed

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Starting 24 hours ago, nearly all Comcast subscribers were unable to access The Pirate Bay. Although Comcast is not the only ISP affected by the connectivity issue, the problems appear to be most widespread in their network. In an effort to resolve the problems, Comcast has offered The Pirate Bay assistance from their engineers, to get to the bottom of the issue.

Source: Comcast Offers Help to The Pirate Bay, Problems Fixed

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Comcast Users Blocked From The Pirate Bay

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

During the last few hours reports have been trickling in from Comcast subscribers who are unable to access The Pirate Bay website. Although there is no sign that Comcast is actively blocking user access to the largest BitTorrent site on the Internet, something is clearly not in order. The Pirate Bay team have confirmed that they are not the ones who are blocking, and they’re investigating the issue.

Source: Comcast Users Blocked From The Pirate Bay

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Movie Pirate Sues Police & MPAA For Arrest With Deadly Force

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

A movie pirate who pleaded guilty to a count of forgery for camcording in a local cinema, is now suing the Somerset County police and the MPAA after his leg was broken during the arrest in 2009. The 23-year old Timothy Epifan of Manville, New Jersey, has filed a lawsuit against the parties involved for using deadly force to apprehend him for a non-violent crime.

Source: Movie Pirate Sues Police & MPAA For Arrest With Deadly Force

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FBI Bust Hollywood Insider Over Pirate Bay Uploads

Monday, April 25th, 2011

The FBI has raided the apartment of a Screen Actor’s Guild member suspected of uploading several pre-release screeners of Hollywood blockbusters to The Pirate Bay, including Oscar winner The King’s Speech. In addition the feds believe the actor may be connected to the release group ‘TiMPE’. No charges have been filed thus far.

Source: FBI Bust Hollywood Insider Over Pirate Bay Uploads

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