Archive for the 'News & Others' Category

Cinavia DRM Aimed to Stop Piracy On Blu-ray, PS3s

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010


Haven’t heard about Cinavia? Chances are, you will soon if you download pirated movies and attempt to play them back on a Blu-ray player or through a PS3. Cinavia is a somewhat new DRM technology that uses "audio watermarking" embedded into the audio stream portion of a movie. In a nutshell, what it does is [...]

ScL is Back Online, But Torrentless

Friday, February 19th, 2010


Just a quick shoutout to all you ScL fans – ScL is now back online. But don’t jump up and down for joy just yet. The downtime has taken a toll on the site as it would appear as though they’ve lost all torrents. After nearly 7 long weeks of downtime, most of the site [...]

Vortex Network – Mac Tracker Nearing Its End?

Sunday, January 31st, 2010


It’s all the rage these days for private trackers to softly threaten their members into donating in order to keep the site afloat. This strategy isn’t entirely new, but the rising trend suggests that the onus is being shifted towards a majority of members who aren’t willfully donating. VortexNetwork, or "eye of the storm" is [...]

Unique Topsite-Linked Service Provides Scene Releases, Not Torrents

Friday, January 29th, 2010


Scene Access – Coveted by many; enjoyed by few. While that statement isn’t entirely true, one of the most popular email requests we get here at FSF is from readers asking where they can find scene access. Our response is always the same: we can’t help you, not even point you in a vague [...]

Waffles’ Haiti Donation Drive a Smashing Success

Thursday, January 21st, 2010


Waffles.fm (and their generous members) has long been known as a private tracker with a big heart when it comes to donation drives – whether it be their participation in the annual Toys For Tots program, or charity food / book drives. Yesterday, Waffles announced a new donation promo to support Haiti, and by the [...]

DVDRSource and TVSource Merge to Create New Scene Tracker ‘XNT’

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010


With 2010 being just a couple of days old, already two new trackers have dropped off the Internet – sadly DVDRSource.org and TVSource.org are no longer with us. While this could be considered a tragic event, we think you’ll agree that the outcome is better than the sum of its parts – both trackers have [...]

TorrentLeech Invites Being Handed Out On IRC

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010


If there was a People’s Choice award for best tracker, few would argue that TorrentLeech is at the top of the list. For those last few holdouts who don’t yet possess an account at TorrentLeech, what have you been waiting for? TL is currently offering invites through IRC, but don’t delay; this is said to [...]

TorrentLeech Invites Being Handed Out On IRC

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010


If there was a People’s Choice award for best tracker, few would argue that TorrentLeech is at the top of the list. For those last few holdouts who don’t yet possess an account at TorrentLeech, what have you been waiting for? TL is currently offering invites through IRC, but don’t delay; this is said to [...]

BitMeTV Implements a ‘Global Ban’ of Romania

Thursday, December 31st, 2009


Chalk up another private tracker that brought out the banhammer against Romania. Two months ago, BitMeTV issued a warning to their Romanian users of a possible "global ban". Consider this to be some sort of "trial period" in which if Romanians didn’t clean up their act, further action would be implemented. Yesterday, BitMeTV made good [...]

Christmas Specials: RevolutionTT To Open Signups

Monday, December 21st, 2009


We figured that RevolutionTT.net would at least wait until the new year to open public registration, but they’re doing things a little early this time around. On Christmas Day, starting at 00:00 GMT, RevoTT will open for as little as 24 hours (or less, depending on how many members sign up) so get in early! [...]