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The Pirate Bay Speaks Out Against UK Ban, Offers Workaround

Yesterday the UK High Court ruled that infamous torrent site The Pirate Bay must be blocked from access by all UK internet providers due to copyright infringement issues. “The galaxy’s most resilient BitTorrent site” responded with a call to arms and a way around the oncoming ban.


December 29, 2011
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These Might Have Been The 50 Most Torrented Things On The Internet In 2011

Torrent site Kat.ph has opened its databases to the download specialists at TorrentFreak, sharing with them the 50 most commonly searched terms for torrent downloads in 2011.


December 16, 2010
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Which Platforms’ Games Are The Most Likely To Be Pirated?

Let’s take a look, courtesy of a report from online piracy specialists TorrentFreak!


December 8, 2010
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One Pirated Software Licence Used 775,000 Times In 200 Countries

Just how big a deal is software piracy? When security company Avast noticed that one of its paid-for licenses was being distributed illicitly online, they decided to track it. A year and a half later, the downloads approached one million.


August 25, 2010
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Microsoft Is Ready To Ban Halo: Reach Pirates

As leaked copies of Halo: Reach hit the torrent sites, Microsoft tells Kotaku that they are aggressively investigating the leak and are fully prepared to hand out bans to anyone caught playing the game pre-release.


December 29, 2009
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The Most Pirated Games Of 2009

Sales figures can be an impressive thing, but so too can the figures showing how many times a game has been pirated. OK, maybe not “impressive”. “Disappointing” might be a more suitable term.


May 21, 2009
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Congress Identifies Piracy Priority Countries

The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus asks that Canada, Russia, China, Mexico, and Spain please cut down on the software piracy. Thanks!


October 21, 2008
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Gears Of War 2 Invades Torrent Sites

Yes, yes – Gears of War 2 has begun showing up on popular torrent sites across the internets, with a gigantic 6.76 GB file in convenient RAR format currently being seeded by hundreds of inconsiderate asshats around the world. I won’t go into details because quite frankly I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t even consider leaks news anymore. It’s going to happen, be it a week away from release or a month away. The only difference between now and any other time of the year is that more high-profile games come out during the holiday season, which I suppose means this is a busy time for everyone in the industry, pirates included.


October 10, 2008
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Fallout 3 360 Compromised By Pre-Apocalyptic Pirates

Fallout 3 for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC are still a good 20 days aways from release, yet owners of slightly shadier Xbox 360 systems are already getting their game on, thanks to a copy of the game now making the rounds at the more popular torrent sites on the web. Seeing as Fallout 3 just went gold, this is more than likely a leaked review copy that got into the wrong hands.