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Nyaa Torrents (named for the Japanese onomatopoeia for a cat's meow) is a BitTorrent website focused on East Asian (Japanese, Chinese, and Korean) media. It is one of the largest public anime -dedicated torrent indexes .
A guide to Reddit's r/piracy subreddit, and how the community discussion site is combating illegal sharing Dave Johnson Illegal piracy on the online forum, Reddit, has led to increasing crackdowns.
e. 1337x is an online website that provides a directory of torrent files and magnet links used for peer-to-peer file sharing through the BitTorrent protocol. [ 1] According to the TorrentFreak news blog, 1337x is the second-most popular torrent website as of 2024. [ 2] The U.S. Trade Representative flagged it as one of the most notorious pirate ...
Committee consideration by House Judiciary Committee. The Stop Online Piracy Act ( SOPA) was a proposed United States congressional bill to expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement to combat online copyright infringement and online trafficking in counterfeit goods.
v. t. e. File sharing in Japan is notable for both its size and sophistication. [1] The Recording Industry Association of Japan has used a 2010 study to suggest that illegal downloads (which have been illegal since 2010) outnumber legal ones 10:1. [2] [3] In 2012, a law was passed that would invoke penalties for accessing pirated music or movies.
Warez scene. The Warez scene, often referred to as The Scene, [ 1] is a worldwide, underground, organized network of pirate groups specializing in obtaining and illegally releasing digital media for free before their official sale date. [ 2] The Scene distributes all forms of digital media, including computer games, movies, TV shows, music, and ...
v. t. e. Popcorn Time is a multi-platform, free software BitTorrent client that includes an integrated media player. The application provides a piracy-based alternative to subscription-based video streaming services such as Netflix. Popcorn Time uses sequential downloading to stream video listed by several torrent websites, and third-party ...
September 8 – The RIAA begins filing lawsuits against individuals allegedly sharing files on P2P networks such as Kazaa. [ 62] November – Winny source code is confiscated by the Kyoto Police. November 21 – The Pirate Bay (TPB) bittorrent tracker is founded by Gottfrid Svartholm, Fredrik Neij, and Peter Sunde.