The controversial torrent hub and community ThePirateBay.com has been hit by a series of attacks led by malware researcher Ch Russo. The attack has led to the exposure of the user database for the site. Now, with over 4 million usernames and emails in his possession, Russo has said that groups like the RIAA and more »

The world’s largest BitTorrent site is currently going through some rough patches. Last week, Hollywood received an injunction against the Pirate Bay by threatening CyberBunker operator CB3ROB Ltd. & Co. KG from the Regional Court of Hamburg with some serious fines. This injunction basically stated that CB3ROB and Managing Director Sven Olaf Kamphuis were no more »

Blapkmarket is — correction: was — a website that distributed Android apps for free. The only problem was that the website was distributing apps that were never meant to be free, so it was shut down by its hosting company. Blapkmarket, a play on words of the “apk” file extension of Android apps, hosted a more »

Before I begin…a point of clarification — I do see a difference in ripping and burning a DVD you purchased as opposed to downloading and burning an illegal copy of a DVD. That said, the above image represents why I choose to make pirate (rip and burn) copies of my DVD’s. Simply put, it becomes more »

Piracy is a massive problem in the music industry as it is getting easier and easier to get your music free off the Internet. Obviously the music industry is trying to keep up, and the people at Bopaboo (what a weird name!) think they have come up with a solution: second hand music. But not any old music, oh no, you can now buy used digital music. “How on earth does this work?” I hear you cry, and that is exactly what I thought, but let me first explain the idea behind this and what is supposed to happen. . . .