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Court Orders Namecheap to Help RIAA Identify Grooveshark Copycat

A court has ordered domain registrar Namecheap to hand over personal details of one of its customers who is suspected to be behind the new Grooveshark website, according to a recent report by TorrentFreak. Continue reading

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Google Fiber Cracks Down on Piracy, Forwarding Copyright Infringement Notices to Users

Google Fiber subscribers have been receiving copyright infringement notices complete with automated piracy settlement offers, TorrentFreak reports. The notices are accompanied by warnings from Google that piracy violates its terms of service, and could ultimately result in service termination. Continue reading

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The Pirate Bay Site Shows Signs of Life After Being Taken Down Two Weeks Ago

The Pirate Bay is back online, in a limited sense, displaying a waving pirate flag and counter less than a month after it was knocked offline by a Swedish police raid. Thepiratebay.se began displaying the pirate flag on Sunday, and subtle changes since have provided fuel for speculation that the torrent site may soon be up and fully functioning again. Continue reading

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New Zealand Police Investigate Money Laundering Case Against Mega Shareholder

One of the largest shareholders of Mega, the cloud storage service founded by Kim Dotcom, is under investigation for his connections to a crime ring. According to a report by TorrentFreak on Monday, New Zealand police have put 18.8 percent of Mega’s shares through William Yan’s companies under restraining order while they investigate the allegations. Continue reading

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Without Court Orders, UK Police Demand Registrars Suspend Torrent Domains

October 10, 2013 — The UK’s recently established Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit has been successful in shutting down several domain names of major torrent sites this week, including SumoTorrent, MisterTorrent and ExtraTorrent Keep on reading: Without Court Orders, UK Police Demand Registrars Suspend Torrent Domains Continue reading

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