The once popular BitTorrent tracker, Demonoid is currently in the process of a site revitalization. Early signs of life have begun to appear on the website with messages such as, ‘Coming back soon, please check back later.’ While most online piracy attention falls on The Pirate Bay or isoHunt, Demonoid was the largest private tracker…
The German division of Universal Media Group has successfully hindered the notorious BitTorrent site, h33t. Recently Universal Media Group found itself requesting a temporary injunction against h33t over Robin Thicke’s latest album, ‘Blurred Lines’ due to the album appearing on the site. The popular file sharing site is known for hosting torrents that allow users…
This week Netflix launched its service in the Netherlands, which brought forward interesting information of how the company decides what it will offer to its subscribers. Each country that Netflix provides service to will have different demands for content. One way Netflix decides what to offer is by seeing what is popular on a variety…
One of the world’s largest torrent sites, TheBox.bz will be closing its doors this Saturday. TheBox.bz, a private site that has close to 90,000 members isn’t shutting down due to a particular threat, but rather the administrators felt it was only a matter of time before they would be forced to. An administrator from TheBox.bz…
