torrents
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KickassTorrents Is Back With Its Original Admin Team
Hot on the heels of Village Roadshow’s recent legal shenanigans, the once massive torrent site KickassTorrents has come back online. Rather than a copycat (or malware-infested honeypot), this site reportedly has the original team behind it, though they’ve had to start from scratch in terms of content.
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Warner Bros Targets Streaming Subreddit Over Piracy, Fails
You can find almost anything on Reddit — including free, pirated movies — which is why one movie studio has started to not just go after the sources of these videos, but the places that aggregate them.
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US Judge Says IP Address Doesn’t Prove Anything In Piracy Case
What do you do if you get busted for pirating a terrible Adam Sandler movie? Deny it. That seems to be the lesson of a recently dismissed US federal case, which raises the burden of proof that copyright owner must meet in order to hold you accountable for infringement.
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Maybe You Shouldn’t Stream Torrents In Your Browser
Torrents-Time is an interesting little browser plugin that lets you stream torrents without needing to download a whole separate client. It’s a boon for anyone who needs a simple way to torrent, but as a few people are pointing out, it’s also horribly insecure.