torrents
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Twitter Doesn’t Like Piracy, Even When It’s in the Public Service
Across Twitter on Friday, open-source advocates and academics alike poured one out following the suspension of Sci-Hub, a site that lets researchers bypass the costly paywalls for more than 70 million papers from across the globe.
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Russian Man Who Tried To Burn Down Offices Of Internet Regulator Reportedly Gets Probation
Earlier this month, a court in Russia’s Ulyanovsk Region sentenced a man to one and a half years’ probation after he reportedly tried not one, not two, but three times to burn down the regional offices of national internet regulator Roskomnadzor, with Interfax reporting (via TorrentFreak) that one local said he had done so to…
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Game Of Thrones Season 7 Was Pirated Over A Billion Times (Probably)
A billion times. That’s how massive the flood of pirated Game of Thrones video was for the show’s most recent season. The recently released data presents some interesting insights, too — namely that torrents aren’t nearly as popular as illegitimate streaming sites.
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German Court Rules Parents Must Turn Over Their Kids For Torrenting
A German court has ruled on a copyright infringement case that dates back to 2011 and the verdict has disturbing consequences for parents. The ruling found that parents must identify their child by name as the one responsible for downloading a torrent or they will be held responsible for the violation.