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Strike 3 Wins $108K Judgment Against Alleged Downloader

A New York court granted a default judgment for over $108,000 in favor of Strike 3 Media against a local man accused of illegally downloading videos from their Vixen Media Group studios. 

Italian Court Orders ISPs to Block Top Torrent Sites

An Italian court has issued an order that effectively blocks several leading torrent websites, TorrentFreak reported today.

London Police Seeks to Shut Down Torrent Sites

A number of major torrent sites have found their domain names suspended by their registrars following formal requests from City of London Police.

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Homeland Security Shutters more than 70 Torrent Sites

Since last week, Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement division (ICE) has

Diane Duke ·

3 More Adult Companies Sue 1,100 Bit Torrent Users

1,100 John Does were targeted in three separate suits waged by CP Productions Inc., First Time Videos and Future Blue Inc.

7 Bit Torrent Piracy Suits Target 5,469

In one of the largest swoops targeting bit torrent piracy, numerous suits were filed Friday against 5,469 suspected of poaching porn off the Internet.

German Porn Producer Sues 670 Bit Torrent Users

German porn producer Mick Haig Productions has filed suit against 670 John Does who have been using bit torrents to share the adult movie, “Der Gute Onkel,” translated in English as “The Good Uncle”.

After Targeting 635, LFP Plans More Bit Torrent Suits

LFP, which filed suit against 635 individuals on Friday, has waged the "first of many" copyright infringement lawsuits against bit torrent users who poach content online, XBIZ has learned.

Lightspeed, Grooby File Suits Against Hundreds of Bit Torrent Users

Lightspeed Media Corp., Grooby Productions and Hard Drive Productions each filed copyright infringement suits on Thursday, targeting bit torrent users who allegedly downloaded their works.

Lucas Files Suit Against 65 Bit Torrent Users

Producer and performer Michael Lucas has filed suit seeking to put a halt to the file-sharing of "Missing," the gay suspense thriller filmed on location in Barcelona.

Pirate Bay Decentralizes Torrent Tracker, Stays Alive

The Pirate Bay has shuttered its torrent-tracking service and dispersed the site’s functionality elsewhere.

Dutch Court to Bit Torrent Site Mininova: Remove Links

Bit torrent site Mininova has been ordered to remove all links to copyrighted material, including adult videos.

Torrent Site Admin Hit with 3-Year Sentence, Fine

A high-ranking administrator for a Torrent website was sentenced to three years of supervised release and fined $20,000.

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Bit Torrent Blues

The roving minstrels of Internet pornography are singing impassioned, angry songs these days.

Tom Hymes ·

Anti-Piracy Group Shuts Down More Torrent Sites

The Dutch anti-piracy organization BREIN has announced the closure of six more torrent sites hosted in the Netherlands, with a total of approximately 70,000 users and 9,000 links to illegal files, according to a statement issued Monday.