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A court order blocked pirate sites that weren’t supposed to be blocked

One week ago, the news site TorrentFreak reported that The Pirate Bay and nearly 20 other torrent and pirate sites were being blocked by Cogent Communications, an Internet backbone provider. The ... read more

Internet backbone provider Cogent cuts off service to Russia - Engadget

Cogent Communications, an internet backbone provider that carries approximately 25 percent of all global web traffic, has begun cutting ties with Russian businesses in response to the country’s ... read more

Popular file-sharing site Pirate Bay blocked - USA TODAY

SAN FRANCISCO — For a second day, popular file-sharing website Pirate Bay — which hosts copies of movies soon after their theatrical release, sometimes illegally — remained offline after ... read more

Internet service provider Cogent cutting off access to Russian customers

Cogent Communications -- an internet service provider carrying about 25% of all internet traffic across the globe-- said on Friday it is terminating its service in Russia due to the invasion of ... read more

The Pirate Bay's new network is making ISP blocks useless - Engadget

Despite global efforts to put the kibosh on infamous torrent site The Pirate Bay (TPB), the lair of internet swashbucklers is proving almost impossible to sack. Swedish police succeeded in taking ... read more

Internet backbone provider shuts off service in Russia

Cogent Communications, one of the world’s largest internet backbone providers, has cut ties with Russian customers in a move that may slow down connectivity in the country. read more

Pirate Bay warning: internet provider forced to hand over names of illegal downloaders

A landmark court ruling in Sweden could have dire consequences for those using torrent sites like the Pirate Bay to download pirate films and TV shows. One of the country's main internet service ... read more

French Court Orders Internet Providers to Block Access to The Pirate Bay - The Hollywood Reporter

French Court Orders Internet Providers to Block Access to The Pirate Bay. A French anti-piracy group, backed by the music majors, pushed for the file-sharing site to be banned online ... read more

Australian ISPs ordered to block The Pirate Bay by year's end

The Pirate Bay has been chased around the world, and now Australia's internet service providers have been ordered to block it Down Under, along with a raft of other torrent sites. read more

The Pirate Bay is back, and has barely lost a step - ExtremeTech

The venerable piracy site The Pirate Bay has traveled down a bumpy road as of late. Along with other prominent piracy sites, The Pirate Bay was taken down in a raid around two months ago. However ... read more

Pirate Bay traffic has doubled post-ISP blocks - Ars Technica

Despite court-governed blocks and its founders being jailed, The Pirate Bay's traffic has doubled since 2011. The world's most infamous peer-to-peer file-sharing site shared these stats with ... read more