Following intense pressure on local Internet companies, particularly search giant Yandex, last year an important meeting took place at the headquarters of Russian telecom watchdog Roscomnadzor. Held between search engines and major copyright holders, the […]
Like every general search engine on the web, Google indexes every page it can find. That’s what it’s for, after all. Torrent meta-search engines do things quite differently. These sites are only interested in torrent […]
Copyright holders who want unlicensed copies of their material removed from online platforms are able to file requests under various laws in the United States and EU, for example. Search engines such as Google also […]
News in that TorrentFreak was blocked from the google search and Torrent Freak Reported below At TorrentFreak, we have written hundreds of articles about website blocking and censorship. Today, we’re featured in one ourselves. Leaked […]
The entertainment industries have gone head to head with Google over the past years, demanding tougher anti-piracy measures from the search engine. Ideally, several industry groups would like Google to completely remove pirate sites from […]
Over the years, dozens of ‘pirate’ sites have suspended their operations for a wide range of reasons. Pressure from rightsholders is perhaps the most common problem, but issues with hosting, domains, or even lack of […]
While many pirate site users already know the direct URLs of their favorite free movie resources, entertainment industry groups feel that search engines still play a key role in unlicensed content discovery. As a result, […]
In order to control what kind of information its citizens have access to online, Russia operates an Internet ‘blacklist’. Known locally as FGIS (Unified Register of Prohibited Information), the database contains the domains of thousands […]
The anti-piracy wars are fought on many fronts, from plugging leaks to issuing millions of takedown notices to both sites and search engines. Despite no deliberate role in piracy, the latter are often described as […]
Section 115a of Australia’s Copyright Act allows copyright holders to apply for court injunctions that compel local ISPs to block subscribers from accessing ‘pirate’ sites. Since it became active in 2015, the legislation has been […]
Having been hit with a fine by antitrust regulators in Europe, Google has said that it will roll out new default search and browser choice options for Android users. The move is comparable to Microsoft’s […]
Google may be the world’s most popular search engine, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it is the best. Don’t forget, Google is notorious for tracking users and logging search activity. Not to mention, there are […]
For many years, Google has been bombarded with requests from copyright holders to remove allegedly-infringing content from its indexes. As reported here on _ last week, those requests have now reached astronomic levels – four […]
Launched in 2013, French-based search engine Qwant markets itself as a privacy-friendly service. Currently one of the top 50 most-visited sites in France, the service claims not track its users, unlike competitors such as Google. […]
Update to Chrome 73 and you might be in for a bit of a shock. With absolutely no fanfare whatsoever, Google has added DuckDuckGo to the list of search engines available in its web browser. […]
Authorities in Russia maintain a huge database of banned sites, from platforms that promote terrorism to those that engage in unlicensed gambling and copyright infringement. ISPs are required to prevent their users from accessing these […]
In many developed countries, rightsholders are in dispute with search engines over the appearance of pirated content in search results and other indexes. Back in August, TV companies under the Gazprom-Media umbrella filed complaints at […]
For those unfamiliar with the service, JustWatch is a search engine that aims to direct consumers to legal options for TV shows and movies. “We show you where you can legally watch movies and TV […]
The Web Sheriff, aka John Giacobbi, has been protecting the Internet from pirates for well over a decade. In the early days, he became somewhat of a cult figure thanks to his polite style and […]
A current problem exists where the Kodi search function is not working in the beta of v18 Leia. Come and find out why this is happening and how to get working addons in Kodi 18 […]
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