CNET reveals 2020’s most popular show among video pirates: It probably won’t come as a surprise that Disney Plus smash hit series The Mandalorian has won the (unfortunate) title of most-pirated TV show of 2020 — using popular torrenting site BitTorrent. According to analysis from TorrentFreak (via IndieWire), Game of Thrones was the most-pirated TV show seven years running. But the…
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Major League Baseball Games are Experiencing ‘Drone Delays’
CBS Sports reports:
Wednesday’s game between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays was stopped in the bottom of the first because of a “drone delay.” After the second base umpire pointed to something in the sky and motioned for teams to leave the field, the cameras picked up an identifiable flying object hovering over the field during the game. CBS…
Thousands of Pirates Tricked Into Downloading Fake ‘Tenet’ Torrents
The official premiere of Tenet has drawn many people to the movie theaters this week. On pirate sites, there’s been plenty of interest too, as thousands of people are being tricked into downloading fake copies. Pirates are not the only ones being fooled though, as Warner Bros. has its eyes set on fake releases too. TorrentFreak reports: All around the world,…
Disney + and ‘The Mandalorian’ Are Driving People Back To Torrenting
An anonymous reader shares a report: A simple glance at torrent websites shows that plenty of people are stealing from the brand new steaming services — episodes of The Mandalorian and Dickinson all have hundreds or thousands of seeders and are among the most popular shows on torrent sites. I reached out specifically to Disney, Apple, and Netflix to ask what…
US Court Shields Internet Subscribers From Futile Piracy Complaints
A New Jersey district court has issued a devastating order against Strike 3 Holdings, the most active filer of piracy lawsuits in the US. In four separate cases, the court denied a request to obtain identities of alleged BitTorrent pirates. The court argues that the underlying complaints are futile. Even if they held up, other issues such as the privacy of…
Ad Astra: Pirates and space monkeys can’t save dull space psychodrama
Brad Pitt stars in thoughtful sci-fi Ad Astra, but even his strong performance can’t plug the plot-holes in this movie’s melancholy heart Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2216799-ad-astra-pirates-and-space-monkeys-cant-save-dull-space-psychodrama/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…