Feds Seize Domain Names of Sports Streaming Site StreameastErnesto Van der Sar, 19 Aug 12:09 PM In recent years, rightsholders of major sports event
 | In recent years, rightsholders of major sports events have repeatedly complained that piracy of live sports is getting out of hand. Ideally, they would like to see updates to current legislative frameworks, so the problem can be targeted more efficiently. Site-blocking is high on the list of preferred options, particularly in the United States. While ISP blocking is still a debated issue among U.S. lawmakers, the country's enforcement authorities have a more direct option; domain name seizures. With the appropriate legal paperwork, the DoJ's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has sporadically targeted 'pirate' domain names for more than a decade. Streameast Domain Names Seized This weekend, the feds appear to have carried out another round of seizures, this time targeting the pirate sports streaming website Streameast. This site, which has a strong focus on 'American' sports, has over 15 million monthly visitors, who were all sidelined by surprise. Instead of the usual homepag...Read More | The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. Downloading content without permission is copyright infringement. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have two newcomers on the list. "Twisters" is the most shared title. The most torrented movies for the week ending on August 19 are: Movie Rank |
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Movie name |
IMDb Rating / Trailer | 1
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Twisters 6.8 / trailer 2
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Jackpot! 5.9 / trailer 3
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Fly Me To The Moon 6.7 / trailer 4
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Deadpool & Wolverine 8.2 / trailer 5
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Despicable Me 4 6.2 / trailer 6
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The Union 5.6 / trailer 7
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 7.9 / trailer 8
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die 6.8 / trailer 9
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The Instigators 6.2 / trailer 10
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A Quiet Place: Day One 7.5 / trailer Note: We also publish an updating archive of all the lis...Read More | If 2009 sounds like it happened half a lifetime ago, many 30 year-olds would likely agree. At the time the UK government was taking advice from the entertainment industries on how to tackle surging piracy via the BitTorrent protocol. Presented as an entirely proportionate and reasonable response for dealing with habitual downloaders, disconnecting entire households from the internet loomed ominously on the horizon. Yet in 2007, the band Radiohead had ventured quite bravely in the opposite direction, arguing that piracy shouldn't be punished and file-sharing should be embraced. When the band released the album 'In Rainbows' online, its price tag competed with 'free' on terms that even pirates could understand. The debate over Radiohead's 'pay-what-you-want' model went global. Praised by some for allowing everyone to afford music, it faced heavy criticism from those who felt that the price devalued music, and would lead to artists – especially less successful ones – suffering the fin...Read More |
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