Two Decades of Piracy Reporting: TorrentFreak's Retrospective
4 months ago
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- News often fades quickly, making reflection important.
- 2005-2009: Key events include The Pirate Bay's rise, legal battles, and Net Neutrality issues.
- 2010-2014: Legal wars escalate with domain seizures, MegaUpload's shutdown, and anti-piracy protests.
- 2015-2019: Major torrent sites like KickassTorrents and ExtraTorrent shut down; copyright laws tighten.
- 2020-2025: Piracy spikes during COVID-19, AI faces scrutiny for using pirate datasets, and new anti-piracy bills emerge.
- Notable moments: FBI seizes Z-Library domains, RARBG closes, and shadow libraries trigger massive takedowns.