This week we have one newcomer and two returnees in our chart. The Dark Knight Rises is the most downloaded movie for the fifth week in a row. The data for our weekly download chart is collected...

For more than half a decade the Simonsen law firm has been obtaining licenses from Norway’s data protection office which enabled the company to monitor file-sharers and collect their IP addresses. There have been difficult periods though,...

This week there are three newcomers in our chart. The Avengers is the most downloaded movie. The data for our weekly download chart is collected by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the...

Unless BitTorrent users are taking steps to hide their identities through the use of a VPN, proxy, or seedbox, their sharing activities are available for almost anyone to snoop on. By their very nature BitTorrent networks are...

This week there are four newcomers in our chart and one returnee. The Hunger Games is the most downloaded movie. The data for our weekly download chart is collected by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational...

Hundreds of ISPs all over the world limit and restrict BitTorrent traffic on their networks. Unfortunately, most companies are not very open about their network management solutions. Thanks to data collected by Measurement Lab (M-Lab) the public...

This week there are two newcomers in our chart. Battleship is the most downloaded movie. The data for our weekly download chart is collected by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies...

Earlier this year, adult studios Malibu Media and Patrick Collins were criticized by a New York District Court for using “abusive litigation tactics” against John Doe defendants. The claims were that plaintiffs had, amongst other things, subjected...

This week there are two newcomers in our chart. American Reunion is the most downloaded movie once again. The data for our weekly download chart is collected by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only....

OpenBitTorrent (OBT) and PublicBitTorrent (PBT) are two non-profit BitTorrent trackers running on the beerware licensed Opentracker software. Neither tracker hosts torrent files, but they do coordinate the downloads of millions of BitTorrent users every day. Considering the...