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A directory is also a site where users can find other websites. Some sites focus on certain content – such as etree that focuses on live concerts – and some have no particular focus, like The Pirate Bay. Some sites specialize as search engines of other BitTorrent sites.
Online piracy or software piracy is the practice of downloading and distributing copyrighted works digitally without permission, such as music, movies or software. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] History
In October 1999, DeCSS was released. This program enables anyone to remove the CSS encryption on a DVD. Although its authors only intended the software to be used for playback purposes, [2] it also meant that one could decode the content perfectly for ripping; combined with the DivX 3.11 Alpha codec released shortly after, the new codec increased video quality from near VHS to almost DVD ...
As such, sites linking to sites which acted as proxies to The Pirate Bay were themselves added to the list of banned sites, including piratebayproxy.co.uk, piratebayproxylist.com and ukbay.org. This led to the indirect blocking (or hiding) of sites at the following domains, among others: [22] [23]
Risciso (stylized as RISCISO) was an online warez group, founded in approximately 1993, dedicated to distributing newly released copyrighted software, games and movies. Risciso was founded as a co-group of RiSC (Rise in Superior Couriering), which was the most famous trading group in the BBS era and the beginning of the file sharing era on the ...
In April 2007, a rumour was confirmed on the Swedish talk show Bert that The Pirate Bay had received financial support from right-wing entrepreneur Carl Lundström. This caused some consternation since Lundström, an heir to the Wasabröd fortune, is known for financing several far-right political parties and movements like Sverigedemokraterna and Bevara Sverige Svenskt (Keep Sweden Swedish).
The Scene distributes all forms of digital media, including computer games, movies, TV shows, music, and pornography. [3] This network is meant to be hidden from the public, with the files shared only with members of the community.
In December 2004, Finnish police raided Finreactor, a major BitTorrent site. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Seven system administrators and four others were ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of euros in damages . The defendants appealed the case all the way to the Supreme Court of Finland , but failed to overturn the verdict. [ 5 ]