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French Torrent Giant YggTorrent Faces User Revolt after Introducing Paid ‘Turbo Mode’ YggTorrent, the largest francophone torrent community, faces widespread pushback after it introduced a paid 'Turbo Mode' for €86 this week. For regular users, the tracker now has a limit of five torrent downloads per day and a 30-second download delay. According to the site's operators, these restrictions are needed to deter bots and ban hit-and-run downloads. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]:

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French Torrent Giant YggTorrent Faces User Revolt after Introducing Paid 'Turbo Mode' * TorrentFreak

YggTorrent, the largest French torrent community, faces widespread pushback after it introduced a paid 'Turbo Mode' for €86 this week.

Anna’s Archive Backed Up Spotify, Plans to Release 300TB Music Archive In what appears to be the largest music leak in history, Anna’s Archive says it has made a multi-terabyte 'backup' of Spotify, including metadata for nearly the entire catalog and audio files for 86 million tracks. While Anna's Archive typically focuses on books and other texts, it says the opportunity to help preserve 'humanity's musical heritage' couldn't be ignored. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]:

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Anna’s Archive Backed Up Spotify, Plans to Release 300TB Music Archive * TorrentFreak

In what appears to be the largest music leak in history, Anna’s Archive says it has made a multi-terabyte 'backup' of Spotify.

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 12/22/2025 Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Predator: Badlands' tops the chart, followed by 'The Running Man'. 'Now You See Me: Now You Don't' completes the top three. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]:

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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 12/22/2025 * TorrentFreak

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Predator: Badlands' tops the ...

Two Alleged Pirate IPTV Operators Sent to Prison For Contempt of Court Two men said to be the operators of SmoothStreams, a pirate IPTV service shut down by entertainment companies over three years ago, have been imprisoned in Canada. Marshall Macciacchera and his father Antonio were both found guilty of contempt and sentenced to an initial term of six months. Marshall's sentence will continue until he complies with a court order to hand over financial information and a laptop password, among other things. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]:

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Two Alleged Pirate IPTV Operators Sent to Prison For Contempt of Court * TorrentFreak

The alleged operators of SmoothStreams, a pirate IPTV service shut down over three years ago, have been imprisoned in Canada for contempt.

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 08/11/2025 Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Jurassic World: Rebirth' tops the chart, followed by '28 Years Later'. 'The Pickup' completes the top three. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]:

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TorrentFreak is a publication dedicated to bringing the latest news about copyright, privacy, and everything related to filesharing.

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 12/22/2025 * TorrentFreak

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Predator: Badlands' tops the ...

U.S. Anti-Piracy Bills See Headline Blocking Claim Squeezed By Democracy With two pirate site blocking bills under discussion in the U.S., and a third expected in the weeks ahead, a key statistic seems to be shrinking. During 2024 it was claimed that site blocking is a common tool in ~60 countries, a figure now reframed as "50 democratic countries" in the latest blocking bill. Yet if countries are excluded from the total on the basis they have never blocked, no longer block, or fail to meet the democratic threshold, the total may shrink to less than 40. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]:

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U.S. Anti-Piracy Bills See Headline Blocking Claim Squeezed By Democracy * TorrentFreak

Previously claimed to be in common use in ~60 countries, the number engaged in site blocking right now may have shrunk to less than 40.