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  2. Legal issues with BitTorrent - Wikipedia

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    In 2005 HBO began "poisoning" torrents of its show Rome, by providing bad chunks of data to clients. [31] In 2007 HBO sent cease and desist letters to the Internet Service Providers of BitTorrent users. Many users reported receiving letters from their ISP's that threatened to cut off their internet service if the alleged infringement continued ...

  3. Online piracy - Wikipedia

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    qBittorrent is one of the most widely used torrenting programs due to its free and open-source nature. Online piracy or software piracy is the practice of downloading and distributing copyrighted works digitally without permission, such as music , movies or software .

  4. Torrent poisoning - Wikipedia

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    Torrent poisoning is intentionally sharing corrupt data or data with misleading, deceiving file names using the BitTorrent protocol.This practice of uploading fake torrents is sometimes carried out by anti-infringement organisations as an attempt to prevent the peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing of copyrighted content, and to gather the IP addresses of downloaders.

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    A World Economic Forum report says business leaders believe a “catastrophic cyber event” is coming.. Cybercrime will grow from a $3 trillion industry in 2015 to a $10.5 trillion industry by ...

  7. Video game piracy - Wikipedia

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    However, with the rise of peer-to-peer torrenting, and notably with the release of BitTorrent in 2001, this BBS format of video game piracy began to decline. [2] Nowadays, torrenting pirated games remains the popular choice among those who engage in piracy.

  8. Countries blocking access to The Pirate Bay - Wikipedia

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    In February 2008, the Ministry of Information and Culture ordered ISPs to block 20 torrent sites, including The Pirate Bay, with the aim of blocking all torrent sites. ISP United Networks notified "The Ministry of information has today sent us a letter announcing they will be blocking all Torrent sites. This is due to piracy laws of the State ...

  9. 'Extremely dangerous': Feds urge against using select fire ...

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    Federal regulators are urging people not to use liquid-burning firepits following two deaths and 60 injuries since 2019. 'Extremely dangerous': Feds urge against using select fire pits after 2 ...