Legal issues with BitTorrent (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Legal issues with BitTorrent" in English language version.

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40web.archive.org

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14torrentfreak.com

785^th place

487^th place

3cnet.com

272^nd place

225^th place

2arstechnica.com

388^th place

265^th place

1heinonline.org

3,322^nd place

1,897^th place

1thepiratebay.org

low place

1theregister.co.uk

1,216^th place

797^th place

1hs.fi

647^th place

1,692^nd place

1helsinkitimes.fi

low place

1news.gov.hk

low place

1nytimes.com

7^th place

1cri.cn

2,251^st place

3,825^th place

1sina.com.hk

3,669^th place

low place

1asia1.com.sg

low place

1ucla.edu

782^nd place

585^th place

1stealthisfilm.com

low place

1theguardian.com

12^th place

11^th place

1digitaltvinfo.gr

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1heise.de

766^th place

3,515^th place

1slashdot.org

5,701^st place

4,384^th place

1wired.com

193^rd place

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1afterdawn.com

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9,552^nd place

1oreilly.com

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3,017^th place

1tallin.wordpress.com

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1publishersweekly.com

619^th place

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1washingtonpost.com

34^th place

27^th place

1theverge.com

114^th place

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1patents.google.com

1,182^nd place

725^th place

afterdawn.com (Global: low place; English: 9,552^nd place)

EliteTorrents Admin gets 18 month sentence Archived 1 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Afterdawn.com (10 September 2008). Retrieved on 11 May 2013.

arstechnica.com (Global: 388^th place; English: 265^th place)

"Bomb threat as US Copyright Group sues 2,000 more file-swappers". Ars Technica. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
Kravets, David (16 June 2015). "Game of Thrones season finale breaks BitTorrent swarm record". ars technica. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.

asia1.com.sg (Global: low place; English: low place)

newpaper.asia1.com.sg

"Parents get shock letter Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine", Liew Hanqing, The New Paper, 2 August 2007

cnet.com (Global: 272^nd place; English: 225^th place)

asia.cnet.com

Kicking kids for profit? Archived 5 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Michael Tan, CNet Asia, 16 August 2007

news.cnet.com

Borland, John (10 February 2005). "Court: Hollywood gets P2P giant's server logs". CNET News.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2007.

cnet.com

Sandoval, Greg (4 February 2009). "TorrentSpy renews legal campaign against MPAA". CNET. Archived from the original on 8 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.

cri.cn (Global: 2,251^st place; English: 3,825^th place)

english.cri.cn

"HK Man Arrested for Sharing Films with BitTorrent". Xinhua/CriEnglish.com. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 June 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.

digitaltvinfo.gr (Global: low place; English: low place)

"H διανομή αρχείων μέσω Torrent τον έστειλε πίσω από τα κάγκελα της φυλακής! - Digitaltvinfo.gr - Τα πάντα για τη δορυφορική, ψηφιακή και HD TV" (in Greek). Digitaltvinfo.gr. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.

heinonline.org (Global: 3,322^nd place; English: 1,897^th place)

Note, 40 Colum. J.L. & Soc. Probs. 1 (2006–2007) Secondary Liability for Copyright Infringement: BitTorrent as a Vehicle for Establishing a New Copyright Definition for Staple Articles of Commerce; Helton, Matthew Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Heinonline.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2013.

heise.de (Global: 766^th place; English: 3,515^th place)

Röttgers, Janko (26 July 2003). "Bittorrent-Webseiten unter Druck" [Bittorrent websites under pressure] (in German). heise online. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

helsinkitimes.fi (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Finreactor to pay extensive compensation for piracy". Helsinki Times. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on 3 July 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.

hs.fi (Global: 647^th place; English: 1,692^nd place)

"Police swoop closes down Finland's largest file download site". Helsingin Sanomat. 16 December 2004. Archived from the original on 20 April 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2006.

news.gov.hk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Peer-to-peer infringer convicted". Hong Kong Information Services Department. 24 October 2005. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2007.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Bradsher, Keith (7 November 2005). "In Hong Kong, a Jail Sentence for Online File-Sharing". New York Times. Archived from the original on 13 November 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2007.

oreilly.com (Global: 4,347^th place; English: 3,017^th place)

radar.oreilly.com

Torkington, Nat (4 October 2005). "HBO Attacking BitTorrent". O'Reilly.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2007.

patents.google.com (Global: 1,182^nd place; English: 725^th place)

Redmond, Scott D. "Media file distribution with adaptive transmission protocols" U.S. patent 7,301,944, Issue date: 27 November 2007.

publishersweekly.com (Global: 619^th place; English: 379^th place)

Milliot, Jim. (1 November 2011) Wiley Goes After Bit Torrent Pirates Archived 15 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Publishersweekly.com. Retrieved on 11 May 2013.

sina.com.hk (Global: 3,669^th place; English: low place)

news.sina.com.hk

分段上載電影侵權無業漢被拘 (in Chinese). Mingpao/Sina. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 7 July 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.

slashdot.org (Global: 5,701^st place; English: 4,384^th place)

yro.slashdot.org

"LokiTorrent Shut Down". Slashdot.org. 11 February 2005. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2007.

stealthisfilm.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Steal This Film (Stockholm, Summer 2006) Archived 17 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine website. Retrieved 22 April 2007.

tallin.wordpress.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Henderson, Maryanne (21 March 2006). "Safenet (for HBO) Letter to Charter Communications - Part 2.jpg". Tallinn Wordpress. Archived from the original on 5 January 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2007.

theguardian.com (Global: 12^th place; English: 11^th place)

Kiss, Jemima (17 April 2009). "The Pirate Bay Trial: Guilty Verdict". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2015.

thepiratebay.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Legal threats". The Pirate Bay. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2006.

theregister.co.uk (Global: 1,216^th place; English: 797^th place)

Cullen, Drew (14 December 2004). "Finnish police raid BitTorrent site". The Register. Archived from the original on 28 April 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2006.

theverge.com (Global: 114^th place; English: 90^th place)

Adi, Robertson (8 August 2013). "High 'Game of Thrones' piracy is 'better than an Emmy,' says Time Warner CEO". The Verge. Vox Media. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.

torrentfreak.com (Global: 785^th place; English: 487^th place)

"Underage Finnish BitTorrent admins fined $60,000 each". TorrentFreak. 26 October 2006. Archived from the original on 8 November 2006. Retrieved 8 November 2006.
"Supernova.org: Two Years Since the Shutdown". TorrentFreak. 19 December 2006. Archived from the original on 31 May 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
"The Piratebay is Down: Raided by the Swedish Police". TorrentFreak. 31 May 2006. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
"Piratebay Back Up". TorrentFreak. 3 June 2006. Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
Van Der Sar, Ernesto (12 January 2012). "The Pirate Bay Will Stop Serving Torrents". Torrent Freak. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
Van Der Sar, Ernesto (9 August 2013). "The Pirate Bay Turns Ten Years Old: The History". Torrent Freak. Archived from the original on 9 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
Maxwell, Andy. "BitTorrent Pirate Gets 5 Years in Prison, €10,000 Fine, For Decade-Old Offenses * TorrentFreak". torrentfreak.com. TorrentFreak.
"6th EliteTorrents Star-Wars Pre-Release Guilty Plea". TorrentFreak. 2 May 2007. Archived from the original on 7 May 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
"Dramatic BitTorrent Site Shutdowns of the Decade". TorrentFreak. 31 December 2009. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
Van Der Sar, Ernesto (20 June 2006). "Bye Newnova (update: welcome back!)". Torrent Freak. Archived from the original on 9 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
Ernesto, Van Der Sar (27 August 2007). "TorrentSpy Blocks Searches From US Visitors". Torrent Freak. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
"Judge Decimates BitTorrent Lawsuit With Common Sense Ruling". Torrent Freak. 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
Major Book Publisher Files Mass-BitTorrent Lawsuit Archived 20 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. TorrentFreak (31 October 2011). Retrieved on 11 May 2013.
Ernesto. "μTorrent/BitTorrent Sued For Patent Infringement Archived 20 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine". TorrentFreak, 19 June 2011. Accessed 20 June 2011.

ucla.edu (Global: 782^nd place; English: 585^th place)

asiamedia.ucla.edu

Anime firm boss gets online death threats Archived 23 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Chua Hian Hou, The Straits Times, 16 August 2007, p. 4

washingtonpost.com (Global: 34^th place; English: 27^th place)

Dewey, Caitlin (9 August 2013). "'Game of Thrones' exec says piracy is 'better than an Emmy.' He has a point". The Switch. The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Note, 40 Colum. J.L. & Soc. Probs. 1 (2006–2007) Secondary Liability for Copyright Infringement: BitTorrent as a Vehicle for Establishing a New Copyright Definition for Staple Articles of Commerce; Helton, Matthew Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Heinonline.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2013.
"Legal threats". The Pirate Bay. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2006.
Cullen, Drew (14 December 2004). "Finnish police raid BitTorrent site". The Register. Archived from the original on 28 April 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2006.
"Police swoop closes down Finland's largest file download site". Helsingin Sanomat. 16 December 2004. Archived from the original on 20 April 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2006.
"Finreactor to pay extensive compensation for piracy". Helsinki Times. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on 3 July 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
"Underage Finnish BitTorrent admins fined $60,000 each". TorrentFreak. 26 October 2006. Archived from the original on 8 November 2006. Retrieved 8 November 2006.
"Peer-to-peer infringer convicted". Hong Kong Information Services Department. 24 October 2005. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2007.
Bradsher, Keith (7 November 2005). "In Hong Kong, a Jail Sentence for Online File-Sharing". New York Times. Archived from the original on 13 November 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2007.
"HK Man Arrested for Sharing Films with BitTorrent". Xinhua/CriEnglish.com. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 June 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
分段上載電影侵權無業漢被拘 (in Chinese). Mingpao/Sina. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 7 July 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
"Parents get shock letter Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine", Liew Hanqing, The New Paper, 2 August 2007
Kicking kids for profit? Archived 5 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Michael Tan, CNet Asia, 16 August 2007
Anime firm boss gets online death threats Archived 23 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Chua Hian Hou, The Straits Times, 16 August 2007, p. 4
"Supernova.org: Two Years Since the Shutdown". TorrentFreak. 19 December 2006. Archived from the original on 31 May 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
"The Piratebay is Down: Raided by the Swedish Police". TorrentFreak. 31 May 2006. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
"Piratebay Back Up". TorrentFreak. 3 June 2006. Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
Steal This Film (Stockholm, Summer 2006) Archived 17 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine website. Retrieved 22 April 2007.
Kiss, Jemima (17 April 2009). "The Pirate Bay Trial: Guilty Verdict". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
Van Der Sar, Ernesto (12 January 2012). "The Pirate Bay Will Stop Serving Torrents". Torrent Freak. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
Van Der Sar, Ernesto (9 August 2013). "The Pirate Bay Turns Ten Years Old: The History". Torrent Freak. Archived from the original on 9 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
Röttgers, Janko (26 July 2003). "Bittorrent-Webseiten unter Druck" [Bittorrent websites under pressure] (in German). heise online. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
Borland, John (10 February 2005). "Court: Hollywood gets P2P giant's server logs". CNET News.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2007.
"LokiTorrent Shut Down". Slashdot.org. 11 February 2005. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2007.
Poulsen, Kevin (26 May 2005). "U.S. Jacks Torrent Site". Wired News. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2007.
"6th EliteTorrents Star-Wars Pre-Release Guilty Plea". TorrentFreak. 2 May 2007. Archived from the original on 7 May 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
"Dramatic BitTorrent Site Shutdowns of the Decade". TorrentFreak. 31 December 2009. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
EliteTorrents Admin gets 18 month sentence Archived 1 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Afterdawn.com (10 September 2008). Retrieved on 11 May 2013.
Van Der Sar, Ernesto (20 June 2006). "Bye Newnova (update: welcome back!)". Torrent Freak. Archived from the original on 9 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
Ernesto, Van Der Sar (27 August 2007). "TorrentSpy Blocks Searches From US Visitors". Torrent Freak. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
Sandoval, Greg (4 February 2009). "TorrentSpy renews legal campaign against MPAA". CNET. Archived from the original on 8 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
Torkington, Nat (4 October 2005). "HBO Attacking BitTorrent". O'Reilly.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2007.
Henderson, Maryanne (21 March 2006). "Safenet (for HBO) Letter to Charter Communications - Part 2.jpg". Tallinn Wordpress. Archived from the original on 5 January 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2007.
"Bomb threat as US Copyright Group sues 2,000 more file-swappers". Ars Technica. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
"Judge Decimates BitTorrent Lawsuit With Common Sense Ruling". Torrent Freak. 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
Milliot, Jim. (1 November 2011) Wiley Goes After Bit Torrent Pirates Archived 15 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Publishersweekly.com. Retrieved on 11 May 2013.
Major Book Publisher Files Mass-BitTorrent Lawsuit Archived 20 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. TorrentFreak (31 October 2011). Retrieved on 11 May 2013.
Dewey, Caitlin (9 August 2013). "'Game of Thrones' exec says piracy is 'better than an Emmy.' He has a point". The Switch. The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
Adi, Robertson (8 August 2013). "High 'Game of Thrones' piracy is 'better than an Emmy,' says Time Warner CEO". The Verge. Vox Media. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
Kravets, David (16 June 2015). "Game of Thrones season finale breaks BitTorrent swarm record". ars technica. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
Ernesto. "μTorrent/BitTorrent Sued For Patent Infringement Archived 20 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine". TorrentFreak, 19 June 2011. Accessed 20 June 2011.

wired.com (Global: 193^rd place; English: 152^nd place)

Poulsen, Kevin (26 May 2005). "U.S. Jacks Torrent Site". Wired News. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2007.

Legal issues with BitTorrent (English Wikipedia)

afterdawn.com (Global: low place; English: 9,552nd place)

arstechnica.com (Global: 388th place; English: 265th place)

asia1.com.sg (Global: low place; English: low place)

newpaper.asia1.com.sg

cnet.com (Global: 272nd place; English: 225th place)

asia.cnet.com

news.cnet.com

cnet.com

cri.cn (Global: 2,251st place; English: 3,825th place)

english.cri.cn

digitaltvinfo.gr (Global: low place; English: low place)

heinonline.org (Global: 3,322nd place; English: 1,897th place)

heise.de (Global: 766th place; English: 3,515th place)

helsinkitimes.fi (Global: low place; English: low place)

hs.fi (Global: 647th place; English: 1,692nd place)

news.gov.hk (Global: low place; English: low place)

nytimes.com (Global: 7th place; English: 7th place)

oreilly.com (Global: 4,347th place; English: 3,017th place)

radar.oreilly.com

patents.google.com (Global: 1,182nd place; English: 725th place)

publishersweekly.com (Global: 619th place; English: 379th place)

sina.com.hk (Global: 3,669th place; English: low place)

news.sina.com.hk

slashdot.org (Global: 5,701st place; English: 4,384th place)

yro.slashdot.org

stealthisfilm.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

tallin.wordpress.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

theguardian.com (Global: 12th place; English: 11th place)

thepiratebay.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

theregister.co.uk (Global: 1,216th place; English: 797th place)

theverge.com (Global: 114th place; English: 90th place)

torrentfreak.com (Global: 785th place; English: 487th place)

ucla.edu (Global: 782nd place; English: 585th place)

asiamedia.ucla.edu

washingtonpost.com (Global: 34th place; English: 27th place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1st place; English: 1st place)

wired.com (Global: 193rd place; English: 152nd place)

afterdawn.com (Global: low place; English: 9,552^nd place)

arstechnica.com (Global: 388^th place; English: 265^th place)

cnet.com (Global: 272^nd place; English: 225^th place)

cri.cn (Global: 2,251^st place; English: 3,825^th place)

heinonline.org (Global: 3,322^nd place; English: 1,897^th place)

heise.de (Global: 766^th place; English: 3,515^th place)

hs.fi (Global: 647^th place; English: 1,692^nd place)

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

oreilly.com (Global: 4,347^th place; English: 3,017^th place)

patents.google.com (Global: 1,182^nd place; English: 725^th place)

publishersweekly.com (Global: 619^th place; English: 379^th place)

sina.com.hk (Global: 3,669^th place; English: low place)

slashdot.org (Global: 5,701^st place; English: 4,384^th place)

theguardian.com (Global: 12^th place; English: 11^th place)

theregister.co.uk (Global: 1,216^th place; English: 797^th place)

theverge.com (Global: 114^th place; English: 90^th place)

torrentfreak.com (Global: 785^th place; English: 487^th place)

ucla.edu (Global: 782^nd place; English: 585^th place)

washingtonpost.com (Global: 34^th place; English: 27^th place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

wired.com (Global: 193^rd place; English: 152^nd place)