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Mininova Traffic, Downloads Fall Sharply After Torrent Purge

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 7, 2009 - 11:29am.
Los Angeles - A week after leading torrent site Mininova deleted over one million torrent files in reaction to a Dutch court order, traffic to the site is down a whopping 66%, while the number of daily searches and completed downloads has plummeted even further, TorrentFreak reported. Traffic to Mininova.org fell from over 5 million users the day before it removed the bulk of its torrents, to 1.8 million a week later. The number of searches being performed on the service fell from 10 million to 3 million, and the number of downloads dropped from over 10 million a day to just over 371,000.

tags: Law | P2P | Copyright | Mininova |

Mininova Removes All Unauthorized BitTorrent Links

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 30, 2009 - 12:51pm.
Utrecht, the Netherlands - Mininova, a BitTorrent file-sharing hub that has counted over 30 million monthly unique visitors, has opted to remove nearly all of its torrents, according to a post on the company's blog. The site was sued by Dutch anti-piracy agency BREIN earlier this year, but to this point had maintained that its service complied with applicable laws -- as it did not itself host any infringing content, and complied with requests from copyright holders to remove torrent links.
tags: Video | Law | Lawsuits | P2P | TV | Music | Movies | Copyright | BREIN | Mininova |

Dutch Court Orders Mininova to Remove Infringing Links

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 26, 2009 - 8:56am.
Utrecht, The Netherlands - A Dutch court has ordered BitTorrent tracker site Mininova to remove all links to copyrighted materials within three months, or else face fines of up to $7.1 million, TorrentFreak reported. The site was sued earlier this year by Dutch anti-piracy agency BREIN, which asked the court to compel Mininova to install a copyright filter.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Music | BitTorrent | The Pirate Bay | BREIN | Mininova |

Mininova, Dutch Anti-Piracy Firm BREIN Face Off in Court

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 3, 2009 - 12:03pm.
Utrecht, the Netherlands - Mininova, a BitTorrent file-sharing hub that counts over 30 million monthly unique visitors, faced off in court today against Dutch anti-piracy organization BREIN, which accuses the site of copyright infringement, TorrentFreak reported.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Music | Movies | Copyright | BREIN | Mininova |

File-Sharing Hub Mininova Begins Filtering Copyrighted Media

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 6, 2009 - 11:48am.
Los Angeles - With a court date looming, Mininova, which is considered the largest BitTorrent tracker site on the Internet, has begun to implement technology recommended by content owners to filter copyrighted content, TorrentFreak reported.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Music | Movies | RIAA | MPAA | Copyright | IFPI | BREIN | Mininova |

BitTorrent Hub Mininova Earned $1.3 Million in 2007

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 12, 2009 - 12:41pm.
Utrecht, the Netherlands - Mininova, a BitTorrent file-sharing search engine that claims 17 million daily page views, earned nearly $1.3 million in 2007, Ars Technica reported, citing a filing with the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce. The company told Ars that revenue -- which did not include expenses or taxes -- came largely from ads, but also comprised revenue from its Snotr video service, and various partnerships.

tags: Advertising | P2P | Music | Movies | Copyright | BitTorrent | Mininova |

Mininova Faces Lawsuit From Dutch Anti-Piracy Agency

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 19, 2008 - 11:53am.

Los Angeles - Mininova, currently the most popular BitTorrent site with over 30 million unique monthly visitors, is soon to be the target of a lawsuit at the hands of Dutch anti-piracy organization BREIN, TorrentFreak reports.

tags: Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Piracy | Music | Movies | Copyright | BREIN | Mininova |

Upcoming Fall TV Show Pilots Leaked Online

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 30, 2007 - 12:58pm.

Los Angeles - The pilot episodes from several upcoming TV series -- including NBC's "Bionic Woman" and Fox's "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" -- have been leaked onto Internet file-sharing networks, TVWeek.com reported.

tags: P2P | Piracy | TV | Fox | ABC | NBC | BitTorrent | Torrentspy | The Pirate Bay | Mininova | The CW |

U.K. Social Network "Bebo" Most-Searched Term on Google in 2006

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 20, 2006 - 8:55am.

Mountain View, Calif. - Google has released its year-end Zeitgeist, which saw U.K. social networking site "Bebo" claim the title of most-searched term on Google in 2006.

tags: MySpace | Search | Google | World Cup | Bebo | Wikipedia | Podcasting | Metacafe | Rebelde | Mininova |