Blog on file sharing, copyright infringement, and digital rights
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TorrentFreak
Type of site
Blog
Available in
English
Owner
Lennart Renkema PhD[1]
Created by
Ernesto van der Sar Andy Maxwell Rickard Falkvinge Ben Jones (modified WordPress)
Editor
Ernesto van der Sar
Revenue
Advertisements
URL
torrentfreak.com
Launched
12 November 2005; 18 years ago (2005-11-12)
Content license
CC BY-NC 3.0 (text only)[2]
TorrentFreak (TF) is a blog dedicated to reporting the latest news and trends on the BitTorrent protocol and file sharing, as well as on copyright infringement and digital rights.
The website was started in November 2005 by a Dutchman using the pseudonym "Ernesto van der Sar".[3][4] He was joined by Andy "Enigmax" Maxwell and Ben Jones in 2007.[4][5] Regular contributors include Rickard Falkvinge, founder of the Pirate Party.[6] The online publication eCommerceTimes, in 2009, described "Ernesto" as the pseudonym of Lennart Renkema, owner of TorrentFreak.[7] TorrentFreak's text is free content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial version 3.0 license.[2]
Their lead researcher and community manager was the Pirate Party activist Andrew Norton, from 2007 until 2022.
^Pouwelse, Johan; Renkema, Lennart (17 April 2009). "Piraten zijn digitale pioniers" [Pirates are digital pioneers]. NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 11 September 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
^ ab"Copyright". TorrentFreak. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
^Injijian, Allen (14 May 2007). "Pwned: Final Project Interview #2: Ernesto of TorrentFreak.com". Archived from the original on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
^ abSmith, Ethan; McBride, Sarah (4 August 2008). "Web Piracy: The Enemy Within?". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
^"About TorrentFreak". Archived from the original on 27 June 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
^Profile. Rick Falkvinge Archived 16 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine, torrentfreak.com.
^San Miguel, Renay (30 June 2009). "Pirate Bay Decides to Join the Navy". E-Commerce Times. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
TorrentFreak (TF) is a blog dedicated to reporting the latest news and trends on the BitTorrent protocol and file sharing, as well as on copyright infringement...
may upload their own torrents and comment on torrents. According to a study of newly uploaded files during 2013 by TorrentFreak, 44% of uploads were television...
Staffers (Updated) - TorrentFreak". 16 December 2016. Ernesto (22 April 2011). "KickassTorrents Moves to Kat.ph". TorrentFreak. Retrieved 15 March 2014...
MyCloud. During its existence and shutdown period, the site was covered by TorrentFreak regarding its features, uptime/downtime, shutdown, and reasons for shutdown...
Ernesto (12 July 2009). "PublicBT Tracker Set To Patch BitTorrent' Achilles' Heel". Torrentfreak. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved...
directory of torrent files and magnet links used for peer-to-peer file sharing through the BitTorrent protocol. According to the TorrentFreak news blog,...
TorrentFreak. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020. Van der Sar, Ernesto (22 January 2023). "Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites...
YIFY-Torrents is Battling the Internet Censors". TorrentFreak. 2013-12-14. Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2020-03-03. "Top Torrent Searches...
original on 2019-06-01. Retrieved 2019-06-01. "Torrent Icon ExtraTorrent Turns Ten Years old Today". TorrentFreak. 2016-11-15. Archived from the original on...
DDoS'ing Anime Sites * TorrentFreak". torrentfreak.com. Retrieved 2024-01-10. Van der Sar, Ernesto (2017-05-02). "Anime Torrent Site NYAA Goes Down After...
a Fight". "China Hijacks Popular BitTorrent Sites". Archived from the original on 10 November 2013.. TorrentFreak. Retrieved 5 August 2010. Decision of...
2020-01-14. "Denmark Blocks Sci-Hub Plus Streaming, Torrent & YouTube-Ripping Sites". TorrentFreak. 2019-09-26. Archived from the original on 2021-05-13...
July 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019. "Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites of 2012". Torrentfreak.com. 7 January 2012. Archived from the original on 18 October...
February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015. "10 Most Popular Torrent Sites of 2021 * TorrentFreak". Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved...
Torrentfreak.com. Archived from the original on 2019-12-11. Retrieved 2013-11-17. "Demonoid Returns, BitTorrent Tracker is Now Online". TorrentFreak....
shared more efficiently. TorrentFreak listed FitGirl Repacks at sixth in 2021 and at ninth in 2020's Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites lists. FitGirl, the...
2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022. "Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites of 2020 * Best of TorrentFreak". Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved...
2019). "Mangastream Disappears After Being Targeted by Publisher". Torrentfreak. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved November...
Retrieved 15 June 2013. "BTDigg Shut Down Due to Torrent Spam, For Now - TorrentFreak". TorrentFreak. 11 July 2016. Archived from the original on 23 October...
(14 October 2013). "Google-backed BitTorrent client spread malware to Windows PCs and Android devices". TorrentFreak. Archived from the original on 18 December...
[permanent dead link] "Meet EZTV, The Leading TV-torrent Distribution Group". torrentfreak.com. TorrentFreak. Archived from the original on April 17, 2022...
Bay Founder Launches Anonymous Domain Registration Service – TorrentFreak". TorrentFreak. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017. Kuprijanko, Alexander...
January 2008). "Trading BitTorrent Tracker Invites, Commodity or Curse?". TorrentFreak. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2010...
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