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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
2026343 stories
Unsealed Briefs in Authors’ Case v. Microsoft/OpenAI↗ authorsguild.org · HN · 608 comments · 624 points · Sep 27, 2026
Spain orders blocks on Archive.today and its mirrors↗ reclaimthenet.org · HN · 436 comments · 555 points · Sep 20, 2026
'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling↗ techradar.com · HN · 143 comments · 717 points · Jul 21, 2026
The lost joy of music piracy↗ pigeonsandplanes.com · HN · 607 comments · 853 points · Jul 16, 2026
The Pirate Bay Remains Resilient, 20 Years After the Raid↗ torrentfreak.com · HN · 334 comments · 634 points · Jun 01, 2026
2025471 stories
FFmpeg has issued a DMCA takedown on GitHub↗ twitter.com · HN · 187 comments · 555 points · Dec 26, 2025
FBI tries to unmask owner of archive.is↗ heise.de · HN · 506 comments · 1024 points · Nov 06, 2025
How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM↗ blog.pixelmelt.dev · HN · 513 comments · 1758 points · Oct 16, 2025
Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn't illegal without proof of seeding↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 452 comments · 698 points · Feb 21, 2025
Meta torrented & seeded 81.7 TB dataset containing copyrighted data↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 938 comments · 1270 points · Feb 07, 2025
2024522 stories
The Internet Archive has lost its appeal in Hachette vs. Internet Archive↗ storage.courtlistener.com · HN · 793 comments · 995 points · Sep 04, 2024
17-year-old student exposes Germany's 'secret' pirate site blocklist↗ torrentfreak.com · HN · 228 comments · 521 points · Aug 23, 2024
Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publishers' court win↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 544 comments · 530 points · Jun 21, 2024
Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible "forever"↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 302 comments · 582 points · Feb 08, 2024
All DMCA Notices Filed Against TorrentFreak in 2023 Were Bogus↗ torrentfreak.com · HN · 128 comments · 451 points · Jan 01, 2024
2023527 stories
Copyright is not a moral right, it's a monetization strategy↗ twitter.com · HN · 402 comments · 223 points · Dec 29, 2023
Authors and copyright scholars back Internet Archive in landmark legal battle↗ torrentfreak.com · HN · 7 comments · 68 points · Dec 24, 2023
Rumble turns off access in Brazil because of government's censorship demands↗ reclaimthenet.org · HN · 207 comments · 127 points · Dec 23, 2023
Man Found Guilty of Child Porn, Because He Ran a Tor Exit Node↗ lowendbox.com · HN · 33 comments · 76 points · Jul 23, 2023
Shane Pitman, leader of the warez group Razor 1911: life after prison (2005)↗ defacto2.net · HN · 29 comments · 55 points · Mar 10, 2023
2022397 stories
ZLibrary domains have been seized by the United States Postal Inspection Service↗ 3lib.net · HN · 517 comments · 698 points · Nov 04, 2022
3x new books added to the Pirate Library Mirror↗ annas-blog.org · HN · 558 comments · 624 points · Sep 25, 2022
Tell HN: Internet Archive is facing a Big 4 Publishers lawsuit↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 216 comments · 746 points · Jul 18, 2022
Pirate Library Mirror: Preserving 7TB of books (that are not in Libgen)↗ pilimi.org · HN · 418 comments · 996 points · Jul 03, 2022
Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement↗ twitter.com · HN · 449 comments · 1117 points · Jan 24, 2022
2021426 stories
EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales (2017)↗ engadget.com · HN · 351 comments · 987 points · Jul 11, 2021
LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online↗ techstartups.com · HN · 676 comments · 1016 points · May 06, 2021
“ISO obstructs adoption of standards by paywalling them”↗ twitter.com · HN · 312 comments · 1010 points · Mar 08, 2021
ICANN Refuses to Accredit Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Due to His ‘Background’↗ torrentfreak.com · HN · 296 comments · 743 points · Mar 03, 2021
Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to trigger copyright filters↗ vice.com · HN · 487 comments · 969 points · Feb 09, 2021
2020384 stories
YouTube Class Action: Same IP Address Upload Pirate Movies and File DMCA Notices↗ torrentfreak.com · HN · 126 comments · 552 points · Dec 21, 2020
Google Widevine Content Decryption Module DMCA↗ github.com · HN · 371 comments · 679 points · Nov 13, 2020
RIAA’s YouTube-dl takedown ticks off developers and GitHub’s CEO↗ torrentfreak.com · HN · 276 comments · 772 points · Oct 27, 2020
I Know What You Download on BitTorrent↗ iknowwhatyoudownload.com · HN · 754 comments · 880 points · Jul 13, 2020
EFF and heavyweight legal team will defend Internet Archive against publishers↗ torrentfreak.com · HN · 263 comments · 600 points · Jun 30, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Unsealed Briefs in Authors’ Case v. Microsoft/OpenAI↗ authorsguild.org · HN · 608 comments · 624 points · Sep 27, 2026
Spain orders blocks on Archive.today and its mirrors↗ reclaimthenet.org · HN · 436 comments · 555 points · Sep 20, 2026
Pirating the Pirates↗ mubi.com · HN · 53 comments · 171 points · Sep 28, 2026
Warez: The Infrastructure and Aesthetics of Piracy (2021)↗ archive.org · HN · 120 comments · 220 points · Sep 18, 2026
Adult Film Producer Unmasks Prolific 'John DOE' Torrent Pirate as Meta Executive↗ torrentfreak.com · HN · 246 comments · 438 points · Sep 04, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Unsealed Briefs in Authors’ Case v. Microsoft/OpenAI↗ authorsguild.org · HN · 608 comments · 624 points · Sep 27, 2026
Spain orders blocks on Archive.today and its mirrors↗ reclaimthenet.org · HN · 436 comments · 555 points · Sep 20, 2026
Adult Film Producer Unmasks Prolific 'John DOE' Torrent Pirate as Meta Executive↗ torrentfreak.com · HN · 246 comments · 438 points · Sep 04, 2026
Copyright does more harm than good and should be abolished↗ grapheneos.social · HN · 322 comments · 311 points · Sep 09, 2026
Warez: The Infrastructure and Aesthetics of Piracy (2021)↗ archive.org · HN · 120 comments · 220 points · Sep 18, 2026
Pirating the Pirates↗ mubi.com · HN · 53 comments · 171 points · Sep 28, 2026
ChatGPT Was Built on Concealed 'Mass Piracy', Authors Tell Court↗ torrentfreak.com · HN · 9 comments · 22 points · Sep 07, 2026
Victory Appeals Court Rejects Expansive New Copyright Claim↗ eff.org · HN · 16 comments · 16 points · Sep 17, 2026
Meta's Copyright System Is Being Weaponized Against Albanian Protesters↗ wired.com · HN · 0 comments · 8 points · Sep 18, 2026
When the RIAA sued a 12-year-old for MP3 piracy↗ dfarq.homeip.net · HN · 0 comments · 7 points · Sep 11, 2026

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