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artist now, that means next week should be…comics piracy?" They had to wait but two days Because four days ago, 16-year old kid tweeted the following "yall gotta stop shaming people for watching movies and reading comics on illegal sites" and found themselves with 16,000 likes, 1600 retweets and 400 quote tweets And the attention[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported on a new comic book pirating twist. That someone, using multiple Kindle Publisher accounts was uploading Marvel, DC, and

For more on this, we spoke to renowned wrestling piracy expert, Professor Thaddeus T Puffinbottoms. "Yarrrr," said the Professor "It be Captain Thaddeus T Puffinbottoms now, matey." Are you saying that you, yourself, have become a wrestling pirate? "Those landlubbers at Peacock left me no choice," explained the professor, taking a swig of rum "*Cough* It's the only[...]

What is especially impressive is that they used to be comic book pirates. How INKR Switched From Comics Piracy To Global Digital Publishing Beginning as a college project in 2009, Manga Rock was one-stop app for scanlations – scanned in manga comics translated into English – for the iPhone and then the iPad After moving onto other[...]

An interesting turn of events for Team Xecuter today as two members of the gaming piracy group has been arrested The news came, from of all places, The United States Department of Justice The organization posted a notice online, letting the public know they have arrested "Max Louarn, 48, a French national of Avignon, France,[...]

Vault Comics has an answer to the comics piracy problem, which has sparked discussion of potentially hundreds of thousands of people reading comics illicitly, allegedly 20 times the number of people buying them Of course, those numbers are based on bogus hit counter stats posted on the piracy websites themselves, which we previously explained probably[...]

Comics piracy is the hot topic of the week, and understandably so, since a lot of comic book creators have been discovering that tens of thousands of people appear to be pirating their comics based on the view counters on various comics piracy sites It's a shocking thought Could an exponentially higher number of people[...]

Yesterday, Jude Terror wrote a piece quoting Donny Cates on comics piracy But it has become quite the conversation (again) on social media between comic book creators, publishers, critics and readers I think this is where it began… THREAD: I know this may upset some people and get others riled up, but it's something I feel needs[...]

He's more like The Fonz, "bad" in the Michael Jackson song sense, but with a strong moral code, and he looks great in a motorcycle jacket. Case in point: when Cates was tagged into an argument justifying comics piracy, Cates was quick to respond with a strong anti-stealing message: Yeah, sorry ComiXology is still a thing[...]

Comic book writer Jim Zub took to Twitter Wednesday to complain about comics piracy, asking readers who enjoy books like his Champions, the fourth of issue of which went on sale to day, to support the book by actually paying for it, lest it not be around to "deliver on its potential." In his Tweet,[...]

The National Copyright Administration and the movie studio have been freaking out and playing whack-a-mole, getting the pirated copies of The Wandering Earth yanked off pirate websites as soon as they get posted. Even then, the studio's anti-piracy team leader Gong Ge'er has asked for the public's help in alerting them to links for the movie[...]

As a result, fans were able to hear a portion of the movie before the stream ended for unknown reasons. At the premiere, precautions to prevent piracy included making audience members place their phones in sealed pouches, but nobody thought that one of the film's cast would be responsible for breaking the rule Thankfully, Ruffalo shut[...]

"We hope that these arrests act as a warning against the continuing piracy epidemic and wrongful use of publications." In a story sure to bring a smile to Dan Slott's face, five people have been arrested in Japan for scanning and uploading pages from the manga One Piece before its release date. Though One Piece is[...]

King on Facebook to share the film, and it was viewed by more than five million people. To find out how this kind of piracy can affect the profits of a movie, we spoke with world-renowned piracy expert at the prestigious Trump Univesity and real person, Professor Thaddeus T Puffinbottoms. "Oh yes, this would have a profound effect indeed,"[...]

However, according to a report from The Independent, as of this morning, the torrent had "only one seeder and zero leechers" on popular piracy site The Pirate Bay. Through our own nefarious sources, Bleeding Cool has obtained EXCLUSIVE footage of the hacker's plans to use Steve Harvey's Funderdome to blackmail ABC coming to fruition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo7WIHJr6zAVideo can't be loaded[...]

That hasn't stopped one piracy ring from trying to get in on the action The film's production company Arka Mediaworks Entertainment Ltd received a call informing them that they had a copy of the film and would release it if their ransom demands weren't met by paying 1,500,000 rupee (about $23,000 US) The production company[...]

WWE has filed lawsuit in Connecticut against bit torrent users for infringing on their copyrights, stating that the company had "utilized forensic

Now, the piracy news and information website has revealed the top ten most torrented movies of 2016, with Deadpool topping the list Other comic book films on the list are Superman v Batman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, X-Men: Apocalypse, and Suicide Squad Other topics besides superheroes that interested pirates last year included[...]

Once done with the film, the customer effectively sells it back to VidAngel for a price that's discounted for the length of time it's been accessed. VidAngel likens itself to the buying and selling of college textbooks while studios argue that it's just piracy which is it They also have been about as sanctimonious as possible[...]

Walking Dead took second place, followed by Westworld, The Flash, Arrow, Big Bang Theory, Vikings, Lucifer, Suits, and The Grand Tour. Torrent Freak, as accurate an authority on illegal downloads as anyone is likely to be, also reported some other trends, including a move to HD video downloads, and stagnant growth for Bit Torrent as users[...]

Piracy still remains a big problem for movie studios Millions download movies illegally every year, and it's certainly become a bigger issue as Hollywood cracks down on the worst culprits. One such man got into a lot of trouble last year while working on a studio lot He got his hands on screeners of both The Revenant[...]

With the rise of PC gaming exploding substantially, the creep of video game piracy is not far behind It's easier than ever for games to be stolen off torrent websites and it has required developers to get creative Some add game breaking bugs that slowly reveals pirates as they complain in forums, but Paradox Interactive[...]

At New York Comic Con, I got to see iVerse's new comic reading app. It was a rather interesting departure, allowing you to incorporate your, erm,

Hank Scorpio was one of the major comic book piracy sites in the industry It didn't host any files, but it linked to a series of download sites such as Hotfile,  SendSpace and the like. Named after the Simpsons character, hat set it apart from others of its ilk was that Hank Scorpio was incredibly user[...]

Bleeding Cool does not condone comic book piracy I do find the thought processes behind those that facilitate it fascinating, however We ran a piece last week, interviewing the semi-retired pirate Archangel As a result, a current operating pirate, going by the name CCA_Scanner, wrote the following;. I happened to be hanging out with some folks[...]

Any feelings for retailers? Larry would continue to hammer home similar points throughout the day, reminding me how slow the day before new books is for retailers considering the amount of time he spent on Twitter today. On a somewhat similar note, an online chat with Fred Van Lente at Comics Should Be Good, Van Lente, along[...]