ISPs say it will cost AU$50 to block Kickass Torrents every time it pops up on a new domain. The Australian music industry wants to play that game of whack-a-mole, except no one wants to pay for it.

It took nearly 10 years, but authorities have finally targeted and taken down What.cd, which had risen to become the Internet's largest invite-only, music-trading torrent site. The news was confirmed ...

is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, home theater, smartphones, and more. What.cd, an invite-only music torrent website ...

Music fans hoping to download obscure tunes from the web have been hit with another roadblock, as the popular torrent site What.CD has shut down for good. The site's homepage currently has a message ...

Controversial rapper Kanye West has been caught out browsing popular torrent website The Pirate Bay after posting a photo of his computer browser to Twitter. West posted a photo to Twitter, showing ...

File-sharing torrent sites like the Pirate Bay, Kickass Torrents and Torrentz are suddenly losing steam as fewer Web users are visiting these sources in order to access pirated music and content. More ...

Following changes to Australia's copyright laws last year, four music labels are attempting to force ISPs to block access to pirate streaming site KickassTorrents. Universal Music Australia, Warner ...

What.cd, an invite-only music torrent tracker, has shut down yesterday, following a report in French media of police raids. The website, founded in 2007 and with an estimated database of 3 million ...

The new torrent system is designed to help musicians, labels, and brands get detailed analytics on who is downloading their music. The project is designed to turn torrents into sources of detailed ...