The list of sites that UK ISPs are requested to block by copyright holders has been updated, and now includes more popular examples such as Demonoid, and even sites that sell counterfeit luxury goods.
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Game of Thrones was the most pirated TV show of the year, but a list of the 20 most pirated movies of 2014 was topped by The Wolf of Wall Street - just ahead of Frozen, Robocop and Gravity.
After becoming BitTorrent's most downloaded TV program in 2012, and retaining the title in 2013, Game of Thrones has again won the battle to defeat all other challengers, as 2014's most pirated show.
The porn industry has launched a campaign to encourage users to pay for adult content, rather than downloading it free - but some think cheaper 'Netflix-style' pricing for porn is the way forward.
A federal judge has ruled that an IP address alone is not sufficient to prove that an account holder is guilty of copyright infringement, dismissing a case which accused hundreds of illegal downloads.
After its game, Football Manager 2013, was cracked and copies illegally shared worldwide, its developer tracked the downloads to 10.1m IP addresses, including one which was located at the Vatican.
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