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SAN FRANCISCO, 12th Jul 2020-- BitTorrent, the leading company in peer-to-peer protocols and products, announced that it surpassed 2 billion installations of its popular torrent client software on Windows, Mac, and Android. The company, which offers products across two brands, BitTorrent and µTorrent, credits the milestone on the longstanding popularity of its Classic desktop torrent clients, as well as its new Web-based torrent downloader and player built for the streaming age. In celebration of the milestone, the company is offering 30% off all Windows Pro products for a limited time. "Almost two decades ago the dream of decentralized file transfer was brought into existence by BitTorrent, thus changing the world and positively impacting the lives of people everywhere,” said J...

Founder of KickassTorrents, the world's largest piracy website has been arrested by the USA. The 30-year-old Artem Vaulin, from Ukraine, was arrested today in Poland and is charged with criminal copyright infringement and money laundering. In addition, a federal court in Chicago has ordered the seizure of several KAT domain names. With millions of unique visitors per day KickassTorrents (KAT) has become the most-used torrent site on the Internet, beating even The Pirate Bay. Today, however, the site has run into a significant roadblock after U.S. authorities announced the arrest of the site’s alleged owner. In a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, the owner is charged with conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement, conspiracy to commit mone...

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BitTorrent Crosses 2 Billion downloads

World’s Largest Piracy Website Torrent Kickass Founder Arrested