Some say cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin could change the way we transact. Sites such as The Pirate Bay and streaming service Showtime are looking at it to pay the bills, but at users’ expense. FULL STORY >

The Pirate Bay’s anti-censorship browser, the PirateBrowser, has garnered a substantial 100 000 downloads in the four days since it set sail. FULL STORY >

A crowd-funding drive is underway to develop Heml.is, a messaging app that its founders claim will offer unbreakable levels of privacy. FULL STORY >

Online piracy continues to grow as content sharing websites become more popular. FULL STORY >

Torrent Freak posts this week's most pirated movies FULL STORY >

Police in Sweden yesterday raided several locations that contained servers used by, amongst others, filesharing website The Pirate Bay and WikiLeaks. FULL STORY >

Which movies are most popular over Torrent portals this week? FULL STORY >

The Pirate Bay is sold for about R60 million. FULL STORY >

In April The Pirate Bay four was sentenced to a year in prison, and had to cough up $4.5m in damages. Today their political party, the Pirate Party, has a seat in the European Parliament. FULL STORY >