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Kickass Torrents was the world's most popular torrent site - even bigger than The Pirate Bay.  But the site has been taken down, and its alleged operator arrested . The criminal complaint against KickassTorrents and its alleged operator includes a chart that shows the cinema release dates of popular movies, the date they appeared on KickassTorrents, and the DVD release date. For every single movie, KickassTorrents managed to release a version weeks before the DVD was in stores, often just days after the films were screened in cinemas. "Warcraft" isn't out on DVD yet, but it was posted on Kickasstorrents shortly after appearing in the cinema. That's because it was converted using telecine, a type of machine that takes the original cinema reels of a movie and converts them to a digital file. The cinema reels are run through the machine, which then records the film and turns them into a digital recording. That's then shared on torrent sites, giving

In an attempt to counter online piracy,  Kabali  producer Kalaipuli S. Thanu has approached the High Court a week before the release of the superstar film, to direct internet service providers to block access to websites that indulge in piracy. Internet service providers (ISPs) had drastically improved the technology in this particular field mainly to facilitate online piracy, charged the petitioner. This enabled a user to download a film like  Kabali  — which had cost Rs. 100 crore to make and employed over 3,500 people — within just eight minutes and by spending Rs. 20 from illegal websites. Justifying his contention, counsel for the producer Vijay Narayan said, “There are 160 ISPs licensed in India and approximately 70 per cent of their revenue comes from such illegal downloads that are done in complete violation of the terms and conditions of their licence.” For obvious reasons, the government is turning a blind eye to this, since it is earning huge amounts of money