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U.S. Authorities Charge Owner of Most-Visited Illegal File-Sharing Website with Copyright Infringement

US DOJ, July 20, 2016. Establishes the Kickass Torrents domain seizure and Vaulin's arrest in Poland..

Source type
Government release
Published
July 20, 2016
Research grade
P1
Used in entries
9

Bibliographic record

Publisher
US DOJ
Published
July 20, 2016
Source type
Government release
Research grade
Source grade P1
Language
English
Official record
Official publication
Address
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/us-authorities-charge-owner-most-visited-illegal-file-sharing-website-copyright-infringement
What it supports
Establishes the Kickass Torrents domain seizure and Vaulin's arrest in Poland.
Dataset id
src_doj_kat_2016

How this source is used

Cited 9 times across 4 record types.

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Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

Organization roles

4 citations

Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.

Legal actions against people

2 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

  • Artem Vaulin

    Arrested, Kickass Torrents takedown

    Primary source
  • Artem Vaulin

    Charged, Kickass Torrents takedown

    Primary source

Infrastructure

2 citations

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