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Type of site | Blog |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Lennart Renkema PhD[1] |
| Created by | Ernesto van der Sar Andy Maxwell Rickard Falkvinge Ben Jones (modified WordPress) |
| Editor | Ernesto van der Sar |
| Revenue | Advertisements |
| URL | torrentfreak |
| Launched | 12 November 2005 |
Content license | CC BY-NC 3.0 (text only)[2] |
TorrentFreak (TF) is a blog dedicated to reporting the latest news and trends on the BitTorrent protocol and file sharing, as well as on copyright infringement and digital rights.
The website was started in November 2005 by a Dutchman using the pseudonym "Ernesto van der Sar".[3][4] He was joined by Andy "Enigmax" Maxwell and Ben Jones in 2007.[4][5] Regular contributors include Rickard Falkvinge, founder of the Pirate Party.[6] The online publication eCommerceTimes, in 2009, described "Ernesto" as the pseudonym of Lennart Renkema, owner of TorrentFreak.[7] TorrentFreak's text is free content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial version 3.0 license.[2]
Their lead researcher and community manager was the Pirate Party activist Andrew Norton, from 2007 until 2022.
- ^ Pouwelse, Johan; Renkema, Lennart (17 April 2009). "Piraten zijn digitale pioniers" [Pirates are digital pioneers]. NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 11 September 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ^ a b "Copyright". TorrentFreak. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ Injijian, Allen (14 May 2007). "Pwned: Final Project Interview #2: Ernesto of TorrentFreak.com". Archived from the original on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ a b Smith, Ethan; McBride, Sarah (4 August 2008). "Web Piracy: The Enemy Within?". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ^ "About TorrentFreak". Archived from the original on 27 June 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ^ Profile. Rick Falkvinge Archived 16 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine, torrentfreak.com.
- ^ San Miguel, Renay (30 June 2009). "Pirate Bay Decides to Join the Navy". E-Commerce Times. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.