TorrentFreak
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Type of site | Blog |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Lennart Renkema PhD |
| 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) |
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". He was joined by Andy "Enigmax" Maxwell and Ben Jones in 2007. Regular contributors include Rickard Falkvinge, founder of the Pirate Party. The online publication eCommerceTimes, in 2009, described "Ernesto" as the pseudonym of Lennart Renkema, owner of TorrentFreak. TorrentFreak's text is free content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial version 3.0 license.
Their lead researcher and community manager was the Pirate Party activist Andrew Norton, from 2007 to 2022.
TorrentFreak is incorporated in the Netherlands, with an office in Groningen and a mailing address in Manchester, United Kingdom.