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2 Legacy  


2.1  Unofficial clones  




2.2  In popular culture  






3 References  













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TamilRockers

Type of site

Torrent index, magnet links provider, Peer-to-peer
Available inEnglish
Headquarters
India
Area servedWorldwide
RevenueAdvertisements
RegistrationOptional, free
Launched2011; 13 years ago (2011)
Current statusActive
Part of a serieson
File sharing
Technologies
  • Online video platform
  • Peer to peer
  • Usenet
  • Web hosting
  • WebRTC
  • XDCC
    		•
    Video on demand sites
  • Dailymotion
  • PeerTube
  • Putlocker
  • YouTube
    		•
    BitTorrent sites
  • Demonoid
  • ExtraTorrent
  • EZTV
  • isoHunt
  • FitGirl Repacks
  • KickassTorrents
  • Nyaa Torrents
  • RARBG
  • Rutracker.org
  • Tamil Rockers
  • The Pirate Bay
  • YIFY
  • YourBittorrent
    		•
    Academic/scholarly
  • Internet Archive
  • Library Genesis
  • Sci-Hub
    		•
    File sharing networks
  • Direct Connect
  • eDonkey
  • Gnutella
  • Gnutella2
  • Hyphanet
  • I2P
  • Soulseek
    		•
    P2P clients
  • DC++
  • eMule
  • Filetopia
  • μTorrent
  • OnionShare
  • qBittorrent
  • Shareaza
  • Transmission
  • Tribler
  • Vuze
  • WinMX
    		•
    Streaming programs
  • Kodi
  • Popcorn Time
  • Torrents-Time
    		•
    Anonymous file sharing
  • Darknet
  • Friend-to-friend
  • Private P2P
  • Proxy server
  • Seedbox
  • VPN
    		•
    Development and societal aspects
  • Legality
  • BitTorrent issues
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    By country or region
  • Japan
  • Singapore
  • UK
  • USA
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    Comparisons
  • Comparison of BitTorrent sites
  • Comparison of eDonkey software
  • Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients
  • Comparison of Usenet newsreaders
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    • TamilRockers is a torrent website based in India which facilitates the distribution of copyrighted material, including television shows, movies, music and videos.[1] The site allows visitors to search for and download copyrighted material with the help of magnet links and torrent files, which facilitate peer-to-peer file sharing. It also operates multiple Telegram channels and groups with thousands of subscribers.[2] TamilRockers is the tenth most popular torrent site in TorrentFreak's Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites of 2020 list.[3]

    In India, ISPs have been ordered to block access to the website.[4][5][6] The website continues operation by switching to a series of new web addresses.[7] Aside from its traditional list of pirate sites, apps, and hosting providers, the movie industry group Motion Picture Association (MPA) lists TamilRockers as one of the notorious markets.[8][9]

    History[edit]

    TamilRockers was a bootleg recording network which was founded in 2011 and later became a public torrent website that links to pirated copies of Indian films, particularly Tamil, in addition to Hollywood films dubbed into Indian languages along with the original English audio.

    On March 14, 2018, three men said to be behind the site were arrested. One of the men was believed to be the site administrator.[10] On 23 May 2019, more members of TamilRockers were arrested in Coimbatore.[11]

    On October 19, 2020, the site went offline but came back online after a while; it was speculated that Amazon intervened by issuing several DMCA takedown notices.[12]

    Legacy[edit]

    Unofficial clones[edit]

    Since the official TamilRockers went offline, there has been two prominent clone websites called TamilMV and Tamil Blasters, which are also been targeted by ISPs to block them. In May, 2022, Disney Star, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, filed complaint with police in India, targeting Tamil Rockers, TamilMV, and Tamil Blasters.[13][14][15]

    In popular culture[edit]

    The TamilRockers name has made cameo in many Tamil movies, including a Tamil movie Tamil Rockers starring Premgi Amaren released on December 31, 2021.[16][17]

    On July 2, 2022, SonyLIV released a series named Tamil Rockerz, which is about online piracy and cybercrime, it stars Arun Vijay and Vani Bhojan, directed by Arivazhagan.[18][19]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Prabhakar, Siddharth (29 November 2018). "Tamilrockers: How does the website work? Who are uploading movies?". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  • ^ "Tamil cinema and TamilRockers: An insider view of the never-ending piracy battle". The News Minute. 27 August 2020. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  • ^ "Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites of 2020 * Best of TorrentFreak". Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  • ^ Shekar, Anjana (12 January 2019). "How Karthik Subbaraj's 'Petta' team is fighting Tamil Rockers". The News Minute. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  • ^ "Block TamilRockers and piracy websites: Delhi High Court to Internet Service Providers". India Today. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  • ^ "Delhi HC Directs Internet Service Providers to Block Tamilrockers for Unauthorised Movie Screening". News18. 12 August 2019. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  • ^ "2.0 leaked: Why is it so hard to stop the Tamilrockers?". Oneindia. 1 December 2018. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  • ^ "MPA Adds 1XBET and Baidu to Latest Piracy Threat Report". TorrentFreak. 13 October 2019. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  • ^ "MPA's full report" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  • ^ "Kerala police arrest 5 for piracy: 3 from Tamilrockers and 2 from DVD rockers". www.thenewsminute.com. 15 March 2018. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  • ^ "TamilRockers: Members of piracy website Tamil Rockers arrested". The Times of India. 30 August 2019. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  • ^ "TamilRockers domain blocked, but the piracy website can come back anytime". The News Minute. 20 October 2020. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  • ^ "Piracy: Disney Files Police Complaint Against Tamilrockers & Pikashow * TorrentFreak". Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  • ^ "Indian OTTs might lose $3 bn to piracy this year as leaked content sites see 62 mn footfalls". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  • ^ "'Pirates' robbing entertainment giants back in focus as Disney Star files FIR on leaked shows". ThePrint. 3 June 2022. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  • ^ "Premgi's new film titled after the infamous piracy movie website - Times of India". The Times of India. 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  • ^ "Tamil Rockers Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes", The Times of India, archived from the original on 25 June 2022, retrieved 25 June 2022
  • ^ Desk, Online. "Arun Vijay to star in Arivazhagan's web series 'Tamil Rockerz'". DT next. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  • ^ "Arun Vijay's Tamil Rockerz first look out". Cinema Express. 2 July 2022. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

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