TorrenFreak dishes the dirt on the most downloaded torrents this year.

Figures from pro-filesharing site TorrentFreak show large numbers of individuals downloading copies of popular TV shows - even when there's a legitimate, free version.

The Max Planck Institute for Software Systems is running a project designed to gather data on which ISPs block BitTorrent traffic - and you can help.

According to figures released by pro-file sharing group TorrentFreak, the tiny single-file BitTorrent client uTorrent is experiencing rapid takeup - and is responsible for the majority of P2P traffic.

The torrenting world has taken a couple of major hits this week. First isoHunt blocks US users and then Demonoid goes offline.