Another brand new episode of TorrentFreak TV. This week’s episode covers BREIN's false evidence against The Pirate Bay, Kazaa's creators working on new project, MySpace not allowing a copyright owner upload his own song, VODO the new P2P distribution platform and we review a few VPN services.
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘Public Enemies' tops the chart this week followed by 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’. 'The Taking of Pelham' completes the top three.
This April, four people received harsh sentences for their involvement with The Pirate Bay. The four soon announced that they would appeal the verdict. Initially the appeal was scheduled to take place in November, but due to controversies surrounding some of the judges, the case has now been delayed till…
The results of a new poll reveal the extent of opposition to Lord Mandelson's proposals for tough sanctions against alleged file-sharers. The survey, commissioned by the Open Rights Group, shows that not only is the public in favor of due process, but a third would be much less likely to…
Fresh data on the market share of BitTorrent clients shows that uTorrent remains the client of choice for over 60% of all BitTorrent users. Vuze is in second place, but its market share has dropped to 14%. Transmission, on the other hand, continues to gain ground, with the client’s market…
The Commissioning Editor for Education at the UK's Channel 4 will publish an essay tomorrow that is guaranteed to cause controversy. Noting that people will never go back to paying for music, Alice Taylor vehemently opposes plans to disconnect Internet users on a simple accusation, labeling the entities calling for…
The MPAA is currently involved in legal battles against several BitTorrent sites. Last year Hollywood's lobby organization booked a victory in court when they managed to shut TorrentSpy down, but despite these efforts the studio bosses are still not satisfied. Three of the MPAA's anti-piracy leaders have now been fired.
An increasing death-knell is sounding for Lord Mandelson's proposals for 3-strikes Internet disconnections. The latest blow comes from the All Party Parliamentary Communications Group. After a consultation earlier this year, they have now published their response, and it's not one favorable to 'Darth Mandy' and his plans.