English singer-songwriter Jamie Cullum has admitted that, like many of his fellow Brits, he is an avid music pirate. While noting that as many copies of his album have been downloaded illicitly as bought officially, Cullum says that punishing file-sharers is out of the question. Only cutting-edge legal services have…
Comcast has decided to settle one of the lawsuits brought about over their use of the Sandvine BitTorrent throttling hardware to 'manage' their network. For those who were affected, there is the possibility of receiving a payment from a $16 million fund set up by the Internet service provider.
After taking legal action, IFPI has now reached a settlement with the operators of several cyberlocker hosting sites. Under the agreement, the owners of the sites will pay IFPI around $50,000 in compensation. They will also hand over their domain names to the music industry group so they cannot be…
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘This Is It' tops the chart again this week followed by 'Avatar’. '2012' completes the top three.
Avatar is doing great at the box office so it will come as no surprise that it is also very popular on BitTorrent. However, rather than the usual overreaction to piracy, Fox is playing down the leak and saying it will have a much smaller effect on profits. In the…
Defending the rights of The Village People, the legendary Web Sheriff threatened The Pirate Bay's operators with legal action in an attempt to get compensation for the losses the six had suffered. The threats didn't lead to much unfortunately, so The Village People and the infamous Sheriff are now pointing…
With 2009 nearing its end, we take a look at the most-pirated movie titles across various categories. Aside from the usual suspects such as Star Trek and Transformers, the list also includes a few surprising entries, and some notable absentees.
Promoted by The Pirate Bay, isoHunt and many other file-sharing sites, the novel film distribution platform VODO presents its latest release, The Lionshare. The film centers around a fictitious BitTorrent site called The Lionshare, so distributing it through BitTorrent is only natural.