Director Alex Winter is working on a documentary covering the rise and fall of Napster. Napster’s Sean Parker had a key role in the Facebook film The Social Network, but his story and that of Napster’s founder Shawn Fanning will now be told in a brand new documentary. “The rise…
A 15 year-old schoolboy with a taste for BitTorrent went to trial yesterday after downloading and sharing 24 Hollywood movies. The case, however, has a worrying twist. Rather than being hunted down online by an anti-piracy company, the teenager was turned over to the police by the head teacher at…
Here’s an interesting fact sheet put together by the MPAA. Piracy is killing the planet… Why the MPAA hasn’t published this important document publicly yet is a mystery to us. Aside from the usual industry funded reports the MPAA also credits TorrentFreak. Apparently they find us very credible as long…
The hugely popular MyP2P streaming sports indexing site has been forced to relocate following unspecified domain issues. The site used to reside at MyP2P.eu but today announced a change to Wiziwig.eu. As can be seen from the screenshot below, checks on the site’s previous domains including MyP2P.eu and MyP2PForum.eu show…
The music storage locker service MP3tunes has scored a big win in its lengthy battle against EMI. U.S. District Judge William Pauley ruled that MP3tunes did not promote copyright infringement and that the service qualifies for “safe harbor” protection under the DMCA. The landmark verdict is good news for other…
In July a federal court slashed the verdict in the infamous RIAA v Jamie Thomas file-sharing case from $1.5 million to ‘just’ $54,000. The RIAA were said to be unhappy with the verdict and now just a month later they have confirmed their appeal. The music industry group are appealing…
Last month we reported on a threat made by AFACT to Australian ISP’s – talk to us on a ‘graduated response’, OR ELSE. Since no-one apparently took the offer up, the ‘or else’ has appeared, in the form of the Australian Attorney General. The Australian has confirmed that Attorney-General Robert…
While most BitTorrent users are happy to carry out their hobby with just a client and their favorite torrent site, there are ways to enhance that basic experience. Today we take a look at some online resources and lesser-known addons and extensions that make using BitTorrent Magnet links that little…