File-hosting service RapidShare admits that the file-hosting business has its challenges, but says that linking sites are the real problem. The company advised the U.S. Government last week that law enforcement should crack down on these websites, instead of writing new legislation that may stifle innovation. To address these piracy…
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'The Avengers' tops the chart this week, followed by 'The Hunger Games'. 'The Dictator' completes the top three.
For tens of millions of BitTorrent users, uTorrent is the immediate client of choice. However, a recent decision by its creators to include adware in the client prompted some users to question their loyalty to the product. After numerous reader requests for an overview of other BitTorrent clients, here is…
After several turbulent weeks with DDoS attacks, the shutdown of its servers and a criminal investigation into the site's owners, trouble continues for the Demonoid BitTorrent tracker. After the site's domain names were put up for sale last week, domain market place Sedo has now delisted them citing "legal issues."…
Police in Sweden are warning Internet users not to send money to criminals trying to extort money from alleged file-sharers. The sophisticated scam began when unsuspecting cell phone users browsed an infected website which somehow extracted information from their devices. This was followed up by a mailed allegation of copyright…
In the U.S. tens of thousands of people have been dragged into lawsuits by porn studios. All are accused of downloading adult movies on BitTorrent without consent. In recent months a few of these BitTorrent downloaders started to fight back. Among other things they claim that porn can’t be copyrighted,…
Demonoid is gone, at least for now. The servers in the Ukraine were pulled offline and an investigation into the site’s alleged owners is ongoing in Mexico. At the time of writing the Demonoid domain once again redirects to random ads… For former Demonoid members there’s no other option than…
The latest RIAA tax filing shows that the revenue generated by the anti-piracy group has reached a new low. In just two years the membership dues from music labels have been cut in half and have now sunk to below $30 million a year. While the group has 72 employees,…