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• Study Maps the Emerging Ethics of File Sharing and Copyright Enforcement

  One of the most comprehensive studies into media sharing and consumption habits in the United States and Germany reveals that nearly half of the populations have copied, shared or downloaded music, movies, and TV shows. Sharing occurs both on- and offline, but the latter is seen as reasonable by most people. The report does, however, reveal that online file-sharers consume more music than their non-file-sharing counterparts.

• Purdue University Launches P2P Network to Bypass RIAA

  College students have always had the dubious distinction of being easy marks in the target against P2P file sharing. As of February 2007, the RIAA has dispatched thirteen new waves of litigation letters against U.S. University students in their ‘deterrence’ campaign aimed at more than 5,000 students. But one University is fighting back – albeit very quietly – and that’s Purdue.

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• The Pirate Bay Isn’t Down Completely, Just Having a Few Issues

  Twitter and Facebook, not to mention the TorrentFreak inbox, are currently alive with complaints that The...

• Pirate Bay Founder Gottfrid Svartholm on Freedom of Speech

  Freedom of speech is a highly valued commodity, but should people be allowed to say whatever...

• Blu-ray Anti-Piracy Tech Stops Discs and Promotes Purchases

  An anti-piracy system present in all official Blu-ray players since 2012 has received a fresh update...

• Foxtel Breeds Pirates by Locking Up Game of Thrones

  One of the main reasons why people turn to piracy is the lack of legal alternatives....

• UK Student Admits Breaching Sony Copyrights With Leak of PS3 SDK

  Last year an Internet user known as El Nomeo leaked version 3.70 of Sony’s Playstation3 SDK...

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• Pirate Bay Takes Over Distribution of Censored 3D Printable Gun

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• McAfee Patents Technology to Detect and Block Pirated Content

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• Pirate Bay Finds Safe Haven in Iceland, Switches to .IS Domain

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• Copyright Trolls Threaten to Call Neighbors of Accused Porn Pirates

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• The Pirate Bay Moves to .SX as Prosecutor Files Motion to Seize Domains

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A selection of some TorrentFreak's classics dug up from our archives.

• VPN Services That Take Your Anonymity Seriously, 2013 Edition

  More than a year ago TorrentFreak took a look at a selection of the web’s VPN...

• Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites of 2013

  Continuing a long-standing New Year's tradition, today we present an up-to-date list of the world's most-visited...

• Which VPN Service Providers Really Take Anonymity Seriously?

  Last month it became apparent that not all VPN providers live up to their marketing after...

• What’s The Best VPN / Proxy for BitTorrent?

  Privacy is important on the Internet, and BitTorrent users are certainly not excluded. Already, hundreds of...

• BTGuard Review: How Does it Work?

  With the entertainment industries lobbying for increased powers to spy on BitTorrent users, many downloaders are...

• Optimize Your BitTorrent Download Speed

  BitTorrent can be fun, as long as you get decent speeds. Not satisfied with your current...