Privacy has always been a major concern for BitTorrent users and there are only a few ways to remain anonymous. By using a secure connection, as the new TorrentPrivacy tool offers, you can bypass almost every firewall or traffic shaping application, while making sure that nobody can see what you're downloading.
In a letter addressed to Kira Alvarez, Chief Negotiator and Deputy Assistant for Intellectual Property Enforcement at the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the MPAA has submitted a list of online and physical locations where unauthorized mo …
RapidShare has been in the news several times this year. The company has seen landmark court verdicts against copyright holders go in their favor and on the other hand have also committed themselves to targeting copyright infringers more actively and going …
In the summer of 2008, The Pirate Bay was censored in Italy when the country’s ISPs were ordered to prevent their subscribers from accessing the site. The decision was appealed and The Pirate Bay won their case, with the Court of Bergamo ruling that no …
In September Demonoid went down with overwhelming hardware problems but fully returned in the middle of December, much to the relief of its members. Despite this extended downtime, the semi-private tracker came in at an impressive 20th place in our list …
In August, Swedish artist and composer Magnus Uggla launched a scathing attack on the owners of Spotify. After discovering that Sony BMG is a shareholder and receiving virtually no cash from his music being played there, he withdrew his tracks from the ser …
Guest post by Michael Carrier, Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School in Camden. BitTorrent: Attacked by Copyright Holders, Crushed by Courts, but Needed for Innovation. The Pirate Bay and other P2P sites continually find themselves on the defensive. …
For several years the media in Sweden has reported that interest in politics among the youth is decreasing at an alarming rate. In 2006, more than 40% of young Swedes who had been elected for a public seat in the previous elections had quit their assignmen …
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