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.
When seeking to build mutually beneficial partnerships, one might think that the way to best achieve that is via mutual respect. What seems clear from the latest report from the IFPI, is that the best way to nurture a relationship with Google is to patroni …
The up/down nature of the Mega Song video has brought the handling of copyright infringement notifications and YouTube into the spotlight. The he-said, she-said accusations have been flying for the past week, both online and in the courts. On Wednesday, …
Last week, Megaupload’s Mega Song was on its way to becoming a viral hit, only to be removed from YouTube by a Universal Music takedown demand. Following the filing of a Megaupload lawsuit the song is now back online, but Universal are standing firm. …
With prominent members such Bryan Adams, Eddie Schwartz, Randy Bachman and Carole Pope among its ranks, the Songwriters Association of Canada (SAC) is the voice of more than 1,500 Canadian artists. In common with many of the groups tied to the music in …
When Homeland Security’s ICE unit started seizing domain names last year, a group called “MAFIAAFire” decided to code a browser add-on to redirect the affected websites to their new domains. The release went viral and by now more than 200,000 peop …
As reported previously, Richard O’Dwyer, the former administrator of the now defunct UK-based video links site TVShack, is continuing with his fight against extradition to the United States Today, TorrentFreak has received news from Richard’s mother J …
The past 100 years have seen a vast array of technical advances in broadcasting, multiplication and transmissions of culture, but equally much misguided legislators who sought to preserve the old at expense of the new, just because the old was complaining. …
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