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.
At the end of the year when new developments draw to a close, it’s time to take a look back and take stock. Below is our overview of some of the most interesting events we reported during the first half of 2011. Take a deep breath… January After …
BitTorrent is by no means a private way to share files, as YouHaveDownloaded demonstrated during recent weeks. However, it also illustrated that BitTorrent use is quite common. Last month, the American Assembly, a non-partisan public policy forum affili …
This is a guest post by BitTorrent defense lawyer Blair Chintella. More news on the case here. — I have been practicing in the area of copyright infringement and specializing in bittorrent cases essentially since they started in the District of Col …
In 2008, Universal, Sony, EMI, Warner and “Spanish RIAA” Promusicae (Productores de Música de España) joined forces to file suit against MP2P Technologies, a company created by Spaniard Pablo Soto. Born in 1979, Soto had been in the computer business …
The copyright trolls at Righthaven made a business out of scouring the net for websites that have used even the smallest parts of their partner newspapers’ materials and then threatening them with legal action. If one outfit deserves the label copyrig …
Some people believe that anti-piracy groups do a hateful and cynical job, and achieve little other than negative publicity. Others maintain that they are absolutely necessary to protect the livelihoods of the world’s creative industries, and without the …
In common with many other countries around the world, in recent years Australia has struggled with the issue of unlawful file-sharing. The messy and still-unfinished legal battle between AFACT and ISP iiNet has further highlighted the rift between rightsho …
The latest news from around the web, not covered on the frontpage
FilePorn, one of the longest standing adult BitTorrent trackers, has called it quits. After more than...
For years the RIAA has tried to convince the world that piracy is killing musicians. Supported...
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A coalition of 70 groups, including Reddit and WordPress, are asking Congress to stop working on...
In the aftermath of the MegaUpload shutdown, file-hosting sites continue to change their services. After Uploaded.to,...
Below are TorrentFreak's most discussed articles of the past month. Join the discussion if you like.
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A selection of some TorrentFreak's classics dug up from our archives.
Continuing a long-standing New Year's tradition, we present an up-to-date list of the world's most visited...
Privacy is important on the Internet, and BitTorrent users are certainly not excluded. Already, hundreds of...
With anti-piracy outfits and dubious law-firms policing BitTorrent swarms at an increasing rate, many Bittorrent users...
With the entertainment industries lobbying for increased powers to spy on BitTorrent users, many downloaders are...
BitTorrent can be fun, as long as you get decent speeds. Not satisfied with your current...