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.
With nearly a million torrents featuring a massive 343,203 artists, What.cd is without a doubt the largest private BitTorrent tracker dedicated to sharing music. At any given point in time more than 5 million peers are using the site’s tracker, making it o …
Sick and tired of the anti-piracy actions of large corporate entities, this weekend saw the angry hordes of 4chan coordinate DDoS attacks against the websites of both the MPAA and RIAA generating dozens of news stories and worldwide attention. Although …
Over the last year, TorrentFreak has covered the controversies surrounding the Digital Economy Bill (DEB) extensively. ISPs don’t want it, many MPs don’t want it, the legal profession doesn’t think it’s legal and over 20,000 people have emailed their elec …
This week, Jeffrey Weaver, a lawyer for U.S. Copyright Group, proudly announced that the company would be bringing the mass-litigation model against alleged BitTorrent users to the United States. “We’re creating a revenue stream and monetizing the e …
Around seven years ago when pressure was first starting to form against the then-fledgling BitTorrent scene, attitudes were pretty much as they are now. “They’ll never stop it, we’ll always find a way,” cried the masses grabbing music, movies and software …
Written and directed by Jamin Winans, Ink is an indie movie about a mercenary who appears in the dreams of a comatose 8 year old girl. As with most movies, one part of the story was particularly predictable. It was quickly ripped and ended up on BitTorrent …
In January we introduced DtecNet as the RIAA’s new evidence collecting outfit, replacing MediaSentry whose evidence gathering techniques have been highly criticized by experts. The Danish company is not limiting its services to the RIAA though. It is al …
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