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.
Following the recent and ongoing censorship of The Pirate Bay, the Dutch Pirate Party went out on a limb by running a proxy service dedicated to unblocking the site. After a brief legal battle, yesterday they lost their case against Dutch anti-piracy ou …
Starting today Ziggo, the largest ISP in the Netherlands, and competitor XS4ALL are blocking The Pirate Bay website. The blockade is the outcome of a legal battle with the local anti-piracy group BREIN. Ziggo is currently redirecting users to an inf …
Two weeks ago, the Court of The Hague ruled that Ziggo, the largest ISP in the Netherlands, and competitor XS4ALL have to block access to The Pirate Bay. The ruling was the first to bring broad censorship to the Netherlands and in a response XS4ALL said …
The movie industry claims that piracy is costing them billions of dollars a year. Luckily for Hollywood, many Americans choose to consume their online media through legal services such as Netflix. In fact, there are now so many that the total Internet …
A few years ago best-selling author Paulo Coelho made a Russian translation of The Alchemist available without permission from his publisher. As a result the sales in Russia skyrocketed from 1,000 books a year to over 1,000,000. The above is just one …
In August, we reported on the self-help documents lawyer Graham Syfert was selling which enabled individuals sued by USCG to defend themselves. The documents were sold for $9.99 (now $19.95) which is a bargain compared to hiring paid legal advisors. “ …
Private Media Group, one of the largest adult entertainment companies and the first one that’s publicly traded on NASDAQ, has seen many new opportunities appear with the emergence of the Internet. However, it also has to deal with the many streaming and to …
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Left Quote“The Pirate Bay has been one of the most important movements in Sweden for freedom of speech, working against corruption and censorship.
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