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.
A few days ago the latest uTorrent alpha release saw the light. Among other things, the new version aims to make downloads even faster for users with high bandwidth connections. But there was something else quite unique about the release. Those who …
When we last covered Jamendo 10 months ago, we noted it had “one of the greatest libraries of free music online”. Yet a site redesign last week might put Jamendo in jeopardy. The new design, which went live almost a week ago, contains very little i …
With help from the music industry’s biggest arch-rival The Pirate Bay, UK rapper Dan Bull is on course to get his first official ‘hit’ listed in various international single charts. With a song titled “Sharing is Caring,” Bull is not exactly the type o …
This is a guest article from UK rapper Dan Bull. Sharing Is Caring Yesterday a young lad asked me, “Dan Bull in the charts? Is this a ‘fuck off’ to the record industry then?” Good question, I thought. What do I really want to say to the entertainm …
For years, when people suggested that the labels should adapt their business models to the digital age and compete with piracy, but the RIAA claimed that it’s impossible to compete with free. Today the RIAA takes this notion back. “The single most im …
It’s a cheerful day for the copyright industry. In France the controversial “graduated response” law (Hadopi) has evaporated unauthorized file-sharing. A new report from the Hadopi office, conveniently written in English so it can be used by lobbyists a …
We’ve pointed it out numerous times in the past. Despite the rampant piracy, Hollywood and other entertainment industries continue to break revenue and sales records year after year. In an excellent report commissioned by the CCIA, Techdirt’s Mike Masni …
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