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.
During 2009, the IFPI in Switzerland was undergoing restructuring and as part of that appointed Beat Högger as its new CEO. He had a plan to employ two secretaries, but with a twist. The pair would not be paid by the IFPI, but by a company called IPGat …
There have been dozens of news reports on the High Court proceedings this week. While the MPA and BT have made token comments to the press, the thoughts and opinions of Team R Dogs, the group behind Newzbin2, have not featured anywhere. Despite an earli …
As the world is introduced to new technology, things that were previously thought impossible become an everyday occurrence. Telling someone a few hundred years ago that you could deliver a letter to someone on the other side of the world in under a second …
The music industry has made it quite clear that the Internet is a scary place full of pirates. These same fears have spread into the minds of some book publishers, but not all. According to a recent column in the Chronicle of Higher Education there are …
Since its launch earlier this year, Project Zomboid has been going from strength to strength while building a growing fan base. The indie game is being developed by a small team at Indie Stone and costs a measly £5 to buy. The developers have said all …
While sites like The Pirate Bay grab most of the headlines in the BitTorrent world, there is another thriving part of the eco-system which attracts much less attention. The Internet currently plays host to many hundreds, probably thousands, of so-called pr …
Over the past several months a series of domain name seizures by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made headlines across the Internet. Under the flag of “Operation In Our Sites” the authorities shut down a …
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