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.
Most probably due to Sweden’s historic connections with The Pirate Bay, many Swedes consider file-sharing to be an activity deeply embedded in popular culture. Determined to break the plundering habits of these misguided souls, the US movie and recordin …
The New Zealand High Court has decided to return several items of property belonging to Kim Dotcom. The Megaupload founder is allowed to keep his $20,000 a month spending budget and regains use of his Mercedes-Benz G55AMG, a luxury car worth $250,000 …
“Today’s copyright legislation is out of balance, and out of tune with the times. It has turned an entire generation of young people into criminals in the eyes of the law, in a futile attempt at stopping technological development.” These are the firs …
During the last decade the issue of so-calling ‘camming’ – taking a video recording device into a theater and filming the screen – grew out to the point where almost every major movie was online before its official release. Groups like maVen turned the act …
Not long after Sweden’s controversial IPRED legislation became law in 2009, five book publishers handed a request for information to a local court. The rightsholders, represented by anti-piracy group Antipiratbyrån, wanted to force local ISP ePhone to …
Nearly three months after the Megaupload raids and arrests, 1,103 servers hosted at Carpathia are gathering dust. While the US Government won’t mind if the servers are destroyed, Megaupload, the EFF and even the MPAA all argued that would be a bad id …
Today, while doing research on the Pirate Party, I had cause to look at the Italian division’s website. Within just a few minutes I suspected that I’d been overdoing it lately – even with the invaluable help of Google translate, I had absolutely no idea wh …
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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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