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.
Imagine if you were able to write all the world’s news for a week. You would have no bounds in what you wrote, and nobody would question your news – it would be accepted as unconditional truth. What would you write? The people who sit on this kind of po …
As reported here on Friday, a lawsuit filed April 20th in the US District Court For The Middle District of Florida is targeting fans of American metal band All Shall Perish. Up to a point it’s a familiar story. A total of 80 IP addresses are listed havi …
Spearheaded by the MPAA, Hollywood’s major movie studios continuously emphasize how copyright infringement costs them billions of dollars every year. Pirates are ruining the industry and are the direct reason for the loss of thousands of jobs, they sa …
In December 2008, the RIAA announced that it would end its lawsuit campaign in which it targeted alleged file-sharers for cash settlements. The venture, which lasted 5 long years, saw the group target some 18,000 individuals and generate some of the mo …
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 …
The implementation of the UK’s controversial anti-piracy legislation, the Digital Economy Act, has been delayed again. The confirmation, which was delivered yesterday by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, means that UK Internet users suspected …
CISPA, the cybersecurity bill that can put an end to people’s privacy on the Internet was approved by the House of Representatives today. The bill that can turn the Internet into an anti-piracy spying machine was widely protested online and in Washing …
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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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