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.
After being honored with an Oscar for Best Motion Picture in 2010, the makers of The Hurt Locker went on to sue thousands of people who allegedly shared the film online. Movie studio Voltage Pictures was not only one of the first studios to sue BitTorre …
In what became known as the iiTrial, the marathon four-year legal battle that began in November 2008, a consortium of Hollywood Studios with token Australian representation going under the banner of the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) …
Last month the UK High Court gave UK pornographer Lyndsay Honey (aka Ben Dover) and his company Golden Eye International a provisional green light to obtain the identities of thousands of alleged file-sharers from ISP o2. By now it’s a well-trodden path …
The Hollywood studios of the MPAA have dozens of global anti-piracy partners who exist to put a local face to international issues. A sample of the major anti-piracy companies working with the MPAA can be found on the movie outfit’s ‘Around The World’ p …
In January, a Dutch court ruled that Ziggo, the largest ISP in the Netherlands, and competitor XS4ALL, must block access to The Pirate Bay. The verdict was the first to bring broad censorship to the Netherlands, much to the disappointment of the two Int …
Last year the MPAA started a lawsuit against Hotfile, one of the Internet’s most popular cyberlocker services. The movie studios claim the file-hoster is promoting “massive digital theft” and want it to be shut down, an accusation Hotfile fiercely re …
In the not-so distant past, every other week there would be news about either BitTorrent sites or their users falling foul of the law. While they still have their share of problems, the rise of so-called cyberlockers and sites that index them means that at …
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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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