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 the second half of the year SOPA dominated much of the news, but of course there were plenty of other interesting things going on too. Below is a selection of some of the most remarkable topics covered here on TorrentFreak in the latter part of 2 …
The keynote in question shows how the copyright monopoly is fundamentally incompatible with horizontal unmonitored digital communication, and therefore, with the Internet and private communications as very concepts. I outlined in 2007 how we could expe …
We’ve covered all kinds of anti-piracy stories here on TorrentFreak, but what you are about to read has to rank up there as one of the most unusual. Even now we’re still scratching our heads and rubbing our chins. At the end of May 2011 a leaked copy of …
Legislation currently on the table in Washington threatens the Internet as we know it. The PROTECT IP Act in particular could mean the end for many web services. The PROTECT IP Act gives authorities and copyright holders a broad range of tools to censor …
In early February 2011, U.S. authorities began the third round of Operation in Our Sites, the process which takes allegedly copyright-infringing sites offline by taking possession of their domain names. This wave of seizures, which took place with the …
Congratulations to the MPAA, their new boss Chris Dodd took office a few days ago. The 66-year old former Democratic senator, who ran for President in 2008, will surely revitalize the tune of one of the best known anti-piracy outfits. The CEO and Chair …
There is a great divide between artists on how music piracy should be addressed. On the one hand there are the Lily Allens who believe that tough anti-piracy legislation will increase their profits, while others including Radiohead and Moby think that the …
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