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.
In the past decade the Internet has radically changed people’s media consumption habits, and the same can be said for the effect of the web on social change movements. Although the role of Twitter and Facebook in the recent revolutions in the Middle Eas …
Last month the High Court began a judicial review of the controversial Digital Economy Act (DEA). The review was ordered after the legislation, which was rushed through by the previous Labour government, was met with complaints from two of the UK’s biggest …
When ACS:Law burst onto the file-sharing litigation business scene in mid-2009, the similarities between their modus operandi and that of Davenport Lyons, the company that had pioneered the ‘pay-up-or-else’ scheme, were clear. Since we were interested i …
In a letter addressed to Kira Alvarez, Chief Negotiator and Deputy Assistant for Intellectual Property Enforcement at the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the MPAA has submitted a list of online and physical locations where unauthorized mo …
On Monday 20th September, London lawyers Gallant Macmillan went to court on behalf of their client and huge independent music label Ministry of Sound. Their aim: to obtain the identities of hundreds of alleged file-sharers from UK ISPs. The hearing, Min …
Professor Richard Dawkins needs no introduction and any attempt at one will inevitably fall short considering his impressive track record. With several honorary doctorates and many awards, he is one of the best known and most renowned scientists today. …
The very lucrative turn-piracy-into-profit “speculative invoicing” model has leapt over the Atlantic to the United States and, as with most things stateside, it’s likely to be bigger than ever before. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a company known …
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