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.
The Internet’s Domain Name System, which translates human-readable URLs into IP addresses so that web users can more easily find Internet sites, has become a battle ground for censorship during the last couple of years. From residing almost exclusively …
This particular case, Hard Drive Productions, Inc. -v- Does 1-90, sees the well-known porn company plaintiff follow the now well-trodden copyright troll path. Gather IP addresses from BitTorrent networks and go to court to obtain the physical identities …
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 …
Talking at a copyright conference in New York last Friday, Paramount Pictures’ Alfred Perry said that Megaupload is just the first of many cyberlocker services Hollywood wants to be gone. The exec identified Fileserve, MediaFire, Wupload, Putlocker an …
Before the net, if you wanted to send a copy of something that was protected under the copyright monopoly, it was an absolute given that you could do so. You would send that copy in the mail without a single thought of repercussions. You could send copies …
The Pirate Party fights for transparency, anonymity and sensible copyright laws. At TEDxObserver, Rick Falkvinge – the founder of the very first Pirate Party – explains how he became the leader of Europe’s tech-driven political party, which so far has …
The battle for both Megaupload and its former users to get their data back continues. The data is currently stored on servers at Carpathia Hosting in the US at the not inconsiderable cost of $9,000 a day. Megaupload’s legal team is working hard t …
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