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.
Since January 2011, Google has been filtering “piracy-related” terms from its ‘Autocomplete‘ and ‘Instant‘ services. Google users searching for terms like “torrent”, “BitTorrent” and “RapidShare” will notice that no suggestions a …
The movie industry claims that piracy is costing them billions of dollars a year. Luckily for Hollywood, many Americans choose to consume their online media through legal services such as Netflix. In fact, there are now so many that the total Internet …
On November 2nd, lawyers from RettighedsAlliancen, officials from the bailiff’s court and computer experts called at the home of an individual claimed to be a leading movie pirate. The man, known online as Kefissos, stands accused of being connected to …
For those who spend long hours on the Internet it’s easy to fall into the trap of believing that’s where all the important things happen, that ‘AFK’ or ‘real-life’ is just a distraction. But real-life events earlier this year involving the administrator …
On October 13th, Digital Music News (DMN) published an article titled “King Crimson Can’t Get Their Music Off of Grooveshark” which documented a heated email exchange between King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and supporters, and Grooveshark. The concl …
The MPA action against Newzbin2 was extremely important for the Hollywood group – no other site had ever been blocked in the UK on copyright grounds before. Before long it was confirmed that in addition to BT, other UK ISPs had been asked to block Newzb …
In a response to a request from the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), the MPAA has submitted a new list of “notorious markets” they say promote illegal distribution of movies and TV-shows. The filing is particularly interesting since U. …
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