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.
A few days before the election circus in the US will start with the Iowa’s caucus, presidential candidate Ron Paul made a comment on the pending SOPA bill “They want to take over the Internet,” he said. “Can you imagine how much we’re going to be cur …
As in many other countries around the world, downloading music and movies is hugely popular in the Netherlands. A massive 30% of the population is said to do so. Presently, the Dutch see downloading movies and music for personal use as “fair use” an …
Two weeks ago we first reported that game company CD Projekt, the makers of The Witcher 2, are chasing down alleged file-sharers in Germany. The company urges those who are caught to pay a settlement fee, or face an even higher fine. This is an intere …
Over the past week we’ve had fun looking up what governments, Fortune 500 companies, and even the most dedicated anti-piracy groups download on BitTorrent. All we had to do is put their IP-addresses into the search form on YouHaveDownloaded and hit after h …
While the sharing of music, movies and games is commonplace on the Internet, in recent years availability has extended to books of all kinds. Some of the most sought after publications are those hunted by students since the paper-based textbooks they ar …
In Switzerland, just as in dozens of other countries, the entertainment industries have been complaining about dramatic losses in revenue due to online piracy. In a response, the Swiss government has been conducting a study into the impact downloading …
Following the introduction of a ’3 strikes’ mechanism targeting regular Internet users, as reported earlier this week moves are underway in France to strangle the finances of streaming and direct download (DDL) sites. Today the direction of the multi-prong …
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