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.
GayTorrent.ru, one of the largest gay torrent trackers appears to have shut down. The homepage has been replaced by a RIP banner with some moody music playing in the background. Tens of thousands of users are left in the dark, and will have to find a …
A little bit of history. UK lawyers Davenport Lyons burst onto the anti-piracy enforcement/revenue generation scheme in 2007, a story originally broken here on TorrentFreak. Their clients – all second or third rate publishers – employed anti-piracy trackin …
For those that have been hiding under stone recently, here’s a summary. In a break from going after alleged games pirates, and what is being viewed by some as a cynical ploy to force ‘settlement by embarrassment’, UK lawyers Davenport Lyons have started ta …
This Monday, European Parliament will vote on a new telecoms bill that would make it possible to disconnect people from the Internet, if they receive more than two copyright infringement warnings. The new law goes directly against a decision from the Europ …
Statistically, file-sharers swapping mainstream copyright material are the overwhelming target of the entertainment industries. Those sharing RIAA-labeled music and MPAA supported movies make up the greatest proportion of all those who have had legal actio …
Due to this, political parties generally make a point of being present, save of course for right-wing extremist parties and the Christian democrats, which have policies that make such a participation difficult to say the least. Prior to this year’s …
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