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.
“Today’s copyright legislation is out of balance, and out of tune with the times. It has turned an entire generation of young people into criminals in the eyes of the law, in a futile attempt at stopping technological development.” These are the firs …
With help from the music industry’s biggest arch-rival The Pirate Bay, UK rapper Dan Bull is on course to get his first official ‘hit’ listed in various international single charts. With a song titled “Sharing is Caring,” Bull is not exactly the type o …
What if you organize a pro-copyright demonstration, but nobody wants to attend? Well, then you can always hire some students. This is exactly what the German copyright lobby must have thought. They are reportedly recruiting students who are asked …
The Aussie police are clearly not setting the right example when it comes to copyright infringement. In 2008 computers of the South Australian police force’s IT branch were found to contain hundreds of pirated movies. There is, however, an even ongoi …
Every single week new lawsuits are filed aimed at discovering the identities of individuals who allegedly share copyright material online without the permission of rightsholders. Most often these lawsuits are filed by porn companies, independent movie s …
This is a guest article from UK rapper Dan Bull. Sharing Is Caring Yesterday a young lad asked me, “Dan Bull in the charts? Is this a ‘fuck off’ to the record industry then?” Good question, I thought. What do I really want to say to the entertainm …
The battle between YouTube and music rights group GEMA began in earnest when talks between the pair on the issue of royalties completely broke down in 2010. An earlier agreement with GEMA, which represents around 60,000 artists, had expired in 2009. Rat …
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