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.
As reported by TorrentFreak in March 2010, Golden Eye (International) Ltd, a company connected with the Ben Dover porn brand in the UK and one that had already been pursuing alleged file-sharers in Germany, decided to import their file-sharing settlement s …
Just under a week ago we reported that mass-lawsuits targeting BitTorrent users had migrated from the United States to Canada. Having met resistance on home soil, the makers of The Hurt Locker are now sending out letters to Canadian Internet users sayin …
March last year the law firm Dunlap, Grubb and Weaver imported the mass litigation “pay up or else” anti-piracy scheme to the United States, and in the month that followed they targeted nearly 100,000 people. In total, cases have been filed against …
In the United States, United Kingdom and parts of Europe, there is an increasing momentum from the copyright lobby in favor of legislation which allows for the blocking of file-sharing sites at the ISP level. Where new laws prove politically dangerous, …
Today we publish two opinion pieces from copyright lawyers who are familiar with the mass-lawsuits against alleged BitTorrent users in the U.S. Both lawyers discuss whether someone can be held liable for the copyright infringements committed by others o …
There have been dozens of news reports on the High Court proceedings this week. While the MPA and BT have made token comments to the press, the thoughts and opinions of Team R Dogs, the group behind Newzbin2, have not featured anywhere. Despite an earli …
Over the past year we’ve grown used to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement seizing piracy and counterfeit product related domains. Yesterday, however, a domain was seized which didn’t appear to sell or offer anything other than information. Lowellsfa …
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