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.
YouTube is without doubt one of the greatest sites ever to grace the Internet. In its library it has countless videos, many accompanied by music, and for millions of web users its a site to visit every single day. But for all its brilliance, YouTube isn …
Since 2010 more than 175,000 people have been sued for online copyright related offenses in the U.S. All of these defendants are accused of sharing films on P2P networks without the consent of copyright holders. Unlike other lawsuits, the aim of the cop …
On Tuesday, Japanese police arrested a man on suspicion of illicit file-sharing. The 33-year-old from Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture is believed to have shared a manga titles and a PSP game, which although illegal is hardly crime of the century. Accordin …
It is no secret that the pro-copyright lobby is active on virtually every political level imaginable. Through lobbying efforts these various groups hope to steer copyright legislation in a direction that favors their businesses. Although organizations …
The Japanese Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) has published an elaborate study that examined the effect of piracy on sales and rentals of Japanese anime DVDs. The results are quite remarkable. While the music and movie industry …
For the last few weeks Japan’s Anti-Counterfeiting Association (ACA) has been busy monitoring the country’s file-sharers looking for copyright infringers. After handing over their findings to the authorities, this week the police took action. In an oper …
Today, a consortium of publishers which includes The Japan Book Publishers Association, The Electronic Book Publishers Association of Japan, The Japan Magazine Publishers Association and the Digital Comic Association, issued a press release in which they a …
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