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 curious case has just been heard in The Netherlands which has led a court to arrive to a rather surprising decision. It began when Dutch movie studio Eyeworks applied for a court injunction to stop Usenet community FTD from “making available to the pu …
The people who work at the anti-piracy divisions of Warner Bros. and other large media companies have to be experts in file-sharing technology. It is therefore no surprise that Warner Bros. is actively recruiting students for a job as Anti-Piracy Intern, a …
On April 17th of last year, Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundstrom were found guilty of ‘assisting in making copyright content available.’ The District Court sentenced the defendants to one year in prison and a fine of $905,00 …
Lena Adelsohn-Liljeroth, the Swedish Minister of Culture held a speech before the Swedish Society of Popular Music Composers (SKAP) yesterday evening. By itself this is not really anything unusual, but while she was speaking she also commented on the verdi …
Several hours before the verdict was read out in court, a journalist had already informed one of the defendants that they would be found guilty. The source of the leak will now be investigated upon request from Stockholm’s District Court. “It is extreme …
There is little doubt that the the current ‘hot topic’ in copyright circles is the upcoming Pirate Bay trial. The trial, which has been termed ‘the Political Trial of the Decade’ has been covered extensively by most news sites, including here at TorrentFre …
The power of anti-piracy lobbyists has grown significantly across Europe this year. In the UK, six major ISPs are working together with the music industry to start mass warning file-sharers. France has gone even further, and proposed a law that will enable …
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