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.
Above all else, right at the start, I will reiterate one thing – I AM NOT A LAWYER. None of what is said is legal advice, nor should it be used as any basis for defense. If you feel the need for legal advice, then get competent legal advice. This is a poin …
Haifa District Court Judge, Gideo Ginat: “I order the respondents, that is Israeli internet service providers, to systematically block access to the illicit site, HttpShare, so that surfers cannot enter this site and utilize it in in order to impede up …
Now that the Pirate Bay trial is drawing ever closer, more and more mainstream news outlets are starting to report on the upcoming case, mostly with heavy anti-piracy bias. Born in 1984 and co-owner of the Swedish ISP ‘PRQ’, the report says that Gottfri …
Whatever faithful Mac/Linux users like me might say, there’s no denying that Windows XP is the most widely used operating system, and it’s only inevitable that Vista will inherit the thrown from its ageing predecessor. Therefore, the most important platfor …
The site’s new initiative is similar to MySpace’s approach. Bands can upload their music and can choose to either let their fans stream songs or download them, or both. The focus is currently on independent artists, but it will hopefully shift to include m …
Several people claimed that out initial report and followup were not accurate so here’s an attempt to get the facts straight. Empornium Targetpoint has nothing to do with Empornium.us’s recent changes. The fact is that a former Targetpoint employee …
This site offers an extensive collection of Classic and B-Movie torrents. The copyright of these movies has expired so you are free to share them. Not much later this story was posted on digg.com, and some of the torrents are getting pretty popular. …
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Left Quote“The Pirate Bay has been one of the most important movements in Sweden for freedom of speech, working against corruption and censorship.
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