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.
Founded in Moscow in 1993, DrinkorDie (DoD) was a major underground warez network who, amongst many other achievements (including the release of their own DVD ripper) embarrassed Microsoft by pre-releasing Windows95 2 weeks before its official launch. DoD …
Jamendo recently passed the 2000 albums mark and currently indexes 2005 Creative Commons licensed albums. The site offers some great features that make it easy to share and discover new music. You can browse their album collection by genre, country, popula …
Two facts: Album sales are declining. 75% of all artists profit from filesharing. We will try to explain these two seemingly contradicting facts, and list three factors that may help us understand what’s going on… Artists sell more album …
eDonkey has finally and unarguably lined up with other former independent commercial p2p companies which are now working with the RIAA. As we write this, “The eDonkey2000 Network is no longer available,” says the site. If you steal music or …
TorrentFreak: When did you come up with the idea to start an Austrian Pirate party? Florian: When I first heard about the founding of the Swedish Pirate Party I thought “yeah, that’s a nice idea. The industry is running amok and politicians igno …
The IFPI announced a new round of lawsuits last May, but once again it is shown that their threats sort little effect. Pirates are not easily scared and p2p traffic continues to grow. Ipoque studied survey anonymized date supplied by some large Germ …
The indie rock band “The Decemberists” has more faith in BitTorrent than MTV. The band from Portland, Oregon want their video to be available to a wide public, and BitTorrent is the easiest way to do so. Dawn Barger, manager of the Decemberists says …
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