… of BitTorrent users all around the world followed the Pirate Bay trial with great … February. Many had hoped that the Court would decide that operating a BitTorrent tracker is no offense, and indeed the ten day trial … damages. Despite this verdict The Pirate Bay continued to operate while the defense filed for an appeal. For a while it looked like …
… Pirate Bay crew hinted that ‘others’ were working on a new torrent hosting service that will host torrents for other torrent sites, … download links in the near future. Without having to operate a tracker and store the .torrent files, maintaining a torrent site will …
… September 2008, Gary Fung of BitTorrent site isoHunt took the unusual step of suing the Canadian Recording … Association (CRIA), seeking confirmation that the site’s operations (along with sister sites Torrentbox and Podtropolis) are legal. “This is our preemptive strike with …
… be found on the Internet, and also carries links to .torrent files. It doesn’t host anything at all, it just carries links. It doesn’t operate a tracker and doesn’t even host the .torrent files it links to. The …
… industries, BREIN has been a thorn in the side of BitTorrent sites for years. More recently the outfit extended their activities to … their libelous writing and harassment of smaller website operators. As expected, this didn’t have much effect, and BREIN continued …
… use a content recognition system that detects and removes torrent files linking to copyright infringing files. The system will also … than the current notice and takedown policy, and it is operated by an undisclosed third party. Interestingly, this collaboration does …
… been increasingly complaining about the massive load BitTorrent transfers place on their networks. They claim that this load can reduce … including the MPAA and RIAA are already pushing for more cooperation from ISPs in tracking down copyright infringers. The relationship …
… most media attention is focused on the mighty BitTorrent, availability of just about every type of copyrighted digital media … Newzbin. Now, four months later, the site is still operating as normal but has received more details about its upcoming battle …
… have already downloaded X-Men Origins: Wolverine via BitTorrent. At the time of writing the film is also topping The Pirate Bay’s … out takedown notices to various torrent sites. Most site operators are kind enough to take down the links, but new ones are already …
… top three BitTorrent sites are all involved in at least one court case. The Pirate Bay trial … outfit BREIN, which has a reputation for forcing torrent sites offline or to hosting in other countries. Through legal action, … TorrentFreak. Erik further noted that Mininova doesn’t operate an open tracker and that they, as opposed to The Pirate Bay, take down …
… malicious files but as more and more people migrated to BitTorrent, it naturally became a target. Uploading fakes to a BitTorrent … are getting a little smarter, adjusting the way they operate as the challenge is met by Mininova. They became aware that at certain …
