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.
Yes, the intro to this article is fiction, but it could easily become reality if some U.S. lawmakers have their way. In March, the White House published a white paper with several recommendations on how to make copyright law compliant with the digital a …
Earlier this year, possibly through the use of watermarks, the major Hollywood studios began tracking illicit copies of movies back to theaters in Hungary. Running out of patience, Warner Bros said that for the foreseeable future their movies would not be …
Earlier this week we wrote how music piracy is decreasing thanks to Spotify. In the article we posted a screenshot of the Spotify interface playing “The RIAA Took My Computer Away” from the band ‘My Son The Bum.’ This didn’t go unnoticed to the ba …
A 60-year-old Swedish man who admitted to sharing 2,880 music tracks on Direct Connect has been sentenced after he stood trial last week. The file-sharer received a so called “day fine” which equals 40 days’ worth of his income, and 2-years probation …
The RIAA have been killing file-sharing services for more than a decade, but despite spending a fortune closing Napster, Grokster and LimeWire, music is even more widely available online than ever before, just from different sources. BitTorrent aside, s …
We get a lot of comments on articles from people saying things like “Yeah, it’s stealing. Just embrace it already” or “Good excuse to steal right?.” There are editorials in mainstream newspapers that say “Such theft costs the copyright- or trademark …
Yesterday we reported on the trial of a 15-year-old schoolboy from Sweden who was turned over to the police when his head teacher found movies on his hard drive. Staying in Sweden, today we report on another file-sharing related trial, this time concern …
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