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.
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 …
After several years the court case between EMI and MP3tunes has come to an end, and the verdict can be seen as a clear victory for the music storage service. The ruling handed down by Judge William Pauley yesterday confirms that MP3tunes “did not promot …
In the United States, United Kingdom and parts of Europe, there is an increasing momentum from the copyright lobby in favor of legislation which allows for the blocking of file-sharing sites at the ISP level. Where new laws prove politically dangerous, …
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