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.
The Norwegian movie Max Manus is the most expensive and successful Norwegian movie to date. While perhaps not an epic achievement from a global perspective, the legal battle to track down the individual who supposedly leaked it onto the Internet certainly …
In the fall of 2002, just months after Bram Cohen released his first version of BitTorrent to the public, a new website called Suprnova.org was born. Before The Pirate Bay, Torrentz and isoHunt started linking to torrent files, Suprnova was already serv …
Last Monday the U.S. Copyright Office ruled that jailbreaking an iPhone or other mobile device does not constitute a violation of federal copyright law. The timing of this announcement is perfect, as rumors persist that the iPhone 4/iOS 4.x jailbreak wi …
Today’s wars, no matter where they are fought or who is fighting them, are increasingly exposed to public scrutiny. While there are accepted guidelines for engaging in battle to which conventional and accountable forces must adhere, there are plenty of exc …
As described by director Sam Bozzo, the movie ‘Hackers Wanted’ explores the differences between true hackers and today’s “computer criminals” and follows the lives of hackers who found themselves arrested after pointing out security holes in computer …
Last month the main Hollywood studios approached CyberBunker operator CB3ROB and demanded that they should stop providing The Pirate Bay with bandwidth. Failure to comply would result in the MPA taking legal action against CB3ROB in Germany. This week w …
Democracy is a great good, so when the Canadian government encouraged the public to have their say on copyright reform we decided to pass the message on to our readers. In doing so, we emphasized why we think that the Internet should not be controlled by c …
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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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