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.
Early September it came to light that the Swedish Film Institute (SFI) was being sucked into a scandal. While monitoring movies leaked to The Pirate Bay, anti-piracy company DoubleTrace said it had discovered that IP addresses in the BitTorrent swarms …
Last week, in response to a High Court judge’s decision to order UK ISP BT to block Usenet indexer Newzbin2, the operators of the site delivered on their promise to neutralize the looming threat. Last Wednesday, TeamRDogs – the group behind the site …
By now the story of The Pirate Bay (TPB) and its humble Swedish-only beginnings is a well worn tale. The site’s roots can be traced back to Piratbyrån (The Bureau of Piracy), a pro-piracy organization founded in August 2003. With the legendary BitTorre …
Earlier today, the websites of BitTorrent Inc. (utorrent.com and bittorrent.com) were hacked. In what would seem (but isn’t) to be a vindication of the many ‘studies’ equating P2P with malware, downloads of the torrent clients µTorrent and BitTorrent …
In recent years Google and YouTube have gone to extremes to protect copyright holders. Perhaps the greatest achievement thus far is their state-of-the-art Content-ID system. Content-ID allows rightsholders to upload the videos and music they own to a c …
“The Swedish Film Institute’s goal is to support the production, distribution and display of valuable films, to preserve and make accessible Swedish film heritage and to represent Swedish cinema internationally,” says a notice on the Institute’s site. B …
Tribler’s BitTorrent client has been in development for more than 5 years and continues to deliver experimental improvements and innovative ideas. Unlike most other BitTorrent applications, this one is funded by tax money and coded by researchers of …
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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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