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.
On November 2nd, lawyers from RettighedsAlliancen, officials from the bailiff’s court and computer experts called at the home of an individual claimed to be a leading movie pirate. The man, known online as Kefissos, stands accused of being connected to …
For those who spend long hours on the Internet it’s easy to fall into the trap of believing that’s where all the important things happen, that ‘AFK’ or ‘real-life’ is just a distraction. But real-life events earlier this year involving the administrator …
Leading up to today’s hearing in Washington, there has been a lot of talk about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Aside from making streaming of copyrighted content a felony, the pending bill aims to make it easier to put sites that facilitate copyrig …
Royalty collection agencies are known for going to extremes as they go about claiming money on behalf of artists and music composers. In this respect Belgian group Sabam is one of the most aggressive of its kind. Earlier this year it was revealed that t …
Boston student Joel Tenenbaum is the poster child of an entire generation of downloaders, and one of the few people to stand up against the RIAA instead of signing off on a settlement. His case has been dragging on for half a decade already. In 2009, a …
Despite New Zealand’s so-called ‘Skynet’ anti-piracy law having been effect for two months, up until two days ago not a single copyright infringement notice had been sent out. The ISPs expected a flood of notices and some even took on extra staff to pro …
Over the years, many Internet traffic reports have been published. Back in 2004, long before the BitTorrent boom had started, studies already indicated that BitTorrent was responsible for an impressive 35% of all Internet traffic. In the years that foll …
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Privacy is important on the Internet, and BitTorrent users are certainly not excluded. Already, hundreds of...
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