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.
In common with many other countries around the world, in recent years Australia has struggled with the issue of unlawful file-sharing. The messy and still-unfinished legal battle between AFACT and ISP iiNet has further highlighted the rift between rightsho …
In March 2010, Golden Eye (International) Ltd, a company connected with the Ben Dover porn brand, attempted to extract file-sharing settlements from Internet subscribers in the UK. Golden Eye hired law firm Tilly Bailey & Irvine (TBI), a then 170-year-o …
The excellent article below comes from ABC Australia and is written by Nick Ross. Well worth the read. When it comes to copyright theft and piracy, many people assume there’s just one side – the side of truth, justice and copyright owners. Beyond that t …
In federal courts all across the U.S. hundreds of thousands of alleged BitTorrent users have been targeted by copyright holders. In recent months many of these defendants walked free because various judges ruled – for a wide range of reasons – that copy …
As reported by TorrentFreak in March 2010, Golden Eye (International) Ltd, a company connected with the Ben Dover porn brand in the UK and one that had already been pursuing alleged file-sharers in Germany, decided to import their file-sharing settlement s …
In April, The Pirate Bay renamed itself to The Research Bay to conduct the largest ever survey among file-sharers together with the Cybernorms research group at Lund University. The Cybernorms group researches how the Internet creates new social norms i …
Just under a week ago we reported that mass-lawsuits targeting BitTorrent users had migrated from the United States to Canada. Having met resistance on home soil, the makers of The Hurt Locker are now sending out letters to Canadian Internet users sayin …
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