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.
Last year Richard O’Dwyer, the 23-year-old UK-based administrator of TVShack – a TV show and movie links site – was arrested by police. Following his detention in the UK’s largest prison, the admin is now at risk of being extradited to the U.S. …
On 13th January 2011, two of the Internet’s largest adult entertainment BitTorrent trackers confirmed that they would permanently shut down. It was a significant event – PureTNA had in excess of 1,329,500 members, a tally equaled by Empornium. The reaso …
Despite its “rogue site” status and various other warnings, when MegaUpload went down last week it still came as a shock. But what came next was unprecedented, a dramatic reaction in cyberlocker land that took out vast libraries of digital content and …
This is a guest post from Brian Thompson, Managing Partner of Thorny Bleeder Records I don’t want to own music. I just want to listen to music. I just want to feel the music. I don’t want to buy that which I don’t need. I don’t want to own a piec …
Yesterday morning, Kim Dotcom had his application for bail denied at the North Shore District Court in New Zealand. Judge David McNaughton said that the scale of the charges against the MegaUpload founder combined with his significant resources meant th …
In recent weeks millions of people have spoken out against the pending PIPA and SOPA anti-piracy bills, which have both been delayed as a result. Today we can add a VP at one of the major RIAA labels to this list, which is quite unique and yet another …
Following the dramatic events of the previous 24 hours, last Friday the founder of MegaUpload, Kim Dotcom, was denied bail in an extradition hearing in New Zealand. Dotcom, who along with several of his employees was raided by armed police in helicopter …
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