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.
So what have you downloaded lately? If you’re not using BitTorrent through a proxy or VPN, there’s a good chance that the rest of the world can see without asking. YouHaveDownloaded is a new Russian-based service that claims to track about 20 percent …
By now readers will be all too familiar with the rhetoric of the mainstream music and movie industries. So-called foreign “rogue sites” steal American content, steal American money, cost American jobs and damage the economy, the lobbyists insist. While …
In Switzerland, just as in dozens of other countries, the entertainment industries have been complaining about dramatic losses in revenue due to online piracy. In a response, the Swiss government has been conducting a study into the impact downloading …
The movie industry claims that piracy is costing them billions of dollars a year. Luckily for Hollywood, many Americans choose to consume their online media through legal services such as Netflix. In fact, there are now so many that the total Internet …
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 …
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 …
In September the Florida-based file-hosting service Hotfile sued Warner Bros. for fraud and abuse. The file-hoster alleged that after giving Warner access to its systems, the studio wrongfully took down files including games demos and Open Source softw …
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