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.
The Internet Infrastructure Foundation is the independent organization responsible for operating the top Swedish domain (.SE) and national domain name registry. It actively promotes development and stability of the Internet. The Health Status of Net Ne …
European Commissioner for Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes has once again spoken out against the so-called copyright monopolies. Last year at the Forum d’Avignon she noted that if media companies want to tackle piracy, they should look beyond “corporati …
In response to the pending SOPA (“Stop Online Piracy Act”), leading civil liberties and tech policy organizations are calling for a Internet-wide day of protest against censorship. The event is dubbed “American Censorship Day,” because it will take pl …
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 …
There can be little doubt that the architects of the ParentPort website have the best interests of children, the most important and vulnerable people in our society, at heart. That can only be a good thing – after all, we’ve all seen things online that we …
Earlier this week we pointed out that the press increasingly started to question pro-copyright propaganda. One of the hopes we had was that the Attorney General would to the same during the “secret” stakeholder meeting that was organized today. The …
According to reports this morning, the UK government wants search engines including Google to “make life more difficult” for file-sharing type sites that provide access to copyright infringing material. Tomorrow, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is expecte …
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