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.
Although New Zealand’s Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act 2011 doesn’t come officially into force until 1st September, last week saw the beginning of P2P network monitoring which can be backed up by action under the new legislation. As …
To many in the business world, using strong-arm tactics against companies whose help you need to achieve your aims is something to be avoided. It creates bad feeling and can be somewhat counter-productive. Issuing threats to potential business partners is …
When it comes to discussing file-sharing and copyright-related issues, extremists often make a sensible debate impossible. The most vocal rightsholder groups would ideally turn the Internet into a virtual police state, and at the other end of the spectrum …
As the world is introduced to new technology, things that were previously thought impossible become an everyday occurrence. Telling someone a few hundred years ago that you could deliver a letter to someone on the other side of the world in under a second …
The spread of anti-filesharing measures across the United States and Europe appears to be accelerating at a somewhat dizzying pace. On an almost daily basis during the last few months stories about controversial and sometimes draconian measures to deal wit …
Our columnist Rick Falkvinge reports: These quotes from executive politicians would have been unthinkable a couple of years ago. Amidst economic hardship, the Cabinet in Ireland is seeking to boost digital industries, citing their importance to the econ …
The above is an introduction from an article written by James Gannon, a lawyer based in Toronto. Gannon graduated with distinction from the University of Waterloo, with an honours degree in System Design Engineering in 2005. He received his degree in law i …
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