Following the raid at OiNK, many of the 180,000 members are very concerned about what's happening with their details. The rumor: The OiNK database was encrypted and self-destructed. The truth: It wasn't and it didn't but ex-users still might be safe. In the meantime, OiNK got fired from his job.
Virgin Media in the UK has announced that it is working with the music industry to chase down its file-sharing customers and disconnect them from the internet. At the same time, it will offer an enhanced service which will see its customers get free Usenet binaries access, untraceable by the…
Court-ordered but rightsholder-controlled ISP blockades have reportedly led to a second case of wrongful website blocking in a matter of days. Late last week TorrentFreak.com was blocked following Sky's automated response to an EZTV DNS change and now a second site has fallen victim. According to an industry source, in…
In order to combat piracy the UK Internet provider Virgin Media has has teamed up with Universal to offer their customers unlimited DRM-free music at a fixed monthly rate. However, as with every innovative music service, some major labels fear that Virgin's all you can eat plan will cannibalize their…