Archivos September 2008


San Francisco Chronicle

Nine Inch Nails teams with Tapulous
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - Sep 30, 2008
In the past, he's experimented with releasing music through BitTorrent and Facebook. Tapulous of Palo Alto said this is the first music partnership of its ...

EA: Piracy didn't hurt Spore sales
CNET News, CA - Sep 30, 2008
One statistic that repeatedly popped up was the fact that more than 500k copies had been downloaded off of BitTorrent sites. ...

Is Sprint Clearwire a game changer? - ZDNet

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Is Sprint Clearwire a game changer?
ZDNet - 22 hours ago
A single user running BitTorrent non-stop can slow others’ traffic on just about any system out there. The problem needs a technical fix and until we get ...

TorrentFreak

Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - 21 hours ago
TV shows are by far the most wanted files via BitTorrent, and according to some, it’s fast becoming the modern day TiVo. But what are all those people ...

Breaking news and weekly top stories via email
Lifehacker, CA - Sep 30, 2008
The days of peer-to-peer file sharing tools ushered into popularity by the original Napster are over and done, and today, BitTorrent reigns supreme. ...

Massive Warez Scam Architects Run For Cover
TorrentFreak - 1 hour ago
Millions of unsuspecting people are signing up for these scam sites (often advertised by ‘legitimate’ BitTorrent sites), and have done for some years now. ...

Epic: "not a lot to say right now about the PC market"
CVG Online - 3 hours ago
... I've come to believe that the kind of person who's savvy enough to have a high-end PC and work out how to upgrade it probably knows what BitTorrent is. ...

Buffalo upgrades LinkStation Live
VARIndia (press release), India - 18 hours ago
By VARIndia Correspondent BitTorrent Client. With its compact and light form factor, this new feature comes with a massive storage of 500GB and 1TB, ...

"Share Links" - P2P Revolution or Small Metamorphic P2P Evolution?
Zeropaid, CA - Sep 30, 2008
There was an interesting posting by DCInteractive which discusses the movement on file-hosting and comparing it to popular file-sharing medium BitTorrent. ...

Gears 2 In-Depth Interview - BeyondUnreal

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Gears 2 In-Depth Interview
BeyondUnreal, RI - 5 hours ago
... to have a high-end PC – to upgrade it, to figure the ins and outs of it and to make sure he has a solid system – probably knows what BitTorrent is. ...

Man in China fined $277 for half-hour of porn on his drive
CNET News, CA - Sep 29, 2008
The crux of the legal claim appears to be the distribution function of BitTorrent, which was how the man accused, Ren Chaoqi, said he obtained the video. ...

Why No Gears Of War 2 For PC? Well, Piracy For One
Kotaku.com, NY - 12 hours ago
"The person who is savvy enough to want to have a good PC to upgrade their video card, is a person who is savvy enough to know [BitTorrent] to know all the ...

Xohm subject to data throttling, FCC scrutiny
Electronista, CA - 1 hour ago
The new clause would allow Sprint to effectively ban BitTorrent or similarly peer-to-peer apps but could potentially cut into audio or video services that ...

ABC News

Sprint's WiMax: Comcast Who? We'll Choke BitTorrent If We Want To
Silicon Alley Insider, NY - Sep 29, 2008
... such as file sharing. Translation: If we feel like choking BitTorrent, or Limewire, or Vonage, or Skype, or whatever, we're allowed to.
Xohm subject to data throttling, FCC scrutiny Electronista
Sprint threatens P2P throttling on WiMAX Register
Sprint XOHM (Mobile WiMAX) PC Magazine
eFluxMedia - Boy Genius Report
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Spore & Piracy: EA, ESA, Analysts Weigh In
Gamasutra, CA - Sep 29, 2008
At the same time, TorrentFreak, a weblog dedicated to aggregating news for the BitTorrent P2P protocol, is claiming that Spore has been downloaded 500000 ...

Prince defends Mail On Sunday album giveaway
Music Ally, UK - 15 hours ago
Although true up to a point, Sony BMG may be wondering how many fans outside the UK decided to download the album from BitTorrent for free rather than pay ...

Buffalo Adds LinkStation Live with Bit Torrent
itVARnews.net (press release), India - Sep 28, 2008
By ITVN News Service Buffalo Inc. announced the latest addition to its high performance line of LinkStation Live with Bit Torrent: the Network Attached ...

Chattanooga: BitTorrent ignites peer-to-peer controversy
Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN - Sep 28, 2008
BitTorrent, a program that can pull pieces of songs, films and software together from across the Internet to create a single download, is the hottest ...

e-linux.it

Distribution Release: linuX-gamers Live DVD 0.9.4
e-linux.it, Italy - 10 hours ago
... the project's home page for more details. The linuX-gamers 0.9.4 live DVD image is available for download via BitTorrent: lg-live-0.9.4.iso (3118MB, MD5).

µTorrent For Mac leaked out
TechWhack (press release), India - Sep 27, 2008
BitTorrent acquired the application µTorrent sometime back and promised that they would release a Mac version in the future. Apple Mac users have been ...

Legal Bullying Continues for Icelandic BitTorrent Tracker
TorrentFreak - Sep 27, 2008
It has been almost a year since a coalition of anti-piracy organizations forced Torrent.is, the largest BitTorrent site in Iceland, to go offline. ...

Italian Court Rules Pirate Bay ISP Block Illegal, Returns Access
Digital Media Wire, CA - 7 hours ago
The Italian police also recently shut down Italy-based BitTorrent tracker site Colombo-BT, at the behest of the IFPI record label trade group.

Feds And Internet Service Providers Don't Mix
Forbes, NY - Sep 26, 2008
BitTorrent, a P2P application-sharing company, had been using lots of bandwidth, so the ISP throttled back some its transmissions. ...

Online TV viewing on the rise - CNET News

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Online TV viewing on the rise
CNET News, CA - Sep 26, 2008
And peer-to-peer applications, such as BitTorrent, which distribute video has come under fire over the past year as a network menace. ...

TorrentFreak

CopySense Sleek Predator, or White Elephant?
TorrentFreak - 12 hours ago
As the name of the site is TorrentFreak, and the main protocol in use is BitTorrent, let’s start there. Torrents are non-sequential downloads (illustration) ...

Interview: aria2, for Flexible Downloads
OStatic, CA - 16 hours ago
In its BitTorrent implementation, aria2 uses a distributed hash table. Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa: I think the closest alternatives are wget and curl. ...

Does and open source Roku change the content game?
ZDNet - 18 hours ago
We can argue about whether, in terms of the Internet’s architecture, it is better to stream content or run it through BitTorrent. But if everyone can have a ...

CNET News

uTorrent for Mac leaks into Pirate Bay
Register, UK - Sep 26, 2008
By Kelly Fiveash • Get more from this author A rough alpha version of BitTorrent client uTorrent for the Mac has tipped up on The Pirate Bay website. ...
uTorrent for Mac leaked CNET News
uTorrent For Mac Makes Its Way to The Pirate Bay Washington Post
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Wall Street Journal

MySpace Music brings unlimited online listening
iTWire, Australia - Sep 25, 2008
Or there was always unauthorised file sharing using software such as BitTorrent, or tracks added to otherwise trivial videos and uploaded to YouTube. ...
TECH BLOG MySpace Music: A Sound Salvation? TechNewsWorld
The W902 phone will offer around 3 million tracks for download Radio 1
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uTorrent for Mac leaked - CNET News

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CNET News

uTorrent for Mac leaked
CNET News, CA - Sep 25, 2008
A pre-release alpha version of a Mac version of uTorrent, the popular BitTorrent client for Windows, has been leaked to the public. ...
uTorrent for Mac leaks into Pirate Bay Register
uTorrent For Mac Makes Its Way to The Pirate Bay Washington Post
all 4 news articles

The Pirate Bay Sucessfully Appeals Italian Block
Slyck, NY - 17 hours ago
If you've been following along you'll remember that a judge in Italy ordered a nationwide block of the Swedish BitTorrent tracker in August of this year. ...
Andiamo! Italian Judge Lifts Ban On Hacker Haven The Pirate Bay Silicon Alley Insider
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Pirate Bay Wins Court Case, Italian Block Lifted
TorrentFreak - 18 hours ago
The Pirate Bay has successfully appealed the decision of an Italian judge who had ordered ISPs to block access to the popular BitTorrent tracker last month. ...
The Pirate Bay Successfully Appeals Italian Block Slashdot
A Victory for Pirate Bay in Italy Wired News
all 3 news articles

HEROES WEAK ON TV, SUPER ONLINE
Contactmusic.com, UK - 6 hours ago
According to the website TorrentFreak, on Tuesday, the day following the broadcast, Heroes was downloaded "well over a million times by BitTorrent users all ...

Internet piracy - everybody's doing it
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 8 hours ago
Using a system known as BitTorrent (see below), Mark and Kim download television shows or movies as easily as searching for websites on Google. ...

Wallpaper Your Desktops by Context
Lifehacker, CA - 1 hour ago
"Get" - for BitTorrent, file transfers, etc. (This computer is also my file server for the house) As she explains, the idea is to keep distinct activities ...

T-Mobile to drop 1G data cap for G1, while throttling heavy users
BetaNews - 5 minutes ago
... Commission found the US-based ISP had engaged in "unreasonable management practices" in blocking P2P applications such as BitTorrent and Acquisition. ...

µTorrent Mac alpha leaked - bit-tech.net

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bit-tech.net

µTorrent Mac alpha leaked
bit-tech.net, UK - Sep 25, 2008
If you're a Mac fan wanting to get his fill of perfectly-legitimate-honest BitTorrent goodness, there's some good news: you're getting the popular µTorrent ...

An epidemic in illegal downloading
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Sep 24, 2008
Using a system known as BitTorrent (see below), Mark and Kim download television shows or movies as easily as searching for websites on Google. ...

A epidemic in illegal downloading - The Age

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A epidemic in illegal downloading
The Age, Australia - 3 minutes ago
Using a system known as BitTorrent (see below), Mark and Kim download television shows or movies as easily as searching for websites on Google. ...

A epidemic in illegal downloading
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 2 hours ago
Using a system known as BitTorrent (see below), Mark and Kim download television shows or movies as easily as searching for websites on Google. ...

The Mix That Never Comes - Eye Weekly

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The Mix That Never Comes
Eye Weekly, Canada - 4 hours ago
... arms race to release the loudest-mastered albums — fans have ripped the Guitar Hero version from the game and are distributing it via BitTorrent. ...

TorrentFreak

‘Heroes’ Causes BitTorrent Boom
TorrentFreak - Sep 24, 2008
In the day that followed each episode was downloaded well over a million times by BitTorrent users all over the world, making it the busiest day ever on ...

Afterdawn.com

'Slacker Uprising' now available worldwide via torrents
Afterdawn.com - 17 hours ago
Was it an accident or a complete misunderstanding of how the BitTorrent protocol works? We don't know, but more importantly, the film is available and for ...

Spore’s DRM encourages piracy
Tiger Weekly, LA - Sep 24, 2008
According to TorentFreak.com, more than half a million copies of “Spore” have been illegally downloaded via BitTorrent, and at its current rate, ...

Buffalo Linkstation Live NAS gets rehaul
Pocket-lint.co.uk, UK - 32 minutes ago
The manufacturer adds that it has added a built-in BitTorrent Client which means that files can be downloaded directly to the LinkStation without the need ...

OiNK Six Appear in Court, Faced By Pirating Police
TorrentFreak - 7 hours ago
Today, Alan Ellis the admin of OiNK, will appear in court along with five users accused of uploading music via the BitTorrent tracker. ...

BitTorrent crackdown cops fail to pay music copyright fees
Register, UK - Sep 24, 2008
... to court for alleged involvement in the OiNK BitTorrent network, does not pay licensing fees to legally play music in its canteens, it has emerged. ...
Cleveland copyright cops commit copyright crime Inquirer
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Comcast outlines new broadband policy
VNUNet.com, UK - 13 hours ago
The new system is set at putting to bed a minor scandal that erupted around the company late last year when it was found that Comcast deliberately limited ...
Comcast Unveils Its New Traffic Management Architecture Bay Area Indymedia
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TorrentFreak

Slacker Uprising’s Torrent Available Worldwide, by Accident
TorrentFreak - 4 hours ago
In order to maximize capacity, they’ve even embraced BitTorrent, and the official download is using the Pirate Bay tracker. To the dismay of their lawyers, ...

Mininova Breaks Download Records
TorrentFreak - Sep 23, 2008
Mininova, the most visited BitTorrent site, broke two download records today. Since its inception, the site has served 6 billion torrent downloads and today ...

The Last Word On DRM-Free Music: No One Cares
Silicon Alley Insider, NY - 17 hours ago
You hear a lot of noise from the Net prognosticators, but those savvy enough to bitch online are also savvy enough to use BitTorrent. ...
WARGASM's BOB MAYO To Release ROBOT MONSTER ARMY Debut - Sep. 23, 2008 Blabbermouth.net
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Alpha version of uTorrent for the Mac leaked
TechSpot - 36 minutes ago
This is ahead of the developer’s schedule, and a VP for BitTorrent confirmed that the released version was an internal development build, not suitable for ...

uTorrent for Mac Leaked - Zeropaid

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uTorrent for Mac Leaked
Zeropaid, CA - 19 hours ago
Early "alpha" build makes it way to BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay before its imminent public release. Mac users have a new BitTorrent client to ...

Ad Manager Adap.tv Scores $13 Million in Series B Funding
Conde Nast Portfolio, NY - 3 hours ago
... which run ads in any format and from any source on video content for a variety of publishers that include BitTorrent, Metacafe, DemandMedia and Blip.tv. ...
Adap.tv Closes $13 Million in Series B Round of Funding Earthtimes (press release)
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Comcast Reveals How it Throttled BitTorrent
Zeropaid, CA - Sep 23, 2008
Based on that analysis, five P2P protocols were identified to be managed: Ares, BitTorrent, eDonkey, FastTrack, and Gnutella. Four of those protocols have ...

Government Shouldn't Meddle With Internet Access
bMighty.com, NY - Sep 23, 2008
BitTorrent, a P2P application sharing company, had been using lots of bandwidth, so the ISP throttled back some its transmissions. ...
Examining Comcast's New Bandwidth Management System BroadbandReports.com
Comcast Spells Out How It Will Curb Internet Hogs Multichannel News
all 5 news articles

NME.com

Teenager facing prison for illegal filesharing
NME.com, UK - Sep 23, 2008
... Hong Kong man was successfully prosecuted and sentenced to three months in jail for sharing movies on the internet using the software client BitTorrent.

uTorrent Mac client leaked - ZDNet

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TorrentFreak

uTorrent Mac client leaked
ZDNet - Sep 22, 2008
BitTorrent Inc. acquired uTorrent in 2006 and promised a Mac client “soon.” It took a while, but a build of the long-awaited uTorrent Mac is available. ...
uTorrent’s Mac Client Leaked TorrentFreak
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Canada.com

Comcast details changes for managing Web traffic
Reuters UK, UK - Sep 22, 2008
... a complaint that Comcast had violated the regulator's open-Internet principles by hindering peer-to-peer traffic from applications such as BitTorrent. ...
Comcast reveals it is protocol agnostic Register
Comcast Submits Its Network-Management Plan to FCC NewsFactor Network
INTERNET LAW - FCC Upholds Net Neutrality by Ordering Removal of ... IBLS INTERNET LAW (subscription)
Afterdawn.com - Electronista
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Pirating site welcomes 15 millionth member
SmartCompany.com.au, Australia - 12 hours ago
Internet piracy is still alive and well, with the internet’s largest bitTorrent tracking service, The Pirate Bay, recently boasting its 15 millionth member. ...

uTorrent’s Mac Client Leaked - TorrentFreak

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TorrentFreak

uTorrent’s Mac Client Leaked
TorrentFreak - 2 hours ago
An early Alpha release of the long awaited Mac version of the popular BitTorrent client uTorrent has leaked to the public. The application is still in ...

Comcast Submits Its Broadband-Management Plan to FCC
NewsFactor Network, CA - 5 hours ago
The blocking was aimed at users of such peer-to-peer programs as BitTorrent. To complicate matters, Comcast changed its story a few times when asked by the ...

Comcast Reveals Changes In Web Traffic Management
RedOrbit, TX - 5 hours ago
In the past, Comcast had hindered peer-to-peer traffic from applications such as BitTorrent – a file sharing protocol used to distribute large amounts of ...

After Effects*

Comcast submits final details on broadband management
Afterdawn.com - 7 hours ago
The new plan will not 'throttle' BitTorrent and other specific applications but instead will slow Internet speeds for the network's heaviest users when the ...
Comcast details bandwidth management plans TechSpot
Comcast finalizes its network management strategy BetaNews
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Canada.com

Comcast reveals it is protocol agnostic
Register, UK - Sep 22, 2008
Currently, the big-name ISP blocks uploads from BitTorrent and other P2P apps when they exceed certain thresholds. But with the new method - to be rolled ...
Comcast details changes for managing Web traffic Reuters UK
INTERNET LAW - FCC Upholds Net Neutrality by Ordering Removal of ... IBLS INTERNET LAW (subscription)
Comcast submits final details on broadband management Afterdawn.com
Electronista - NewsFactor Network
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The Pirate Bay Announces 3 Million Registered Users
Slyck, NY - 23 hours ago
BitTorrent is more like a wild dog - and out in the Internet horizon is a networking protocol named BitTorrent. It's up to the trackers, such as The Pirate ...

Comcast submits plan to limit heavy users
ZDNet - 16 hours ago
As expected, they include no more stomping on BitTorrent, replacing that scheme with “slow(ing) Internet speeds for its heaviest users at peak times when ...

The Pirate Bay Is Getting Into Streaming?
Washington Post, United States - Sep 22, 2008
The Pirate Bay, the world's largest BitTorrent tracker (and one of the most hated by studios), may be getting into streaming, a tipster told us. ...

Comcast to replace throttling with priority filter
Electronista, CA - 11 hours ago
Comcast this morning obeyed FCC mandates today by publishing info regarding its replacement for its controversial BitTorrent throttling system. ...
INTERNET LAW - FCC Upholds Net Neutrality by Ordering Removal of ... IBLS INTERNET LAW (subscription)
all 2 news articles

Comcast Looks to P2P-Agnostic Throttling
RealTechNews, CA - 19 hours ago
PDF) of the documentation sent to the FCC, Comcast now admits it had targeted P2P protocols: Ares, BitTorrent, eDonkey, FastTrack, and Gnutella were chosen ...
Comcast Unveils Its New Traffic Management Architecture EFF
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MediaPost Publications

Comcast details changes for managing Web traffic
Reuters UK, UK - 11 hours ago
... a complaint that Comcast had violated the regulator's open-Internet principles by hindering peer-to-peer traffic from applications such as BitTorrent. ...
Comcast to FCC: With Your Blessing, We Throttle our Network Mashable
New Comcast plan has ‘disconnect user’ option p2pnet.net
Comcast details Internet management plan Inquirer
Slyck - Broadcasting & Cable
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The Pirate Bay hits 15 million downloaders and 3 million ...
Tech Digest, UK - 5 hours ago
Just a few days after Talk Like a Pirate Day 2008, the Pirate Bay - the world's most notorious bittorrent tracker - has announced that it has hit 15 million ...

Comcast's Throttling Plan Has 'Disconnect User' Option
Slashdot - 8 hours ago
In a report to the FCC (PDF), the cable company admitted to targeting P2P protocols Ares, BitTorrent, eDonkey, FasTrack, and Gnutella. ...

Comcast Discloses Throttling Practices
Slashdot - 20 hours ago
In a report to the FCC (PDF), the cable company admitted to targeting P2P protocols Ares, BitTorrent, eDonkey, FasTrack, and Gnutella. ...

MediaPost Publications

Comcast details Internet management plan
Inquirer, UK - Sep 21, 2008
... the giant Internet provider was forced to end its controversial practice of blocking peer-to-peer traffic from applications such as BitTorrent. ...
Comcast announces bandwidth throttling in FCC filing Boy Genius Report
Comcast FCC Filing Expected Today Slyck
FCC Awaits Comcast’s Network-Management Response Broadcasting & Cable
Gizmodo - MediaPost Publications
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The Pirate Bay Tops 15 Million Peers
TorrentFreak - 7 hours ago
The largest BitTorrent tracker just keeps growing and growing, and there is no sign that this will be put to a halt anytime soon. ...

TorrentFreak

TorrentIt Makes Long Awaited Comeback
TorrentFreak - 17 hours ago
TorrentIt is far from a newcomer in the BitTorrent community. The tracker has been around since 2004, but since it ran into the Duch anti-piracy lobbyists ...

Comcast: We'll Continue to Throttle, But Not Just P2P
HULIQ (press release), NC - 3 hours ago
PDF) of the documentation sent to the FCC, Comcast now admits it had targeted P2P protocols: Ares, BitTorrent, eDonkey, FastTrack, and Gnutella were chosen ...

e-linux.it

Development Release: openSUSE 11.1 Beta 1
e-linux.it, Italy - 1 hour ago
Currently only installation DVDs are available for download via BitTorrent: openSUSE-11.1-Beta1-DVD-i386.iso (3628MB), openSUSE-11.1-Beta1-DVD-x86_64.iso ...

Comcast Discloses Throttling Practices
Slashdot - Sep 20, 2008
In a report to the FCC (PDF), the cable company admitted to targeting P2P protocols Ares, BitTorrent, eDonkey, FasTrack, and Gnutella. ...

MediaPost Publications

Comcast to FCC: With Your Blessing, We Throttle our Network
Mashable, CA - Sep 20, 2008
” Just to lather some background on to this revelation, Comcast was pinned earlier this year for purposely slowing BitTorrent traffic, which opponents of ...
New Comcast plan has ‘disconnect user’ option p2pnet.net
Comcast: No complaints on new Internet management The Associated Press
Comcast Discloses Throttling Practices Wired News
Inquirer - Slyck
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Comcast: How We’ve Been Slowing Down BitTorrent
NewTeeVee, CA - Sep 20, 2008
Comcast has been using the Sandvine devices to block five different P2P protocols: Ares, BitTorrent, eDonkey, FastTrack, and Gnutella. ...

Comcast Discloses Throttling Practices
Slashdot - Sep 20, 2008
In a report to the FCC (PDF), the cable company admitted to targeting P2P protocols Ares, BitTorrent, eDonkey, FasTrack, and Gnutella. ...

Comcast Discloses Throttling Practices
Wired News - Sep 19, 2008
On August 1, when the FCC ordered it to abandon its throttling practices, Comcast denied it was targeting "peer-to-peer services" like BitTorrent. ...
Comcast FCC Filing Expected Today Slyck
FCC Awaits Comcast’s Network-Management Response Broadcasting & Cable
Comcast Opens Curtains On How They Filter Your Traffic Gizmodo
Inquirer - Boy Genius Report
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Audio News for September 19, 2008
Audiophile Audition - 14 hours ago
The site, which uses the popular BitTorrent ap, wants a judge to rule that it does not infringe on the copyrights of record studios. ...

Comcast FCC Filing Expected Today - Slyck

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Comcast FCC Filing Expected Today
Slyck, NY - 4 hours ago
BitTorrent saga is about to be driven up a notch, as Comcast is expected to submit its compliance filing with the FCC today. The filing is the culmination ...
FCC Awaits Comcast’s Network-Management Response Broadcasting & Cable
Comcast To File Data Management Plan Multichannel News
FCC's Comcast Throttling Deadline At Midnight BroadbandReports.com
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FCC Awaits Comcast’s Network-Management Response
Broadcasting & Cable, NY - 51 minutes ago
The FCC concluded that Comcast had a competitive reason to slow BitTorrent uploads since it is trying to grow its own online-video business and BitTorrent ...

What Will Comcast Do Today? First Compliance Check On Comcast ...
Public Knowledge Tech News and Comment, D.C. - Sep 19, 2008
By Harold Feld on September 19, 2008 - 10:32am Back on August 20, the FCC released its Order resolving the complaint against Comcast for blocking P2P ...

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Skullcandy and Metallica team up on Death Magnetic headphones
engadget, CA - 29 minutes ago
... this strange rumor that pre-loaded clips of Hetfield play underneath your tunes to subconsciously encourage you to uninstall your BitTorrent client. ...
Listen To 'Death Magnetic' Using METALLICA-Branded Skullcandy ... Blabbermouth.net
Metallica team with Skullcandy, launch Death Magnetic headphones MusicRadar.com - The place for music makers
Google's Android phone to sell for $199, just like the iPhone BloggingStocks
BloggingStocks - BloggingStocks
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Buffalo LinkStation drive goes 'eco'
Techworld.com, UK - 6 minutes ago
It also comes with a BitTorrent client built in, assuming you actually want such a thing - users tend to be very fussy about which one they use. ...

paidContent.org

paidContent.org - EA Admits Spore Launch Botched by DRM; Still ...
Washington Post, United States - Sep 18, 2008
... opted out of the $50 a pop forSporeand copped it illegally instead, to the tune of an estimated 500000 downloads across various BitTorrent sites. ...
Electronic Arts Addresses 'Spore' DRM Issues PC Magazine
EA Responds To Spore DRM Complaints Inside Mac Games
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TorrentFreak

Norwegian BitTorrent tracker under DDoS attack, attackers claim to ...
ZDNet - Sep 18, 2008
Just when you through that the major threat a BitTorrent tracker faces is the threat from the entertainment industry and the local intellectual property ...
Norbits Hackers Threaten to Release User Info TorrentFreak
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Is MySpace conquering Web porn? - The Week

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Is MySpace conquering Web porn?
The Week - 3 hours ago
... be hunting on Google as much any more, but that’s only because they’ve moved on to “downloading hi-def Blu-ray rips or photo collections off BitTorrent. ...

Workbench Linux distro is a workhorse for software developers
Tectonic, South Africa - 1 hour ago
You can download the distro from either a low-speed direct download server or BitTorrent. More: LXer Linux News Dropbox keeps documents in sync across ...
Scalp: Log Analyzer Finds Web Attacks Tectonic
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Five Best BitTorrent Applications
Lifehacker, CA - Sep 18, 2008
The days of peer-to-peer file sharing tools ushered into popularity by the original Napster are over and done, and today, BitTorrent reigns supreme. ...

TorrentFreak

Norbits Hackers Threaten to Release User Info
TorrentFreak - 3 hours ago
Norbits, the largest Norwegian BitTorrent tracker is going through some rough times. For several days now, the site has been offline due to a DDoS attack. ...

Porn on a plane: It's all or nothing
CNET News, CA - 5 hours ago
Can you download illegal files from BitTorrent? I'll bet that's frowned upon. I simply don't understand why the airlines are acting so shocked by the fact ...

Developer to Use BitTorrent DNA to Distribute Games, Patches
Zeropaid, CA - Sep 17, 2008
Aeria Games and IAHGames integrate BitTorrent’s Delivery Network Accelerator (DNA) content delivery service to ensure the fast, efficient and reliable ...
Aeria, IAHGames Select BitTorrent DNA For MMO Downloads Gamasutra
all 3 news articles

MyParkMag

Kings of Leon to freetards: Y'all are trash
Register, UK - 1 hour ago
Only By The Night is out to buy on Monday, but has been widely available unlicensed via BitTorrent and filedump sites for about a week. ®
Followill Gave Up Women For Success Showbiz Spy
all 7 news articles

BitTorrent Uploader Escapes Jail, Loses Job
TorrentFreak - Sep 17, 2008
Back in November 2007 we reported on the plight of An Duc Do, an ex-uploader at the now-defunct EliteTorrents BitTorrent tracker. ...

TorrentFreak

10 Most Pirated TV-Shows on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - Sep 17, 2008
TV shows are by far the most wanted files via BitTorrent, and according to some, it’s fast becoming the modern day TiVo. But what are all those people ...

Best BitTorrent Tools? - Lifehacker

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Best BitTorrent Tools?
Lifehacker, CA - Sep 16, 2008
In the past few years, BitTorrent has become the most popular peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol for quickly downloading files small and large. ...

BitTorrent, Inc. Lands $17 Million for P2P Content Delivery
Digital Media Wire, CA - Sep 16, 2008
San Francisco - BitTorrent, a provider of peer-to-peer-based content delivery services, has raised $17 million in a third round of funding, led by DCM and ...
BitTorrent picks up $17 million as it shifts gears VentureBeat
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Groups Demand Transparency For Secret Piracy Trade Agreement 100 ...
Dslreports - 15 hours ago
That proposal (The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA) already took aim at BitTorrent websites like the Pirate Bay, but also potentially ...
Citizens Demand To See Secret ACTA Treaty Slashdot
Groups fear secret IP treaty ZDNet
Groups Demanding That ACTA Negotiations Be Made Public Techdirt
all 7 news articles

Movements in music: Napster, BitTorrent, 7digital...
guardian.co.uk, UK - Sep 16, 2008
BitTorrent has raised $17m in funding, bring total investment in the company to $46.5m, reports paidContent. The investment from DCM and Accel comes after ...

MiniNova Hooks up with Silence is Sexy - Slyck

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MiniNova Hooks up with Silence is Sexy
Slyck, NY - 7 hours ago
There's a lot of flack and smack talked about BitTorrent, especially when index operators make an effort to help budding artists distribute their work. ...

BitTorrent Gets $17 Million in Fresh Funding, Report Says
New York Times Blogs, NY - Sep 16, 2008
BitTorrent, the peer-to-peer content distributor, has raised a $17 million third round from previous investors DCM and Accel Partners, as well as DAG ...

BitTorrent picks up $17 million as it shifts gears
VentureBeat, CA - 8 hours ago
Coming on the heels of our post yesterday morning about BitTorrent’s new partnerships, it has emerged that the company has taken on $17 million in new ...

BitTorrent Raises Another $17M - NewTeeVee

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BitTorrent Raises Another $17M
NewTeeVee, CA - Sep 15, 2008
BitTorrent has raised $17 million from DCM, Accel Partners, and DAG Ventures, according to a regulatory filing turned up by peHUB. Regulatory filings don’t ...

Best Buy to Buy Napster - TheCelebrityCafe.com

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Best Buy to Buy Napster
TheCelebrityCafe.com, NY - 4 hours ago
... and followed the model that iTunes had set up by charging 99 cents per song—even though there are seemingly thousands of BitTorrent sites around the ...

Aeria Games and IAHGames Select BitTorrent DNA(TM) to Accelerate ...
Broadcast Newsroom, CA - 23 hours ago
By BusinessWire SAN FRANCISCO, BUSINESS WIRE -- BitTorrent, the global standard technology for the delivery of rich media on the Internet, today announced ...

TorrentFreak

MediaDefender, One Year After the Email Leak
TorrentFreak - 12 hours ago
On September 15, 2007 the database containing thousands of emails was uploaded to several BitTorrent sites. In the release note Ethan and friends wrote: “By ...

Metallica's Fury at Download Reviewer - WSYR

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Metallica's Fury at Download Reviewer
WSYR, NY - 18 hours ago
Per Sundin, president of Universal Music Sweden, says, "The reviewer is referring to a BitTorrent where someone has altered the original songs. ...

Universal Cancels Metallica Interview over Torrent Mention
Wired News - 1 hour ago
"The reviewer is referring to a BitTorrent where someone has altered the original songs," Universal Music Sweden president Per Sundin told another Swedish ...

Spore set to be the most pirated game ever
Neoseeker - 11 hours ago
The Sims 2 currently has the title of most-pirated game ever on the world's largest BitTorrent tracker. The situation for Spore was not helped by a pirated ...
Spore massively pirated despite DRM TechSpot
all 2 news articles

Vid-Biz: Democracy, Fantastic, Parasites
NewTeeVee, CA - 9 hours ago
(Fantastic Fest Online) BitTorrent to Be Used for Game Delivery; Aeria Games and IAHGames to integrate BitTorrent DNA delivery service for distribution of ...

Gaming Distributors Turn to BitTorrent DNA
Slyck, NY - Sep 15, 2008
Considering what EA Games has gone through the last week, few would expect that gaming distributors would turn to BitTorrent for their distribution needs. ...

BitTorrent to Speed up Game Distribution
TorrentFreak - Sep 15, 2008
BitTorrent Inc. has partnered with two major online game providers, providing technology to accelerate the downloads of clients and patches. ...

EA Responds On The DRM Matter - Portal IT

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Portal IT

EA Responds On The DRM Matter
Portal IT, Romania - 4 hours ago
"As of Thursday afternoon, "Spore" had been illegally downloaded on file-sharing networks using BitTorrent peer-to-peer transfer 171402 times since Sept. ...

Aeria Games and IAHGames Select BitTorrent DNA™ to Accelerate ...
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 15, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BitTorrent, the global standard technology for the delivery of rich media on the Internet, today announced that it has ...

isoHunt sues Canadian Recording Industry Association over legality ...
TechWhack (press release), India - 7 hours ago
I don’t pretend to speak on behalf of all BitTorrent websites or users, but I speak to point out that with a lawsuit from CRIA hanging over our heads, ...

DRM creates Spore pirating frenzy - IT Brief

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DRM creates Spore pirating frenzy
IT Brief, New Zealand - 3 hours ago
Both cite figures of 500000 downloads on bittorrent sites and according to one blog, TorrentFreak, "This download rate exceeds that of any other pirated ...

Spore #1 Game - on BitTorrent Indexers - Slyck

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Spore #1 Game - on BitTorrent Indexers
Slyck, NY - Sep 14, 2008
The intense negativity on Amazon seems to have spurred an incredible urge to further snowball the attack, with the 3 major BitTorrent sites, The Pirate Bay, ...
Spore Piracy Soars in Spite of DRM 1UP.com
all 2 news articles

Contactmusic.com

METALLICA Interview Cancelled Over Controversial 'Death Magnetic ...
Blabbermouth.net, NY - 17 hours ago
... an edited version of the CD that he obtained through the Swedish web site The Pirate Bay, which bills itself as "the world's largest BitTorrent tracker. ...
Metallica's Fury At Download Reviewer Showbiz Spy
all 4 news articles

DailyTech

Spore And The Great DRM Backlash
Washington Post, United States - Sep 14, 2008
It has also been downloaded an estimated 500000 times on BitTorrent, and is well on its way to becoming the most illegally downloaded game ever. ...
Spore Piracy Spikes Due To Its Unique DRM E Canada Now
Did 'Spore' copy protections backfire on EA? CNET News
DRM is Helping Spore Make History As the Most Pirated Game Ever ReadWriteWeb
TECH.BLORGE.com - DailyTech
all 52 news articles

TorrentFreak

The Secrets of a Running A BitTorrent Tracker
TorrentFreak - Sep 14, 2008
The first post on TorrentFries sets the scene and provides some of the background, with further posts covering many aspects of running a BitTorrent tracker. ...

CNET News

Did 'Spore' copy protections backfire on EA?
CNET News, CA - 16 hours ago
On Saturday, TorrentFreak wrote that the game had already been downloaded more than 500000 times on BitTorrent sites. Though it didn't appear to have broken ...
DRM is Helping Spore Make History As the Most Pirated Game Ever ReadWriteWeb
Spore is most pirated game ever thanks to DRM limitations TECH.BLORGE.com
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DRM is Helping Spore Make History As the Most Pirated Game Ever
ReadWriteWeb, CA - 6 hours ago
As of today, Spore has been downloaded over 500000 times on various bittorrent sites and doesn't look to be slowing down. The first 300000 downloads of ...
EA’s Cleanup Over Spore is Going to Be Big. Real Big. (Poll) Mashable
all 2 news articles

TorrentFreak

Spore: Most Pirated Game Ever Thanks to DRM
TorrentFreak - Sep 13, 2008
Already Spore has been downloaded more than 500000 times on BitTorrent, and this number is increasing rapidly. Most critics agree that Spore is a great game ...
Spurning Spore Over Draconian Digital Rights Management? PC World
EA Admits That You Can Only Have One Spore Player Per Install Techdirt
all 3 news articles

Syllable Server 0.3 Released - OS News

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Syllable Server 0.3 Released
OS News - 20 minutes ago
Both a BitTorrent download (preferred) and a regular download are available (80MB 7-Zip archive). Reader comments are owned by the poster. ...

Spore's Anti-Piracy DRM Fails The BitTorrent Test (ERTS)
Silicon Alley Insider, NY - Sep 12, 2008
The game has been downloaded illegally 171402 times on BitTorrent since Sept. 1, research firm BigChampagne told Forbes. If anything, rebelling against EA’s ...
Spore's Piracy Problem Forbes
all 2 news articles

isoHunt sues CRIA on legality of torrent search engines
Afterdawn.com - 20 hours ago
I don't pretend to speak on behalf of all BitTorrent websites or users, but I speak to point out that with a lawsuit from CRIA hanging over our heads, ...

Pirate Bay Boycotts Press After Television Ambush
Wired News - Sep 12, 2008
By Sarah Lai Stirland September 12, 2008 | 3:45:07 PMCategories: BitTorrent The Pirate Bay, the controversial BitTorrent tracking site in Sweden, ...
Pirate Bay Boycotts Press after Public Witch-Hunt TorrentFreak
Pirate Bay boycotts 'traditional media' Afterdawn.com
all 3 news articles

Pirate Bay boycotts 'traditional media'
Afterdawn.com - Sep 12, 2008
Last week we reported that the torrent tracker The Pirate Bay was under fire from the Swedish media for not taking down a user-uploaded torrent that ...

Marillion Outdoes Radiohead, Releases Album on BitTorrent
Zeropaid, CA - Sep 12, 2008
British rock band Marillion has become the latest to shake-up the record industry by releasing its new album "Happiness is the Road" on BitTorrent. ...

Spore's Piracy Problem - Forbes

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Spore's Piracy Problem
Forbes, NY - Sep 12, 2008
As of Thursday afternoon, "Spore" had been illegally downloaded on file-sharing networks using BitTorrent peer-to-peer transfer 171402 times since Sept. ...

Pirate Bay Boycotts Press after Public Witch-Hunt
TorrentFreak - Sep 12, 2008
Following a turbulent week where The Pirate Bay was smeared by the mainstream media for linking to publicly available autopsy photos of two murdered kids, ...

Comcast Catches a Break In FCC Throttling Fight FCC appeal will be ...
Dslreports - 2 hours ago
According to Feld, the Panel on Multijurisdictional Litigation (PMJL) awarded the Comcast-BitTorrent Appeal to the DC Circuit. That's good news for Comcast ...

UK Overreaction To OiNK Continues - Techdirt

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UK Overreaction To OiNK Continues
Techdirt - 9 hours ago
... its totally counterproductive game of whack-a-mole and convinced UK authorities to shut down the popular private BitTorrent tracker site, OiNK. ...
OiNK admin charged with conspiracy to defraud TechSpot
OiNK uploaders charged with infringement Afterdawn.com
all 3 news articles

BitTorrent man gets 18 months prison
Australian Personal Computer, Australia - Sep 11, 2008
If you've recently downloaded the latest ep of Prison Break, you might potentially find yourself in the less pleasing role of prison bitch -- ask 26 year ...

EliteTorrents Admin Sentenced to Prison
CD Freaks.com, Netherlands - 14 hours ago
Several governments have started to crack down against BitTorrent tracker sites that offer file sharers an online database of copyrighted material to ...

Comcast Sues FCC over Network Neutrality Ruling
eWeek,  NY - Sep 11, 2008
1 ruling finding the cable giant violated FCC network neutrality principles by throttling peer-to-peer traffic from BitTorrent. ...

Four OiNK P2P Uploaders Charged With Copyright Infringement
Digital Media Wire, CA - 1 hour ago
London - Following a year-long investigation into the workings of OiNK, a BitTorrent tracker site shut down by UK and Dutch authorities, four of the people ...
OiNK Admin Charged With 'Conspiracy to Defraud,' Uploaders With ... Zeropaid
all 2 news articles

Pioneer’s Live Bittorrent Streaming Device
TorrentFreak - Sep 11, 2008
Pioneer recently announced a prototype set-top box that supports BitTorrent streaming. The device already caught the attention of the BBC, as it opens up ...

Prefixmag

Oink owner charged with conspiracy to defraud
Prefixmag, NY - 1 hour ago
It’s been almost a year since the BitTorrent tracker Oink was closed down in a flurry of publicity. The site’s creator, Alan Ellis, was arrested following ...
It's A Bad Week To Be A Former Admin Of A Torrent Site Idolator
all 2 news articles

BitTorrent Tracker Admin Jailed for 18 Months
Hard OCP, TX - Sep 11, 2008
The former admin for the BitTorrent site took his case to trial where he was found guilty and received the following sentence: The jury believed this ...

BitTorrent administrator up in court 11:16AM, Thursday 11th ...
PC Pro, UK - 13 hours ago
The administrator of a BitTorrent tracking site has been charged with conspiracy to defraud, nearly a year after he was first taken into custody. ...

Hulu Can't Stop Europeans From Stealing 'Prison Break'
Silicon Alley Insider, NY - 11 hours ago
Big Champagne CEO Eric Garland says his researchers, which track BitTorrent downloading, haven't noticed any discernible connection between the availability ...

Strange Glue Music

OiNK BitTorrent admin faces fraud prosecution
Register, UK - Sep 11, 2008
By Chris Williams → More by this author Cleveland police have charged Alan Ellis, the former administrator of the defunct BitTorrent tracker site OiNK.cd, ...
Oink Admin And Uploaders Hit With Charges Strange Glue Music
all 3 news articles

Internet usage to be capped
Ball State Daily News, IN - 9 hours ago
The announcement comes weeks after the Federal Communications Commission reprimanded Comcast for slowing down its service for customers using BitTorrent, ...
Comcast's bandwidth limit irks some users News Sentinel
all 2 news articles

OiNK Uploaders Charged with Copyright Infringement
TorrentFreak - 10 hours ago
OiNK was one of the largest private BitTorrent trackers, hosting hundreds and thousands of torrents. The site was shut down in a joint effort by Dutch and ...
OiNK Admin Charged With Conspiracy to Defraud TorrentFreak
all 2 news articles

Tale of 2 Indexing Administrators - Slyck

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Tale of 2 Indexing Administrators
Slyck, NY - 19 hours ago
It isn't easy being an administrator of an eDonkey2000 or BitTorrent indexing site. It's probably not much easier for a newsgroup admin either, ...

Solid State Networks, Funcom announce partnership to distribute games
Bizjournals.com, NC - Sep 10, 2008
Solid State Networks uses the BitTorrent downloading protocol to speed up downloads. The system has been used by peer-to-peer networks for years, ...
Solid State Networks Announces Partnership with Funcom to Advance ... NewsBlaze
Funcom, Solid State Partner On Digital Distribution Solutions Gamasutra
all 12 news articles

EliteTorrents Admin Sentenced, Gets 18 Months, $20000 Fine
Zeropaid, CA - 15 hours ago
Daniel Dove is the first person ever to be convicted by a jury in the US for using BitTorrent to illegally distribute copyrighted material. ...
EliteTorrents Admin Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison Digital Media Wire
all 2 news articles

Solid State Networks Announces Partnership with Funcom to Advance ...
MarketWatch - Sep 10, 2008
Solid State deployed its software solution, which includes secure P2P capabilities based on the BitTorrent(TM) Protocol, in conjunction with the content ...
Solid State Networks, Funcom announce partnership to distribute games Bizjournals.com
Funcom, Solid State Partner On Digital Distribution Solutions Gamasutra
all 12 news articles

Isohunt sues CRIA - CD Freaks.com

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Isohunt sues CRIA
CD Freaks.com, Netherlands - 15 hours ago
Depending on the outcome of this legal matter, it could have serious ramifications for other BitTorrent web sites and for Internet search engines.

BitTorrent Tracker Admin Jailed for 18 Months
TorrentFreak - Sep 9, 2008
Today, 26 year-old Daniel Dove has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and a $20000 fine for the work he put in on the private BitTorrent tracker ...

TorrentFreak

Europe Gets Prison Break Fix via BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - Sep 9, 2008
On BitTorrent the season premiere was downloaded more than 2 million times this week. The majority of the downloads go to Europe though. ...

isoHunt Sues Canadian Record Industry to Prove BitTorrent Legal
Zeropaid, CA - 7 hours ago
Back in May of this year BitTorrent tracker site isoHunt, along with its sister sites Torrentbox.com and Podtropolis.com, received a cease-and-desist letter ...

Spammers target P2P users with fake infringement notices
Ars Technica, MA - 15 hours ago
According to him, the e-mails often reference prominent BitTorrent search engines, including Mininova and Super Torrent, which could make the attack seem ...

BitTorrent Spam Sending Trojan Virus
Wired News - Sep 8, 2008
By David Kravets September 08, 2008 | 5:18:10 PMCategories: Spam and Phishing The latest warns that if you use various illicit BitTorrent freebie sites ...

eFluxMedia

Internet Regulations Are Back On the Table
American Chronicle, CA - 12 hours ago
... when The Associated Press ran a test over the Comcast network in which they attempted to use the Peer to Peer software BitTorrent and were blocked. ...
Comcast appeals FCC traffic blocking ruling CNET News
Comcast pays state fine, appeals federal sanction TECH.BLORGE.com
Comcast Appealing FCC Throttling Order Wired News
Wall Street Journal - Washington Technology
all 490 news articles

DVD Ripping Software - Really? - Slyck

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DVD Ripping Software - Really?
Slyck, NY - 19 hours ago
For those who haven't figured out how to use iTunes, YouTube, BitTorrent, DVD Shrink or DVD Decrypter, Real Networks has introduced what it calls the first ...

Ars Technica

Convenience leads Prison Break fans to shun streams for P2P
Ars Technica, MA - 1 hour ago
Almost a million users had downloaded the season premiere of Prison Break on BitTorrent in the 24 hours following its airing, according to data collected by ...

Ars Technica

Gamers fight back against lackluster Spore gameplay, bad DRM
Ars Technica, MA - 15 hours ago
What's particularly jarring about the situation is that EA's PR nightmare didn't have to happen at all: the game was live, all over BitTorrent, ...

Anti-Piracy Scam Emails Target BitTorrent Users
Hard OCP, TX - 7 hours ago
Scumbag scammers are targeting BitTorrent users now. You got to admit it, you’d have to be kind of a n00b to fall for this one but I am sure there are ...

TorrentFreak

Ipernity Media Sharing Site Embraces BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - Sep 8, 2008
A site dedicated to the sharing of all kinds of media, from blogs, through photos and video, has embraced BitTorrent. Ipernity.com has been in operation ...

The Net is “inherently fairly anarchic’
p2pnet.net, Canada - 4 hours ago
... to make the first ruling on whether or not BitTorrent search engines should be held liable for .torrent files that might link to copyrighted data. ...

Convenience Matters: People Will Still 'Pirate' Content That Is ...
Techdirt - 4 hours ago
About a year ago, some commentators were positively shocked that tons of folks still got the latest Radiohead album via BitTorrent rather than the band's ...

Product Reviews

Comcast appeals against FCC decision
TeleGeography, DC - Sep 8, 2008
The watchdog said last month that Comcast has been blocking file sharing internet applications such as BitTorrent and this goes against an FCC principle ...
Comcast Appeals FCC Decision Ordering End to BitTorrent Throttling Zeropaid
Comcast Appeals FCC's Network Management Order PC World
Comcast sues FCC over net neutrality ruling ZDNet
CNNMoney.com - American Chronicle
all 488 news articles

Product Reviews

Congress set to weigh in on tech, telecom issues
CNNMoney.com - Sep 8, 2008
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Technology and telecommunications issues will be on Capitol Hill's radar in the months ahead as lawmakers attempt to influence ...
INTERNET LAW - FCC Rules Comcast Cannot Limit Data Downloads IBLS INTERNET LAW (subscription)
Comcast Appeals FCC “Data Discrimination” Ruling DailyTech
FCC plans new auction for first-responder spectrum Washington Technology
all 488 news articles

Top 10 Most Downloaded Movies on BitTorrent (wk36)
TorrentFreak - 16 hours ago
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, superhero week, as “Iron Man” and “Batman” top the chart. We do not link to actual torrent files because ...

News for nerds, stuff that matters
Slashdot - Sep 7, 2008
A Cow writes "As an act of self-defense, the popular BitTorrent site isoHunt has decided to file a petition to ask the Court of British Columbia to confirm ...
Prions Observed Jumping Species Barrier Slashdot
all 6 news articles

BeeCreek Communications
BroadbandReports.com, NY - 18 hours ago
The summer of the first year rolls around and I decide to use BitTorrent. Over the course of a few days I consume maybe 5GB of data, something not too easy ...

IsoHunt Petitions Canadian Court For Copyright Blessing
Slashdot - 4 hours ago
A Cow writes "As an act of self-defense, the popular BitTorrent site isoHunt has decided to file a petition to ask the Court of British Columbia to confirm ...

TorrentFreak

Anti-Piracy Scam Emails Target BitTorrent Users
TorrentFreak - Sep 7, 2008
A new trend is surfacing, as spammers have sent out millions of emails targeting BitTorrent users. The emails that claim to come from MediaDefender, ...

TECH.BLORGE.com

Opera browser - mobile Web winner, desktop loser
TECH.BLORGE.com, Australia - 23 hours ago
It comes with its own email, notes and even Bittorrent. Opera’s Opera Mini is likely the best mobile browser out there but it’sa shame it doesn’t get enough ...

Firewall Vendors Need To Bring More To The Table
InformationWeek, NY - Sep 6, 2008
So now you have to deal with all of the viruses and spyware that business partners and employees are pulling in through their BitTorrent clients. ...

Comcast appeals FCC ruling on net neutrality
Afterdawn.com - 6 hours ago
On August 1st the Commission found Comcast guilty of improperly "throttling" P2P and BitTorrent traffic without letting its users know that it was doing so. ...

Featured Freeware: FlashGet - CNET News

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CNET News

Featured Freeware: FlashGet
CNET News, CA - Sep 6, 2008
FlashGet supports more than just BitTorrent files, segmented downloading, and FTP recognition. It also has a Site Explorer feature that allows you to ...

Comcast Appeals FCC “Data Discrimination” Ruling
DailyTech, IL - Sep 5, 2008
When it was discovered in October 2007, Comcast’s “data discrimination” policy targeted a number of P2P protocols – most notably BitTorrent – and actively ...

Metallica on Album Leak to BitTorrent: 'Happy Days'
Zeropaid, CA - Sep 5, 2008
Well, "Happy Days" are already here because it's available on BitTorrent. The leak reportedly occurred after it was accidentally sold in a French record ...

isoHunt Sues the CRIA to Legalize BitTorrent Sites
TorrentFreak - Sep 5, 2008
The CRIA is known for taking on BitTorrent sites. In the past year they have threatened Demonoid and other BitTorrent sites, and taken legal action against ...

Comcast appeals FCC's net neutrality ruling
TechSpot - 5 hours ago
The reasoning behind the appeal, then, is not to go back to their dubious practices of discriminating against specific types of data (read BitTorrent) but ...
Comcast Appeals FCC's Net Neutrality Ruling Slashdot
Comcast Takes FCC Bull by Horns in Throttling Battle E-Commerce Times
Comcast Challenges FCC's Net Neutrality Ruling Marketing Vox News
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Vid-Biz: TiVo, Charity, Christian the Lion
NewTeeVee, CA - 2 hours ago
(The Hollywood Reporter) Comcast’s Coutroom Drama Begins; cable co. is appealing FCC enforcement order over the throttling of BitTorrent traffic. ...
TiVo Shares Fall After No Decision In Dish Case Broadcast Newsroom
all 2 news articles

Product Reviews

Comcast Appeals FCC Decision Ordering End to BitTorrent Throttling
Zeropaid, CA - Sep 5, 2008
The FCC gave Comcast 30 days to disclose how it throttled BitTorrent, how it intends to stop doing so, and how it plans to alternatively address network ...
Comcast Appeals FCC's Network Management Order PC World
Comcast appeals FCC traffic blocking ruling CNET News
Comcast sues FCC over net neutrality ruling ZDNet
Wired News - MarketWatch
all 488 news articles

Comcast Appeals FCC Sanction
New York Times Blogs, NY - 17 hours ago
Comcast, in an attempt to crack down on its heaviest users, slowed down connections from the BitTorrent program, used to share movies and other files. ...

Comcast to appeal decision on peer-to-peer Net connections
Bizjournals.com, NC - 20 minutes ago
... complained of Comcast users not being able to access peer-to-peer applications, like BitTorrent, through the company’s broadband connections. ...

TorrentFreak

Download Torrents Instantly with Instant-Torrents
TorrentFreak - 4 hours ago
“We already added Usenet support, in a few days we will support Rapidshare downloads as well, and we’re also working on integrated BitTorrent tracker search ...

Spore cracked, already all over BitTorrent
CrunchGear, NY - Sep 5, 2008
You turn to BitTorrent, of course. Release group RELOADED cracked the game’s SecureROM encryption, and now the game’s all over the usual sites: The Pirate ...

Michael Moore's 'Slacker Uprising' downloadable for free on BitTorrent
Tech Digest, UK - Sep 5, 2008
For anyone out there at work today with their PC at home chugging away on the Spore torrent and a small pang of guilt at then back of their mind, ...

Showrunner shops for 'Mad' money - Variety

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Variety

Showrunner shops for 'Mad' money
Variety, CA - 9 hours ago
According to the website Torrentfreak, "Prison Break" immediately became one of the most downloaded shows on BitTorrent after Fox aired the series' fourth ...
Is File Sharing Just More Convenient? Lifehacker
all 3 news articles

CNET News

Comcast appeals FCC traffic blocking ruling
CNET News, CA - 16 hours ago
Comcast had said that its measures to slow BitTorrent transfers, which it voluntarily ended in March, were necessary to prevent its network from being ...
Comcast Appeals FCC's Network Management Order PC World
Comcast sues FCC over net neutrality ruling ZDNet
Comcast Appealing FCC Throttling Order Wired News
MarketWatch - Wall Street Journal
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Spore Spawns on BitTorrent - Wired News

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Spore Spawns on BitTorrent
Wired News - Sep 4, 2008
... a day before it release, video game Spore began making the rounds Thursday on the usual BitTorrent free sites like ThePirateBay, Mininova and others. ...

CNET News

QNAP steps up its support for Mac with QGet Utility
CNET News, CA - 12 hours ago
The Download Station is a function of QNAP's Linux-embedded Turbo NAS which supports BitTorrent, FTP, and HTTP downloads. This enables you to get files ...

TorrentFreak

Furious Author Cancels Pirated Book
TorrentFreak - 5 hours ago
This year we’ve reported on several book authors who embraced the Internet, and BitTorrent in particular. Having pirated copies of their books listed on ...

Comcast Sues FCC For Right To Limit Bandwidth Hogs
Silicon Alley Insider, NY - Sep 4, 2008
... is challenging an FCC ruling that blocked the company from slowing down Web traffic from peer-to-peer fille sharing applications such as BitTorrent. ...

The Inquisitr

Comcast Wants to Slow Your Transfers (Again)
The Inquisitr, Australia - 22 minutes ago
The battle began when reporters discovered last year that Comcast was limiting or even blocking BitTorrent transfers by its users. ...

Comcast Appealing FCC Throttling Order
Wired News - Sep 4, 2008
... Comcast monitored the content of its customers' internet connections and selectively blocked peer-to-peer connections using the BitTorrent protocol. ...

Comcast sues FCC over Internet traffic order: report
MarketWatch - Sep 4, 2008
In August, the FCC ordered that Comcast stop attempting to curb its customers' use of file-sharing software and peer-to-peer services such as BitTorrent. ...

Comcast: FCC Had No Right to Interfere
PC Magazine - Sep 4, 2008
The company in 2007 was accused of blocking access to certain file-sharing services like BitTorrent, and the FCC earlier this year opened up an ...

Internet TV Viewership Doubles since 2006
Slyck, NY - 14 hours ago
No BitTorrent, P2P, or file-sharing necessary. Just load up your favorite show's website on the browser and off you go. The advantage of this over P2P is ...
Amazon.com Enters the Online Video Fray Seeking Alpha
all 2 news articles

Product Reviews

Comcast Appeals FCC's Network Management Order
PC World - Sep 4, 2008
1, voted 3-2 to prohibit Comcast from slowing BitTorrent P-to-P traffic in an effort to reduce network congestion. Commissioners voting against Comcast said ...
Comcast sues FCC over net neutrality ruling ZDNet
Comcast Appealing FCC Throttling Order Wired News
Comcast sues FCC over Internet traffic order: report MarketWatch
Wall Street Journal - TeleGeography
all 488 news articles

Comcast sues FCC over net neutrality ruling
ZDNet - Sep 4, 2008
The FCC made its first net neutrality sanction in August when it ruled 3-2 that Comcast violated rules by blocking BitTorrent traffic. ...

Comcast Sues to Overturn FCC 'Net Neutrality' Order
Wall Street Journal - Sep 4, 2008
The company says its practice of sometimes slowing Internet traffic on file-sharing networks like BitTorrent is reasonable and necessary to prevent a few ...

QNAP Announces QGet Utility for Mac Users to Enhance the Download ...
HEXUS, UK - 6 hours ago
The Download Station is a powerful function of QNAP's Linux-embedded Turbo NAS which supports PC-less BitTorrent, FTP, and HTTP download with proven ...

Multichannel News

Comcast's Bandwidth Limits Could Change Web Forever
Infopackets, Canada - 4 hours ago
... move follows a recent dispute about its 'throttling' policy where the company limited bandwidth for customers using the BitTorrent file-sharing program. ...
Does Comcast Move Signal End to Unlimited Internet? NewsFactor Network
Traffic Growth Isn't Using Up the Internet BusinessWeek
End of free Internet foreshadowed EnerPub
Baristanet
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Spore has been hacked, cracked and dumped on Bittorrent for world ...
Tech Digest, UK - Sep 4, 2008
It was inevitable. The only question was "How long will it would take?" Before release? Hours after? In the case of Spore, ...

Lew Rockwell

The Great Firewall of Net Neutrality
Lew Rockwell, CA - 15 hours ago
The most popular P2P application used by these customers is one called BitTorrent. Which brings us to the last number. According to its creator Brahm Cohen, ...

Fox's 'Prison Break' Free On Hulu, But 1 Million Prefer BitTorrent
Silicon Alley Insider, NY - Sep 3, 2008
More than a million people have illegally downloaded the first two episodes of Fox's "Prison Break" on BitTorrent sites since they first aired on Monday ...

Share and share alike - What PC?

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Share and share alike
What PC?, UK - 11 hours ago
From Napster to Kazaa and Limewire to BitTorrent, the argument has been well defended in both the media and the courts with an expectation that individuals ...

Streaming Soars, but P2P Traffic Drops
PC World - 17 hours ago
... as other services like Hulu and Veoh, and it's just easier to get the streaming content than to go through the hassle of a P2P network like BitTorrent. ...

TorrentFreak

Prison Break Downloads Popular on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - Sep 2, 2008
Increasingly people are using BitTorrent to download their favorite TV-shows. The rise of unauthorized downloading of TV-shows is a signal that customers ...

BitTorrent Seems Just Fine - Slyck

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BitTorrent Seems Just Fine
Slyck, NY - Sep 2, 2008
If you've been keeping up on the latest on BitTorrent, Inc., it would be easy to surmise that BitTorrent the company is going through some tough times. ...

BitTorrent Appoints New VPs to its Management Team
IT Business Net, CA - 6 minutes ago
By BusinessWire SAN FRANCISCO, BUSINESS WIRE -- BitTorrent, the global standard technology for the delivery of rich media on the Internet, today announced ...

UK ISP Warns BitTorrent User on Behalf of US Copyright Holder
Zeropaid, CA - Sep 2, 2008
In MacLay's case he was fingered for having used BitTorrent to download copyrighted content illegally. But, a study by University of Washington researchers ...

BitTorrent Appoints New VPs to its Management Team
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 2, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BitTorrent, the global standard technology for the delivery of rich media on the Internet, today announced that Ilan Shamir ...

Why the US faces broadband price hikes
Register, UK - Sep 2, 2008
BitTorrent, Inc. reacted to the ruling by laying-off 15 per cent of its workforce, while network neutrality buffs declared victory and phone companies ...

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Does Comcast Move Signal End to Unlimited Internet?
NewsFactor Network, CA - 11 hours ago
Comcast was caught throttling down the connections of BitTorrent P2P users on its network without their knowledge. When the matter came before a ...
End of free Internet foreshadowed EnerPub
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Does Comcast Move Signal End to Unlimited Internet?
NewsFactor Network, CA - 5 hours ago
Comcast was caught throttling down the connections of BitTorrent P2P users on its network without their knowledge. When the matter came before a ...
End of free Internet foreshadowed EnerPub
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TorrentFreak

BitTorrent Searches Skyrocket as Sites Grow
TorrentFreak - Sep 1, 2008
Together, the three BitTorrent sites serve an impressive 500 million searches each month, and this number is going up every month. ...

Case Against The Pirate Bay Delayed Once Again, Possibly Until 2009
Zeropaid, CA - 14 hours ago
The real dilemma for Swedish prosecutors has always been how to stop the BitTorrent tracker site, for as the people behind The Pirate Bay have repeatedly ...

MiniNova Sizes up against Web Search Engines
Slyck, NY - 3 hours ago
MiniNova, one of the largest BitTorrent trackers/indexers, announced yesterday a slew of updates to their site. The statistics page received a lot of ...

ABC News

FOR MONDAYComcast Bandwidth Limits Anger Observers
IT Business Edge, KY - 23 hours ago
Its next move – after it was batted down by the FCC in its frontal assault on peer-to-peer applications from BitTorrent and others – is to limit all its ...
Comcast Bandwith Cap Limits Users To 250GB A Month dBTechno
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Comcast confirms data cap - TeleGeography

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Comcast confirms data cap
TeleGeography, DC - 5 hours ago
... telecoms regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ordered Comcast to stop blocking traffic on peer-to-peer applications such as BitTorrent. ...
FCC to test AWS interference TeleGeography
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10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent (wk35)
TorrentFreak - Sep 1, 2008
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, “The X Files: I Want to Believe” tops the chart this week. We do not link to actual torrent files because ...

European ISP acts as judge, jury and executioner for US content ...
TelecomTV, UK - 7 hours ago
Mr. MacLay does not use BitTorrent nor does he watch the programme in question. To make matters worse he stands accused of managing the illegal downloading ...

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