Archivos January 2010


Beware the 'copyright cops'
Sydney Morning Herald
BitTorrent websites were hard to shut down,, while individual file-sharers were too numerous to sue, added Dawes. BitTorrent is a technology that allows ...

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Five Best Public BitTorrent Trackers
Lifehacker
A great BitTorrent client is all well and good, but you need a great tracker to get the actual torrent files and stoke the bandwidth burning fire in your ...


TorrentFreak (blog)

Newzbin.com Usenet Indexing Trial Set To Begin Next Week
Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "Only a few weeks after a jury acquitted Alan Ellis, the owner of the BitTorrent site 'OinK's Pink Palace,' of copyright ...
Newzbin Usenet Trial Begins Next Week in LondonSlyck
Usenet Indexer Prepares For MPAA High Court BattleTorrentFreak (blog)

all 2 news articles »

TorrentFreak (blog)

uTorrent Spreads Its Wings With Falcon
TorrentFreak (blog)
Developed by BitTorrent Inc., uTorrent Falcon will bring plenty of change to the BitTorrent client currently in use by more than 50 million people a month. ...


Fears Australian piracy case could cut web access
Sydney Morning Herald
BitTorrent websites were hard to shut down,, while individual file-sharers were too numerous to sue, added Dawes. BitTorrent is a technology that allows ...

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Fears piracy case could cut web access
Sydney Morning Herald
BitTorrent websites were hard to shut down,, while individual file-sharers were too numerous to sue, added Dawes. BitTorrent is a technology that allows ...

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MSN Malaysia News

Fears Australian piracy case could shut off net
AFP
BitTorrent websites were hard to shut down while individual file-sharers were too numerous to sue, added Dawes. BitTorrent is a technology that allows ...
Global internet industry awaits Federal Court decision on iiNet copyright caseSmart Company (blog)
iiNet, AFACT set for judgement dayComputerworld Australia

all 25 news articles »

TorrentFreak (blog)

Newzbin Usenet Trial Begins Next Week in London
Slyck
The only difference is that OinK pointed to content on BitTorrent, while Newzbin points to content on Usenet. From Newzbin.com: "Our long awaited case, ...
Usenet Indexer Prepares For MPAA High Court BattleTorrentFreak (blog)

all 3 news articles »

Net Neutrality May Worsen BitTorrent Experience
Hard OCP
TorrentFreak has an article that takes a look at the ongoing Net Neutrality battle and explains how things could actually be worse for BitTorrent users when ...
Net Neutrality Wont Prevent BitTorrent BlockingTorrentFreak (blog)
The FCC's net neutrality rules are a shamInquirer
FCC's Net Neutrality Plan Would Permit Blocking of BitTorrentEFF (blog)
Ars Technica -TorrentBomb News -Ecommerce Journal
all 14 news articles »

Newzbin Trial Begins Next Week in London - Slyck


TorrentFreak (blog)

Newzbin Trial Begins Next Week in London
Slyck
The only difference is that OinK pointed to content on BitTorrent, while Newzbin points to content on Usenet. From Newzbin.com: "Our long awaited case, ...
Usenet Indexer Prepares For MPAA High Court BattleTorrentFreak (blog)

all 2 news articles »

All Tom's Guide news of January 28, 2010
Tom's Guide
By Kevin Parrish, published on January 28, 2010 at 5:21 PM Microsoft is going after the operator of a BitTorrent tracker and over 100 of its users. ...


Net Neutrality Wont Prevent BitTorrent Blocking
TorrentFreak (blog)
However, unlike the name suggests, Net Neutrality might not stop BitTorrent blocking and could leave us worse off than when this all started. ...
The FCC's net neutrality rules are a shamInquirer
Could P2P blocking be legalized by new net neutrality rules?Ars Technica
FCC's Net Neutrality Plan Would Permit Blocking of BitTorrentEFF (blog)
TorrentBomb News -Ecommerce Journal -Firedoglake (blog)
all 14 news articles »

The FCC's net neutrality rules are a sham
Inquirer
The draft FCC regulations have a gaping legal loophole that could permit US ISPs to prevent all of their customers from using the Bittorrent protocol under ...
Could P2P blocking be legalized by new net neutrality rules?Ars Technica
FCC's Net Neutrality Plan Would Permit Blocking of BitTorrentEFF (blog)
FCC's Draft Net Neutrality Regulations: Blocking Torrent Traffic – OMFG!TorrentBomb News
Ecommerce Journal -Firedoglake (blog)
all 13 news articles »

BitTorrent census: about 99% of files copyright infringing
Ars Technica
It has never been a secret that the majority of files being shared over BitTorrent are movies and ...


Microsoft sues large torrent tracker for illegal sharing of its software
Ecommerce Journal
Microsoft has launched a lawsuit against a torrent tracker LinkoManija, reportedly the largest BitTorrent file-sharing tracker site in Lithuania. ...

BPI condemns copyright cash demands - ZDNet UK


BPI condemns copyright cash demands
ZDNet UK
"He doesn't even know what file-sharing or BitTorrent is, so has certainly not done this himself or given anyone else permission to use his computer to do ...

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Could P2P blocking be legalized by new net neutrality rules?
Ars Technica
Today, the EFF ramped up the rhetoric, saying that the rules have "a loophole that would theoretically permit Comcast to block BitTorrent just like it did ...
FCC's Net Neutrality Plan Would Permit Blocking of BitTorrentEFF (blog)
FCC's Draft Net Neutrality Regulations: Blocking Torrent Traffic – OMFG!TorrentBomb News
Don't like your NexusOne? Too bad!Ecommerce Journal
Firedoglake (blog)
all 12 news articles »

Best Public BitTorrent Tracker? - Lifehacker


Best Public BitTorrent Tracker?
Lifehacker
We visited BitTorrent clients before, now we're visiting the topic of the best public trackers. This week we want to hear about how you feed your client. ...

Pirate Bay's VPN Service Goes Public - Zeropaid


Pirate Bay's VPN Service Goes Public
Zeropaid
Last March I mentioned how BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay would begin Beta testing a new VPN service called Ipredator which would allow file-sharers ...


Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc, et al v. Fung, et al
Lexology (registration)
Defendant Gary Fung operates several BitTorrent websites, ie, a type of peer-to-peer website where users can locate copyrighted content such as movies and ...


What's it going to take for PC game publishers to drop DRM altogether?
CrunchGear (blog)
Company A sells you Its Stuff but doesn't want you to make copies and give them your friends, or to several thousand of your online “friends” on BitTorrent. ...


Microsoft Sues Lithuanian BitTorrent Site for $43 Million
Digital Media Wire
Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against LinkoManija, reportedly the largest BitTorrent file-sharing tracker site in ...


Cable.co.uk

Virgin Media Faces Hiccup in Plans to Monitor Internet Traffic
geeks
The declared intention to focus on internet traffic to three P2P index websites (BitTorrent, eDonkey and Gnutella) certainly suggests that illegal file ...
Does Virgin Media police itself first?Inquirer
EU to monitor Virgin Media's P2P snooping trialAfterdawn.com
Virgin Media to monitor music piracyThe Guardian
p2pnet.net -Help Net Security -BBC News
all 32 news articles »

Tech Eye

EU to monitor Virgin Media's P2P snooping trial
Afterdawn.com
Virgin will use software called CView that will sniff traffic over the Gnutella network, eDonkey network and through BitTorrent and will be capable of ...
Does Virgin Media police itself first?Inquirer
Virgin Media to monitor music piracyThe Guardian
Does Virgin have an internal 'file share' board?p2pnet.net
Help Net Security -BBC News
all 30 news articles »

FCC's Net Neutrality Plan Would Permit Blocking of BitTorrent
EFF (blog)
In 2007, EFF and the Associated Press confirmed suspicions that Comcast was clandestinely blocking BitTorrent traffic. It was one of the first clear ...


Reuters

iPad: What Impact Will It Have on Hollywood?
Huffington Post (blog)
Or will it be pirated, BitTorrent material? The industry is scrambling to get its head around the device. Nikki Finke has not yet weighed in on the matter, ...
Should Hollywood Be Afraid Of The iPad?LA Weekly (blog)

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Microsoft Sues Prominent BitTorrent Tracker For $43m
TorrentFreak (blog)
In conjunction with Lithuanian anti-piracy outfit LANVA, software giant Microsoft has sued the alleged operator of the country's largest BitTorrent site. ...


Macworld

Security and malware threats to Mac and Apple products are on the rise
Infosecurity Magazine (US)
“The iServices Trojan Horse was provided as an additional installation package inside an installer for iWork found on BitTorrent trackers and other sites ...
Popularity of Apple devices draws malware, reportSC Magazine US

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Cable.co.uk

Does Virgin Media police itself first?
Inquirer
Employees were posting links to BitTorrent sites with infringing material'." The source left the firm in 2004, but claims to know that the bulletin boards ...
Virgin Media to monitor music piracyThe Guardian
Does Virgin have an internal 'file share' board?p2pnet.net
Deep packet inspection - illegal or not?Help Net Security
BBC News
all 30 news articles »

Comcast: We messed up, but net neutrality rules still not needed
The Hill (blog)
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said “it was a mistake” to slow down Internet traffic to file-sharing site BitTorrent, ...
Google-China Row Perplexes Comcast CEOGovInfoSecurity.com (blog)
Net-Neutralitini, anyone? Cocktail makes debut todayThe Hill (blog)

all 3 news articles »

New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email
Lifehacker
Free service ReactorFeed allows you to create a custom RSS feed and add items from popular torrent sites that your home BitTorrent client can automatically ...

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Which? warns on pirate letters - Register


Hell Mail

Which? warns on pirate letters
Register
He doesn't even know what file sharing or bittorrent is so has certainly not done this himself or given anyone else permission to use his computer to do ...
Law firm threatens 150 innocent people with court actionInquirer
ACS Law UK Accused of Sending Wrongful ISP Piracy Threat LettersISPReview UK

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TFTS (blog)

Popcorn Hour A-200 Digital Media Set-Top Box Revealed [New Set-Top To Feature ...
TFTS (blog)
The device features a built-in BitTorrent and Usenet client for downloading those legal Ubuntu distributions and other open-source free content. ...


Hell Mail

Law firm threatens 150 innocent people with court action
Inquirer
Apparently the poor bloke does not know what file sharing is and has never even heard of BitTorrent. Nor has he given anyone else permission to use his ...
Piracy letter campaign 'nets innocents'BBC News
ACS Law UK Accused of Sending Wrongful ISP Piracy Threat LettersISPReview UK
Complaints over 'innocent' illegal file sharer lettersTechRadar UK

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Hell Mail

ACS Law UK Accused of Sending Wrongful ISP Piracy Threat Letters
ISPReview UK
... have again been wrongly targeted and include some elderly people who do not to even appear to know what a BitTorrent P2P file sharing service is. ...
ACS Law letter writing continuesWhich?
More Cash Demands Through The LetterboxHell Mail
Opinion: Company alleges 'your IP downloaded this, give us ₤500'DigitalJournal.com

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The importance of privacy
N.C. State University Technician Online
But with Facebook, Twitter, blogs, BitTorrent, iTunes and the Internet, the discussion of privacy has evolved beyond whether or not a law prohibiting ...

Download of the Day: Vuze 4.3.1.0 - TweakTown


Download of the Day: Vuze 4.3.1.0
TweakTown
Vuze (formerly Azureus) is a free BitTorrent client used to transfer files via the BitTorrent protocol. Vuze is written in Java, and uses the Azureus Engine ...


TorrentFreak (blog)

BitTorrent Spammers Chosen to Spy On French Pirates
TorrentFreak (blog)
The company, known globally for its pollution of BitTorrent and other file-sharing networks with fake data, will assist in the recently passed Hadopi ...


Hell Mail

Piracy letter campaign 'nets innocents'
BBC News
"He doesn't even know what file-sharing or BitTorrent is so has certainly not done this himself or given anyone else permission to use his computer to do ...
More Cash Demands Through The LetterboxHell Mail

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Popularity of Apple devices draws malware, report
SC Magazine US
... inside an installer available to users downloading bootlegged versions from BitTorrent and other grey and black market distributors of pirated software. ...

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Netgear Targets Small Businesses With New Security Tool
PC World
In theory, check the box and you turn off BitTorrent. We tested three of the four categories, but none of the applications we tested (BitTorrent, ...


HEXUS

Double your network's capabilities with Belkin’s new Double N + Wireless Router
HEXUS
Complete with a USB interface for storage, integrated Bit Torrent client and UPnP server, the new Double N+ is much more than simply a high speed router. ...
TRENDnet TEW 639GR - wireless routerCNET
Belkin Home Base offers wireless USB sharingUberGizmo (blog)
belkin home base: usb goes wireless without wireless usbTechnabob (blog)
Reg Hardware -HEXUS
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New Digital Music Format, MusicDNA, Bundles Extra Content
Gizmodo Australia
We'll start seeing a lot more about MusicDNA, with the launch expected to be spring time – but will a few videos and tweets make you give up BitTorrent for ...

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Download Torrents Remotely With ReactorFeed
TorrentFreak (blog)
ReactorFeed makes it very easy to create and manage your personal torrent RSS feed, allowing you to add torrents to your BitTorrent client remotely. ...


Netgear targets SMBs with new security tool
Computerworld
... URL filtering with your own block/allow lists of URLs and sites, application filtering for a list of about 18 common applications, such as BitTorrent, ...
Netgear targets SMBs with new security toolIDG
How we tested the Netgear STM600 security applianceComputerworld

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Netgear targets SMB market with new security tool
Computerworld
... URL filtering with your own block/allow lists of URLs and sites, application filtering for a list of about 18 common applications, such as BitTorrent, ...
How we tested the Netgear STM600 security applianceComputerworld

all 6 news articles »

GamePro.com

Will Net Neutrality Kill Cloud Gaming?
MediaPost Publications
In essence, this means that high data streams like BitTorrent or online video can't be throttled by ISPs. It also means ISPs can't charge companies for ...
Is Net Neutrality Good for Gaming?PC World

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TorrentFreak (blog)

EliteBits Private BitTorrent Tracker Raided
TorrentFreak (blog)
The administrator of the private EliteBits BitTorrent tracker has been explaining how he received some unwelcome visitors last week. ...


CNET Sticks By Verizon P2P Story
BroadbandReports.com
Verizon informed us that while the company "reserves the right" to boot BitTorrent and other users off of the network, no users had been kicked off yet. ...
So Is Verizon Cutting Users Off Or Not?Techdirt

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So Is Verizon Cutting Users Off Or Not?
Techdirt
Also, has anyone ever looked into the legality of whether or not using bittorrent to share a copyrighted file actually constitutes sharing the whole file, ...
CNET Sticks By Verizon P2P StoryBroadbandReports.com
Verizon denies 'three strikes' policy for DSL, Fios usersWashington Post (blog)

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Confessions of a Book Pirate - The Millions


The Millions

Confessions of a Book Pirate
The Millions
BitTorrent technology is easy to install and use, and just about anyone can install the basic software needed and begin downloading their first torrent in ...
A packing crate full of eBooks?PC Pro (blog)

all 2 news articles »

TorrentFreak (blog)

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak (blog)
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'Sherlock Holmes' tops the chart this week followed by 'The Informant!'. 'The Men Who Stare at Goats' ...


Netgear targets SMB market with new security tool
NetworkWorld.com
... URL filtering with your own block/allow lists of URLs and sites, application filtering for a list of about 18 common applications, such as BitTorrent, ...
How we tested the Netgear STM600 security applianceNetworkWorld.com

all 2 news articles »

TorrentFreak (blog)

Mass Effect 2 Leaks to BitTorrent Before Official Release
TorrentFreak (blog)
Last Thursday, both the PC and Xbox360 versions of the upcoming Mass Effect 2 game leaked to BitTorrent, which didn't go unnoticed by the masses. ...

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Open-source Mac/Linux BitTorrent client Transmission now supports magnet links
Downloadsquad (blog)
Transmission, the popular open-source BitTorrent client, just got an important update that includes a ...


TorrentFreak (blog)

'Piracy Isn't Killing Music' Radiohead's Guitarist Says
TorrentFreak (blog)
Radiohead, who used BitTorrent to leak one of their songs, went as far as being willing to show up as a witness against the RIAA in court. ...
Radiohead's Ed O'Brien 'Piracy isn't killing music'NME.com
Radiohead Guitarist Says Piracy Is Not Killing Music Industry411mania.com

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Is Net Neutrality Good for Gaming? - PC World


Is Net Neutrality Good for Gaming?
PC World
Radia is referring to mistakes like Comcast's attempts to throttle "excessive traffic" by blocking BitTorrent data transfers without informing customers. ...

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Oldest BitTorrent Site Knocked Down, But Not Out
TorrentFreak (blog)
In mid 2009, FileSoup – the oldest surviving BitTorrent site – was raided by police and the owner arrested. Despite this, however,the site remained online. ...


Demonoid Is Open To All Without An Invite
TorrentFreak (blog)
Demonoid is without doubt one of the most famous BitTorrent trackers on the Internet. That said, despite its fame and large userbase, it's still necessary ...


Transmission BitTorrent Client Updates To Support Magnet Links
Lifehacker Australia
Mac/Linux: The popular open-source BitTorrent client Transmission has updated to version 1.8, bringing with it ...

Is net neutrality good for gaming? - IDG


GamePro.com

Is net neutrality good for gaming?
IDG
Radia is referring to mistakes like Comcast's attempts to throttle "excessive traffic" by blocking BitTorrent data transfers without informing customers. ...
Net neutralityCNET

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The Guardian

Music Industry Plans “Other Ways” to Punish OiNK Admin
Zeropaid
Last week I mentioned how Alan Ellis, admin of the famed BitTorrent tracker site OiNK, and the first person to be prosecuted for illegal file-sharing in the ...
Music Industry Wants Another Run At Acquitted Bit Torrent Tracker 'Oink'The Next Web
IFPI Mulling Civil Action Against OiNK P2P AdminDigital Media Wire
IFPI wants another stab at OiNKRegister
TorrentFreak (blog) -Inquirer -eWEEK Europe UK
all 14 news articles »

Trasnmission 1.8 released, now featuring support for magnet links
tuaw.com (blog)
Transmission, the venerable BitTorrent client for Mac, has just received an overhaul in the form of a ...


Telegraph.co.uk

Music Industry Wants Another Run At Acquitted Bit Torrent Tracker 'Oink'
The Next Web
The music industry has vowed to pursue a man cleared of criminal fraud charges relating to his BitTorrent tracker service ...
IFPI Mulling Civil Action Against OiNK P2P AdminDigital Media Wire
IFPI wants another stab at OiNKRegister
Music Industry Set For Civil Action Against OiNKTorrentFreak (blog)
Inquirer -The Guardian -Telegraph.co.uk
all 11 news articles »

The Guardian

Jury shocks music industry by clearing Oink BitTorrent operator
MacVideo.tv
A North East jury has acquitted the operator of a popular BitTorrent search engine that enabled people to download music. The finding could be a potential ...
IFPI Mulling Civil Action Against OiNK P2P AdminDigital Media Wire
Pigopolists wants another stab at OiNKRegister
Music Industry Set For Civil Action Against OiNKTorrentFreak (blog)
The Guardian -Telegraph.co.uk -p2pnet.net
all 7 news articles »

Firefox 3.6 is Officially Ready for Download
Tom's Hardware Guide
Now we're looking at Internet apps, including Web browsers, RSS readers, podcatchers, FTP clients, download managers, BitTorrent clients, and a slew of ...

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The Guardian

IFPI Mulling Civil Action Against OiNK P2P Admin
Digital Media Wire
London - While a UK court recently acquitted the administrator of BitTorrent site OiNK of charges of "conspiracy to defraud" the recording industry, ...
Pigopolists wants another stab at OiNKRegister
Music Industry Set For Civil Action Against OiNKTorrentFreak (blog)
Acquittal in Oink music piracy trial 'deep disappointment' to IFPI groupThe Guardian
Telegraph.co.uk -p2pnet.net
all 6 news articles »

Pigopolists wants another stab at OiNK - Register


Pocket-lint.com

Pirate Bay's VPN Service Goes Live Hides user activity for seven dollars a ...
Dslreports
Early in 2009, popular Swedish BitTorrent website The Pirate Bay announced they'd soon be offering an unlogged VPN tunneling service called IPREDator. ...
Pirate Bay's VPN goes public: IpredatorBoing Boing (blog)
Some random items of interest:Global Guerrillas
Ipredator VPN opens to the publicPocket-lint.com
Geek.com
all 8 news articles »

Telegraph.co.uk

Music Industry Set For Civil Action Against OiNK
TorrentFreak (blog)
Alan Ellis, the ex-admin of the OiNK BitTorrent tracker, was cleared of Conspiracy to Defraud by jury of his peers last week. But now it seems that as one ...
Record labels plan new court fight against 'British Pirate Bay' operatorTelegraph.co.uk

all 2 news articles »

Transmission 1.80 adds support for magnet links, fixes vulnerability
The H
The Transmission developers have announced the release of version 1.80 of their popular cross-platform BitTorrent peer-to-peer file sharing client. ...
Download Transmission 1.80 Final for Mac OS XSoftpedia

all 2 news articles »

Vuze BitTorrent Client Closes Porn Torrent Site
TorrentFreak (blog)
BitTorrent and adult entertainment go hand in hand, which is one of the reasons why the Vuze BitTorrent client introduced a paid erotica section last year. ...

D-link DIR 685 Storage Router - Techtree.com


Techtree.com

D-link DIR 685 Storage Router
Techtree.com
It also has cool features like a built-in BitTorrent downloader and the ability to show a variety of content on the screen by pulling it from the internet. ...


Download Transmission 1.80 Final for Mac OS X
Softpedia
Originally developed by Eric Petit, Transmission is a BitTorrent client similar to the popular Vuze. ...


Pirate Bay's VPN goes public: Ipredator
Boing Boing (blog)
The servers are maintained and provided by Pirate Bay affiliates though, which may be more trustworthy to the average BitTorrent user than a random VPN ...


Geek.com

YouTube to begin streaming live sports
Geek.com
In the age of Hulu, YouTube, and BitTorrent, is television still relevant? One of the benefits of having a television, and by extension, cable, ...

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CNET

Verizon cuts Internet for repeat media pirates
Electronista (blog)
... discouraging pirates from having an always-open BitTorrent client or downloading particularly large material like HD videos and software. ...
Verizon ends service of alleged illegal downloadersCNET
Verizon Cuts Service to Alleged PiratesHard OCP

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Six 802.11n Routers – Reviewed
TorrentBomb News
And if you rely on VoIP for telephone service, play online games, or stream video over your wireless network while downloading files using BitTorrent, ...


Pirate Bay's Ipredator VPN Opens To The Public
TorrentFreak (blog)
Users of BitTorrent and other file-sharing networks have increasingly turned to solutions that hide their identities from the outside world, rendering these ...


GSM encryption crack made public
LXer (press release)
The tables were computed on 40 commodity hardware PC nodes in just a few months' time, and are shared through Bittorrent. Furthermore, the presentation ...


TopNews Singapore

Spotify banned by Oxford University
The Swedish Wire
... as one of the few competitors to downloading music illegally", the website Torrent Freak, that reports news on BitTorrent and filesharing issues, wrote. ...
Oxford University Bans Spotify For P2P UseTorrentFreak (blog)

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Swedish ISP Stands Up to Media Companies, Refuses to Give Up User Data
Softpedia
The ISP quotes part of the ruling which makes the claim "the material that is uploaded on the website” clearly a misunderstanding on how BitTorrent works. ...


BitTorrent Magnet Links Explained The major advantages of magnet links over ...
Softpedia
By Lucian Parfeni, Web News Editor Anyone following the BitTorrent scene has been noticing some interesting developments lately and three new technologies ...


CNET

Apple releases Mac OS X security update, Boot Camp 3.1
CNET
Running 24/7 with VNC access, doing HFS, FTP, and bittorrent work. Turned it off last year to replace it with a low-power machine. ...

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Web Surfers Paid to Search for Pornography in China
PC World
... harsh crackdown that has recently featured a sweep resulting in more than 5000 arrests and the closing of a number of popular BitTorrent sites. ...

and more »

TorrentFreak (blog)

IFPI Spokesman Jesper Bay Calls It Quits
TorrentFreak (blog)
He rose to fame in the wider BitTorrent community when in early 2008 a Danish court ordered the ISP Tele2 to block its customers from accessing The Pirate ...


Zune HD: Firmware Update with Xvid Support and Streaming Playlists
TorrentBomb News
If you have a hard drive full of XviD files (that you may or may not have gotten via BitTorrent) this is certainly good news, as you won't have to convert ...


Lime Wire (blog)

New releases, Tuesday, January 19
Pitch Weekly (blog)
We find difficult enough not to cave into the deliriously rampant piracy inherent in broadband and BitTorrent without expecting to be able to pick up a ...
Album Review: Surfer Blood – 'Astro Coast' (Kanine)Lime Wire (blog)
Fresh Blood: Surfer Blood, 'Astro Coast'Express from The Washington Post (blog)

all 3 news articles »

United Kingdom: Court Saves Oink Creator's Bacon In File-Sharing 'Ambush'
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
The creator of the BitTorrent tracking site Oink's Pink Palace (Oink), Alan Ellis, has been cleared of conspiracy to defraud the music industry by a jury at ...


Swedish ISP Refuses To Give Up Info; Says IPRED Violates EU Privacy Rules
Techdirt
Separately, TeliaSonera also pointed out that the court doesn't seem to understand the most basic technical aspects of BitTorrent, in that it spoke of "the ...


US Military BitTorrent Users Targeted By MPAA/RIAA
TorrentFreak (blog)
The campaign is running in overseas bases and is targeting members of the military currently using BitTorrent and other P2P software to obtain media. ...


What Apps and Maintenance Tools Do You Run While You're Sleeping?
Lifehacker
You've also got your other common overnight stand-bys, like downloading large files over BitTorrent. Remember, as I said above, just because you're running ...

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Zyxel NSA-220Plus - TechRadar UK


Zyxel NSA-220Plus
TechRadar UK
Other features include an auto-upload mode for photos and video to Flickr and YouTube, a BitTorrent client and software to perform complete back-ups of your ...


Oxford University Bans Spotify For P2P Use
TorrentFreak (blog)
It is in use by hundreds of thousands of users and has even managed to convert some BitTorrent users who otherwise downloaded their music from unauthorized ...

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TorrIndex is the First Magnet-Only Torrent Index
Lifehacker
As sites like the Pirate Bay move away from the hosting of download-directing .torrent files, magnet links, one of the pieces of BitTorrent's future, ...

Abolishing non-commercial copyright - p2pnet.net


p2pnet.net

Abolishing non-commercial copyright
p2pnet.net
“Get enough of them together, and they could 'legally' claim that BitTorrent should be shut down.” The words are p2pnet regular Devil's Advocate's in an ...


Behind the music: Crying all the way to the OiNK bank
The Guardian (blog)
The trial of OiNK's Alan Ellis raises questions about whether BitTorrent sites can become lucrative businesses. The majors need to get behind legal ...


TorrentFreak (blog)

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak (blog)
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'The Men Who Stare at Goats' tops the chart this week followed by 'Sherlock Holmes'. ...


Ars Technica

What's next if DC Court says FCC has no power over ISPs
Ars Technica
"Consensus is pretty strong that last week's oral argument on the Comcast/BitTorrent argument in ...


TorrentFreak (blog)

ISP Stands Up For Torrent Site Owner's Privacy
TorrentFreak (blog)
... three movie companies took legal action last year in an attempt to obtain the personal details of the owner of the SweTorrents BitTorrent tracker. ...


Consequence of Sound

Oink owner wins battle against British court
Consequence of Sound
BitTorrent sharers may have gained an edge Friday, as Oink founder Alan Ellis, charged with conspiracy to defraud, ...
OiNK Creator Found Not Guilty in File-Sharing CaseSoftpedia

all 2 news articles »

Music Sales Increase In Sweden For First Time Since 2000
TorrentFreak (blog)
Home to a BitTorrent site so famous that in most cases it's not even necessary to name it anymore, this Scandinavian country has made sharing files part of ...

A Question Of Authority - Multichannel News


TopNews United States

A Question Of Authority
Multichannel News
... backdrop: the suggestion that the oral argument in the BitTorrent case could call into question the commission's authority to regulate Internet access. ...
FCC grapples with net neutrality authorityFierceWireless
Google, Verizon Laud FCC Principles, But See No Role for Agency in Internet's ...BroadbandBreakfast.com
RIAA Tells FCC: ISPs Need to Be Copyright CopsPC World
Broadcasting & Cable -TheWrap
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The Cable Pipeline Opinion: Net Neutrality's Conundrum
BroadbandBreakfast.com
Perhaps the hysteria has unfolded as a result of one BitTorrent case, or associated with a fear of other industry debacles as seen with banks, ...


OiNK Creator Found Not Guilty in File-Sharing Case
Softpedia
Alan Ellis, the owner and creator of the popular, now defunct, OiNK BitTorrent indexer and tracker was found not guilty and cleared of all charges. ...


TorrentFreak (blog)

TorrIndex, World's First Magnet-Only Torrent Index
TorrentFreak (blog)
Various BitTorrent clients quickly added support for these type of links, and recently the first 'magnet-only' torrent index opened to the public. ...


BBC News

BitTorrent Community OiNK's Founder Cleared of Charges in UK Court
Mashable (blog)
In October 2007, Alan Ellis, the owner of the popular invite-only BitTorrent community OiNK.cd, was arrested in Middlesbrough, UK. ...
UK BitTorrent admin acquitted on fraud chargeRegister
Oink owner wins battle against British courtConsequence of Sound
OiNK Admin: “I Created OiNK to Better My Skills”Zeropaid
Prefixmag -Netimperative -TorrentFreak (blog)
all 168 news articles »

Boxee Box Brings the Web to Your Television
Asylum (blog)
Plus Boxee's free software has a built-in BitTorrent client, so you can keep adding to your (absolutely legal) video collection. ...
D-Link Reveals Award-Winning Boxee BoxWebProNews (blog)

all 2 news articles »

OiNK Admin's Bail Extended for 4th Time, Charges Dropped Against 2 'Pre-Releasers'
Zeropaid
OiNK, the long shuttered music-oriented BitTorrent tracker site, made the headlines once again with news today that bodes well for cases against both the ...


TopNews United States

Google, Verizon Laud FCC Principles, But See No Role for Agency in Internet's ...
BroadbandBreakfast.com
... courts as cable firm Comcast fights the FCC censure it received for blocking company BitTorrent's content from effectively streaming over the Internet. ...
FCC grapples with net neutrality authorityFierceWireless
Supporters, Detractors Weigh In On FCC's Net Neutrality PrinciplesMultichannel News
RIAA To FCC: Don't Block Anti-Piracy EffortsBillboard Business News
NetworkComputing.com -EFF (blog) -Huffington Post (blog)
all 230 news articles »

BBC News

UK Jury Clears Operator of Oink BitTorrent Search Engine
PC World
In a blow to the entertainment industry, a UK jury on Friday acquitted the operator of a popular BitTorrent search engine that enabled people to download ...
UK BitTorrent admin acquitted on fraud chargeRegister
OiNK Admin Found Not Guilty!Zeropaid
UK Court Clears P2P Site Owner Of FraudBillboard Business News
musicweek.com -TorrentFreak (blog)
all 80 news articles »

TopNews United States

FCC grapples with net neutrality authority
FierceWireless
... the FCC had overstepped its authority when it ordered Comcast in 2008 to stop blocking subscribers' access to the BitTorrent file-sharing service. ...
Google, Verizon Laud FCC Principles, But See No Role for Agency in Internet's ...BroadbandBreakfast.com
RIAA Tells FCC: ISPs Need to Be Copyright CopsPC World
Net-Freedom Firestorm Erupts at FCCTheWrap
Broadcasting & Cable
all 184 news articles »

Vid-Biz: Comcast, Transpera, Blockbuster
NewTeeVee (blog)
Comcast's BitTorrent Settlement Excludes Pirates; users affected by Comcast's P2P blocking can claim part of the $16 million fund that was setup as part of ...


BBC News

UK BitTorrent admin acquitted on fraud charge
Register
Alan Ellis, the former admin of music BitTorrent tracker OiNK, was acquitted of conspiracy to defraud by a ...
UK Court Clears P2P Site Owner Of FraudBillboard Business News
Oink owner found not guiltymusicweek.com
OiNK Admin: “I Created OiNK to Better My Skills”Zeropaid
TorrentFreak (blog)
all 39 news articles »

CBS News

Supporters, Detractors Weigh In On FCC's Net Neutrality Principles
Multichannel News
Comcast, fresh off a strong performance challenging the FCC's network management finding against it in Federal Court (the BitTorrent case), ...
RIAA To FCC: Don't Block Anti-Piracy EffortsBillboard Business News
Last Day To Comment On FCC Rules; Don't Be Swayed By EFF FUDNetworkComputing.com
EFF Weighs in on Proposed FCC Net Neutrality RulesEFF (blog)
Huffington Post (blog) -Washington Post -Ars Technica
all 173 news articles »

CBS News

RIAA To FCC: Don't Block Anti-Piracy Efforts
Billboard Business News
Comcast is appealing FCC sanctions leveled against it for limiting the transmission of BitTorrent traffic on its network.
Last Day To Comment On FCC Rules; Don't Be Swayed By EFF FUDNetworkComputing.com
EFF Weighs in on Proposed FCC Net Neutrality RulesEFF (blog)
Comcast Had "Fair Notice" Not To Block Speech and Innovation OnlineHuffington Post (blog)
Ars Technica -O'Reilly Radar (blog) -PC Magazine
all 162 news articles »

Comcast's BitTorrent Settlement Excludes Pirates
TorrentFreak (blog)
A few weeks ago Comcast decided to settle one of the class action lawsuits brought against the ISP in response to its BitTorrent throttling actions. ...


EFF Weighs in on Proposed FCC Net Neutrality Rules
EFF (blog)
As exemplified by the Commission's ruling against Comcast regarding its discriminatory treatment of BitTorrent traffic, it is precisely when ISPs invoke the ...

and more »

Last Day To Comment On FCC Rules; Don't Be Swayed By EFF FUD
NetworkComputing.com
For example, Bittorrent, a P2P file sharing protocol, is used to transfer copyrighted works. But it is also used, maybe less so, to efficiently distribute ...


BBC News

OiNK Admin: “I Created OiNK to Better My Skills”
Zeropaid
Says he wrote the code for the famed BitTorrent tracker site to increase his “employability,” and that any money donated by users was intended for site ...
OiNK Admin: Pink Palace Never Abused CopyrightsTorrentFreak (blog)

all 22 news articles »

Download of the Day: uTorrent 2.0.0 RC3
TweakTown
Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in µTorrent, including bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and ...

Asus RT-N16 Wireless Router - TrustedReviews


Asus RT-N16 Wireless Router
TrustedReviews
... it enables the router to download files over 'normal' HTTP, FTP or - perhaps most usefully - BitTorrent and save them to an attached USB storage device. ...


Some Yokosuka Internet users face higher fees
Stars and Stripes
Online file-sharing programs such as Kazaa and BitTorrent are cited as some of the problem areas, Smith said. He said the peer-to-peer networks, ...


OiNK Admin: Pink Palace Never Abused Copyrights
TorrentFreak (blog)
While it's impossible to say what goes on inside another person's head, when it comes to the law the, average BitTorrent site admin or keen BitTorrent user ...

and more »

Crawdaddy! The Magazine of Rock

People Are Kind of Freaking Out About the Details of Joanna Newsom's Upcoming ...
Crawdaddy! The Magazine of Rock
Apparently, it leaked on private Bittorrent site IndieTorrents by a user who allegedly poached it from Pitchfork's staff media server. ...

and more »

The AtlanticWire (blog)

Comcast wants "clear rules," even if it means net neutrality
Ars Technica
Remember that BitTorrent interference with the TCP reset packets? Cohen twice refers to it as a simple "good faith" attempt to deal with congestion. ...
Comcast Had "Fair Notice" Not To Block Speech and Innovation OnlineHuffington Post (blog)
FCC's 'net neutrality' plan under the judicial microscopeLegalbrief (subscription)
Comcast Pushes Court to Reverse FCC DecisionPC Magazine
FierceTelecom -Broadcasting & Cable -Washington Post (blog)
all 83 news articles »

Erictric

Record Labels Demand $143000 from Pirate Bay Founders
Zeropaid
Say copyrighted music is still accessible on the Swedish BitTorrent tracker site and should therefore be forced to pay the penalty of 500000 kronor ($71401 ...
More trouble for Pirate BayMCV
Record Labels Demand Cash From Pirate Bay FoundersTorrentFreak (blog)
Pirate Bay founders may still face finePC Advisor
The Local -Billboard Business News
all 26 news articles »

The AtlanticWire (blog)

Comcast Had "Fair Notice" Not To Block Speech and Innovation Online
Huffington Post (blog)
... on the landmark 2008 FCC Net Neutrality ruling ordering Comcast to stop blocking users' ability to use peer-to-peer technologies like BitTorrent. ...
FCC's 'net neutrality' plan under the judicial microscopeLegalbrief (subscription)
Comcast Pushes Court to Reverse FCC DecisionPC Magazine
Comcast wins round one in FCC net neutrality caseFierceTelecom
Washington Post (blog) -Broadcasting & Cable -Billboard Business News
all 81 news articles »

More trouble for Pirate Bay - MCV


Erictric

More trouble for Pirate Bay
MCV
Five months after Swedish courts ordered the closure of BitTorrent tracking site The Pirate Bay, four of the world's ...
Record Labels Demand Cash From Pirate Bay FoundersTorrentFreak (blog)
Pirate Bay founders may still face finePC Advisor
Music industry demands fines for Pirate Bay duoThe Local
Billboard Business News
all 26 news articles »

Zeropaid

CES 2010: Conversation with Tom “Slyck” Mennecke
Zeropaid
As Mennecke says “we've come a long way from the days of Napster and Gnutella,” and new “big things” keep coming up, even as Bittorrent continues to ...


Zune HD Firmware Updates: Xvid and More...
TorrentBomb News
If you have a hard drive full of XviD files (that you may or may not have gotten via BitTorrent) this is certainly good news, as you won't have to convert ...

and more »

Vuze BitTorrent Client 4.3 - Techtree.com


Vuze BitTorrent Client 4.3
Techtree.com
Vuze (formerly Azureus) is a free BitTorrent client used to transfer files via the BitTorrent protocol. Vuze is written in Java, and uses the Azureus Engine ...

Deluge: BitTorrent Client - Techie Buzz


Deluge: BitTorrent Client
Techie Buzz
Deluge, the popular Bit Torrent client has just released their version 1.2.0. Deluge is completely written in Python ...


The AtlanticWire (blog)

Comcast exec blogs about FCC's lack of authority on net neutrality
Washington Post (blog)
... to question the agency's authority to impose so-called net neutrality obligations over Comcast for allegedly blocking file-sharing site BitTorrent. ...
Comcast wins round one in FCC net neutrality caseFierceTelecom
Comcast Pushes Court to Reverse FCC DecisionPC Magazine
Cohen: Clear Internet Rules Would Be Better Than ConfusionBroadcasting & Cable
Billboard Business News -InternetNews.com (blog) -National Journal (blog)
all 72 news articles »

Comcast wins round one in FCC net neutrality case
FierceTelecom
... ear in the ongoing battle over whether the FCC has the right to punish the cable giant for blocking the online file sharing application BitTorrent. ...
Comcast Pushes Court to Reverse FCC DecisionPC Magazine
Cohen: Clear Internet Rules Would Be Better Than ConfusionBroadcasting & Cable
DC Court: FCC May Not Have Net Neutrality AuthorityBillboard Business News
InternetNews.com (blog) -National Journal (blog) -InformationWeek
all 22 news articles »

Ares Galaxy2.1.3 - Techtree.com


Ares Galaxy2.1.3
Techtree.com
Latest versions support BitTorrent protocol and Shoutcast radio stations. With Ares you can also join chat rooms or host your channel and meet new friends. ...


Rednex Uses Pirate Bay to Promote Upcoming Album
Zeropaid
Band behind party classic “Cotton Eye Joe” uploads “On the Loose” to the Swedish BitTorrent tracker site to promote upcoming album “Saturday Night Beaver. ...


Massive Online Piracy Doesn't Stop Avatar from Raking In $1.3 Billion
Softpedia
Yet, the movie has been available on BitTorrent file-sharing networks even before it hit the theaters in the US. Since then, it has constantly held the ...

and more »

BREIN Shut Down Hundreds Of Torrent Sites That Apparently No One Ever Used
Techdirt
... anti-piracy outfit BREIN, insisting that it had shut down nearly 400 different BitTorrent sites in 2009, along with another 200 plus "illegal sites. ...


Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk for 11 January 2010
TidBITS
... transferring all of one's data to a new Mac, and hosting BitTorrent seeds of the venerable (and now free) "If Monks had Macs" project. ...


Comcast Pushes Court to Reverse FCC Decision
PC Magazine
In a complaint with the commission, interest group Free Press accused Comcast of blocking access to P2P sites like BitTorrent. Comcast admitted to delaying ...
Cohen: Clear Internet Rules Would Be Better Than ConfusionBroadcasting & Cable
DC Court: FCC May Not Have Net Neutrality AuthorityBillboard Business News
Comcast, FCC come to blows over net neutrality againFierceTelecom
National Journal (blog) -InformationWeek -ToTheCenter.com (blog)
all 13 news articles »

OiNK Admin Accused of “Ripping Off” Users
Zeropaid
UK prosecutor says donations, almost $300000 dollars worth, went directly to Allan Ellis, founder of the much beloved BitTorrent tracker site, ...
OiNK Trial Begins: BitTorrent Guy Facing Jail TimeSpacelab
Music piracy site boss 'had $300 000 in bank'Legalbrief (subscription)

all 3 news articles »

ChromiumOS Zero Boots Faster, Offers Automatic Updates
Lifehacker
The build still fits on a 1 GB USB drive, surprisingly, can be updated in-system from this release forward, and is offered as a BitTorrent download from ...
Hexxeh releases Chromium OS ZeroDownloadsquad (blog)

all 3 news articles »

Redmond Pie

Office 2010 Build 14.0.4730.1007 Leaked and Available for Download
Softpedia
... Office 2010 has been leaked and made available for download from various illegal third-party sources, including BitTorrent trackers and warez websites. ...
Office 2010 build 14.0.4730.1007 leaks, possible RTM in AprilGeekSmack

all 3 news articles »

TorrentFreak (blog)

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak (blog)
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'Avatar' tops the chart again this week followed by 'Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball'. ...


p2pnet.net

Italy's Supreme Court Explains Ruling That ISPs Should Block The Pirate Bay
Music Indistry News Network
... providers (ISPs) to block BitTorrent sites being used to illegally disseminate copyright infringing content, regardless of where they are hosted. ...
ISPs to block BitTorrent sites, says Italyp2pnet.net
Italy's Supreme Court Rules That ISPs Should Block The Pirate BayWeb Host Industry Review
Spain passes anti-P2P lawp2pnet.net

all 2 news articles »

OiNK Trial Begins: BitTorrent Guy Facing Jail Time
Spacelab
OiNK founder Alan Ellis is finally getting his day in court for a charge of conspiracy to defraud for his work with the OiNK BitTorrent tracker. ...


BREIN Shuts Down 393 Torrent Sites, No One Notices
TorrentFreak (blog)
According to figures just released by BREIN, the group shut down a staggering 615 “illegal websites” in 2009 and, apparently, BitTorrent sites made up the ...


TorrentFreak (blog)

BitTorrent's Future? Decentralized Search and Hosting
TorrentFreak (blog)
In part due to legal troubles, BitTorrent could, in time, be forced to move away from a centralized approach where torrent files are stored on a central ...


SunHerald.com (registration)

Court to FCC: You Don't Have Power to Enforce Net Neutrality
Wired News
The Philadelphia-based cable concern is appealing the agency's 2008 decision ordering it to stop hampering the peer-to-peer service BitTorrent as a traffic ...
Judges question FCC's authority in Comcast caseCNET
FCC Gets Torrent Of Tough Questions From JudgesMultichannel News
Net Neutrality Hits a Speed BumpTheWrap
Radio Business Report -MarketNewsVideo.com
all 221 news articles »

"If Monks Had Macs" Available for Free
TidBITS
The third method relies on the most obvious approach - shared bandwidth via BitTorrent - and it worked well for downloading the 130 MB disk image. ...


Bradenton Herald

FCC Gets Torrent Of Tough Questions From Judges
Multichannel News
While the FCC said its BitTorrent decision, which involved no fine, had essentially no negative long-term inpact on Comcast, company lawyer Walker said that ...
Comcast settles class action suit on P2P file blockingLexology (registration)
FCC, Comcast to Argue Network NeutralityMarketNewsVideo.com
Comcast, Federal Communications Commission take network neutrality dispute to ...The Canadian Press
The Latest | Free Press -TMC Net -Government Technology
all 197 news articles »

p2pnet.net

ISPs to block BitTorrent sites, says Italy
p2pnet.net
Italian judges can now order ISPs to block BitTorrent sites being used to “illegally disseminate copyright infringing content”. And it won't matter where ...
Italy's Supreme Court Rules That ISPs Should Block The Pirate BayWeb Host Industry Review

all 2 news articles »

Italy's Supreme Court Rules That ISPs Should Block The Pirate Bay
Web Host Industry Review
... Italian city of Bergamo was justified in ordering Italian ISPs to block the access of their clients to the Swedish BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay. ...


Comcast settles class action suit on P2P file blocking
Lexology (registration)
The proposed settlement covers Comcast high-speed Internet subscribers who used or attempted to use BitTorrent and four other listed P2P services between ...
FCC, Comcast to Argue Network NeutralityMarketNewsVideo.com
Comcast, Federal Communications Commission take network neutrality dispute to ...The Canadian Press
Free Press Argues in Historic Comcast v FCC CaseThe Latest | Free Press
TMC Net -Government Technology -Reason Online
all 174 news articles »

SlashGear (blog)

Open source media centre Boxee goes into public beta
The H
Boxee also includes a BitTorrent client so users can easily download media over the web from within the application. Users can add extra functionality ...
First Look at the Boxee BetaLifehacker

all 19 news articles »

As Palm Begins Monthly Tethering Fees, RIM Offers Tether Sans Fees
PhoneNews.com
Thanks to the FCC's Comcast/BitTorrent ruling, consumers do not need to purchase expensive tethering add-ons to tether… but carriers are not required to ...


Google Adds $26.5M to On2 Bid: Don't Think It's Enough To Go Through
Seeking Alpha (blog)
A similar analogy would be BitTorrent who for years has tried to create a business simply based on a protocol. How well has that worked out? ...

and more »

Gawker

There Are Officially Too Damn Many Ebook Readers
Gawker
... who spend like $50 on a no-name ebook reader that supports a lot of formats, who gets every book they can think of as a pirated copy over BitTorrent. ...

and more »

Legit Reviews

Patriot Announces the Valkyrie NAS
Legit Reviews
Multimedia streaming is possible with built-in UPnP™ and DNLA® support and iTunes® music server while also offering PC-less downloading via BitTorrent™. ...


Daily Buzz: Digital Piracy Hooks in E-Book Market
Woman's Day (blog)
... stories in September, "pirated digital copies of the novel [for the Kindle e-reader] were found on file-sharing sites such as Rapidshare and BitTorrent. ...


Mirror.co.uk

Prosecutors claim BitTorrent admin had $300K
Register
Alan Ellis, the 26-year old man accused of administering the OiNK file sharing service, told a court today he was ...
OiNK Admin Received Nearly $300k in DonationsTorrentFreak (blog)
website was 'large scale rip off'BBC News
Pirate site allowed 21m downloadsThe Press Association
Gigwise -BBC 6 Music -GazetteLive
all 11 news articles »

Italian Appeals Court Explains Decision to Block the Pirate Bay
Zeropaid
Back in late September of last year an Italian appeals court upheld a ruling ordering ISPs to block BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay, but it wasn't ...
Italy's FIMI Welcomes Pirate Bay RulingBillboard Business News

all 2 news articles »

'Bulletproof' safe havens are all the rage for Internet pirates
Ethiopian Review
You can think of BitTorrent sites and trackers as organized crime units. In some cases they control the flow of goods from the source all the way to the end ...


TechCrunch (blog)

High-profile execs looking for a few good entrepreneurs
Los Angeles Times (blog)
The four partners in i/o ventures are Aber Whitcomb, former MySpace CTO; Ashwin Navin, former BitTorrent and Yahoo exec; Jim Young, co-founder of HotOrNot; ...
i/o Ventures ? A Work/Cafe Incubator Launches In San FranciscoWashington Post
i/o Ventures launches startup incubator in SFVatorNews

all 4 news articles »

i/o Ventures ? A Work/Cafe Incubator Launches In San Francisco
Washington Post
The four partners include former Aber Whitcomb (former MySpace CTO), Ashwin Navin (former President and Co-founder of BitTorrent and former corporate ...


i/o Ventures launches startup incubator in SF
VatorNews
Ashwin Navin was the president and co-founder of BitTorrent. Jim Young was co-founder, CTO and CEO of HOTorNOT.com. And Paul Bragiel is the co-founder of ...

and more »

TorrentFreak, Freak Bits: Top Pirated TV Shows, Movies, & Books of 2009 (and ...
BayNewser
Many of them are simply not that patient or willing to torture themselves, and turn to BitTorrent in desperation. Plus, Ernesto suggests, piracy can be good ...

GSM encryption crack made public - LWN.net


Business Daily Africa

GSM encryption crack made public
LWN.net
The tables were computed on 40 commodity hardware PC nodes in just a few months' time, and are shared through Bittorrent. Furthermore, the presentation ...
Finally, cellphone encryption code is divulgedManila Bulletin

all 24 news articles »

TechCrunch (blog)

i/o Ventures – A Work/Cafe Incubator Launches In San Francisco
TechCrunch (blog)
The four partners include former Aber Whitcomb (former MySpace CTO), Ashwin Navin (former President and Co-founder of BitTorrent and former corporate ...


UberGizmo (blog)

Iomega iConnect Is A Scalable NAS Solution On The Cheap
Gizmodo Australia
Iomega's new product also allows you to set up a print server, OS X Time Machine backups, Bittorrent clients and DLNA streaming. ...
Iomega Delivers Smart Network Storage For Under $100PC Magazine
Iomega's US$100 iConnect Wireless Data StationGizmag
Iomega iConnect Wireless Data Station turns USB drives into remote NASSlashGear (blog)

all 23 news articles »

'Bulletproof' safe havens are all the rage for Internet pirates
Downloadsquad (blog)
You can think of BitTorrent sites and trackers as organized crime units. In some cases they control the flow of goods from the source all the way to the end ...
Internet pirates find new havens for file-sharingLegalbrief (subscription)

all 6 news articles »

rTorrentWeb bolts a sexy(ish) web UI onto the popular Linux torrent client
Downloadsquad (blog)
With that out the way, I give you rTorrentWeb, the best BitTorrent client for Linux. If you've heard of rTorrent, you've probably guessed what this is: a ...


Appalachian Independent

Windows 7 Boot Screen Vista
Appalachian Independent
This text of the vista others bittorrent run with the windom. windows 7 boot screen vista. When a decline is recommended, it makes on the api. ...

and more »

First battle lost for file-sharing business
Richmond News
Unlike other file sharing programs, BitTorrent file sharing uses multiple users sharing bits or "seeds" of files. In essence, large files are transferred ...


New York Times (blog)

'Avatar' Commandeers Film Piracy Record
New York Times
... release and 980000 times in the first week, citing figures from the Web site TorrentFreak.com, which tracks usage of the file-sharing tool BitTorrent. ...
Cameron's "Avatar" Criticizes Gamers Through SmokingKombo.com

all 2 news articles »

Trial Against OiNK Admin Alan Ellis Begins
TorrentFreak (blog)
In 2007, the popular BitTorrent tracker OiNK was shut down by Dutch and British police. Four users of the popular BitTorrent tracker have already been ...
Man accused of operating pirate music website OiNK in courtNorthern Echo

all 3 news articles »

New York Times (blog)

'Avatar' Commandeers Film Piracy Record
New York Times (blog)
... days of release and 980000 times in its first week, according to the Web site TorrentFreak.com, which tracks usage of the file-sharing tool BitTorrent. ...


CNET News

'Kama Sutra' most pirated e-book of 2009
CNET News
This list actually comes from BitTorrent's tally of nefarious downloads. You will, no doubt, be expecting that the pirates of the Nook and Kindle would have ...
'Kama Sutra' most pirated e-book of 2009Independent
Kama Sutra most illegally downloaded e-bookThe Bookseller
'Kama Sutra' most pirated e-book of 2009CIOL

all 6 news articles »

New York Times (blog)

'Avatar' Commandeers Film Piracy Record
New York Times (blog)
... and 980000 times in its first week, according to the Web site TorrentFreak.com, which tracks usage of the file-sharing tool BitTorrent. ...


CNET News

'Kama Sutra' most pirated e-book of 2009
Independent
The website freakbits.com, which delivers news from the popular file-sharing site BitTorrent, has released a list of BitTorrent's 10 most downloaded books ...
Kama Sutra most illegally downloaded e-bookThe Bookseller
'Kama Sutra' most pirated ebook of 2009CNET News
'Kama Sutra' most pirated e-book of 2009CIOL

all 5 news articles »

CNET News

Kama Sutra most illegally downloaded e-book
The Bookseller
Using a tally kept by file-sharing platform BitTorrent, the blog claimed the top 10 pirated e-books - which also included the complete series of Twilight, ...
'Kama Sutra' most pirated e-book of 2009CIOL

all 4 news articles »

CNET News

'Kama Sutra' most pirated ebook of 2009
CNET News
This list actually comes from BitTorrent's tally of nefarious downloads. You will, no doubt, be expecting that the pirates of the Nook and Kindle would have ...

and more »

New York Daily News

NBC's Heroes Tops TV's Most Pirated List in 2009
Mashable (blog)
The list was made from data collected from BitTorrent trackers, but it doesn't include data from RapidShare. Heroes was also one of only two shows ...
'Heroes' is most pirated show on TV - more watch illegally than legitNew York Daily News
'Heroes' named most-pirated show of 2009Digital Spy
'Heroes': Most-Pirated Show of the Year ... AgainInside TV (blog)
MyADSL -Downloadsquad (blog) -TV.com
all 12 news articles »

Lists & Rankings: The Most Pirated Books, TV Shows, and Movies of 2009
ResourceShelf (blog)
Freak Bits and its sister blog Torrent Freak are two resources that monitor the BitTorrent scene with news and information. During the past week or so these ...


End Of Show

xtremespeeds.net BitTorrent site taken offline
End Of Show
A major BitTorrent website providing thousands of television shows and movies without permission amongst hundreds of thousands of users has been closed ...


Unthinkable

Modern Warfare 2 most pirated game of 2009
Play.tm
In fact, Modern Warfare 2 on PC and Xbox 360 accounted for over 5 million downloads on BitTorrent in 2009. Its nearest multi-format rival was Prototype with ...
Modern Warfare 2 is most pirated gameCVG Online
Report: Modern Warfare 2 Most Pirated Game of '09GameDAILY BIZ
MW2 most pirated game of '09MCV
Videogamer.com
all 31 news articles »

Record Label Stops Signing Artists Because of Piracy
TorrentFreak (blog)
The label's bosses then go on to show various statistics of how many times the albums of their artists were pirated though an unnamed BitTorrent site, ...
Finnish Indie Record Label Says It Won't Sign Any New Bands Unless The Gov't ...Techdirt
Record label stops new artists because of piracyThe Swedish Wire

all 5 news articles »

New York Daily News

'Heroes' is most pirated show on TV - more watch illegally than legit
New York Daily News
According to Torrentfreak, a blog dedicated the latest news about BitTorrent file-sharing, "Heroes" was downloaded 6.58 million times in 2009 - meaning more ...
'Heroes': Most-Pirated Show of the Year ... AgainInside TV (blog)
Most pirated TV showsMyADSL
What were the most-pirated TV shows of 2009?Downloadsquad (blog)
The Live Feed -TheCelebrityCafe.com -Generation NT (US)
all 7 news articles »

Videogamer.com

Report: Modern Warfare 2 Most Pirated Game of '09
GameDAILY BIZ
There were 4.1 million pirated PC copies of the game downloaded on BitTorrent, and another 970000 were downloaded for the Xbox 360 version. ...
Modern Warfare 2 is most pirated gameCVG Online
MW2 most pirated game of '09MCV
Modern Warfare 2 was 2009's most pirated gameVideogamer.com

all 22 news articles »

CVG Online

Modern Warfare 2 is most pirated game
CVG Online
The PC and Xbox 360 versions of the game were illegally downloaded over five million times last year, according to TorrentFreak, which tracks BitTorrent ...


Gizmodo Australia

Syabas Popbox Revealed [New Low-Cost, High-Quality Media Streaming Box Coming ...
TFTS (blog)
Unfortunately, the Popbox will lose the BitTorrent support found on earlier models. The Popbox hardware itself has been slimmed down from previous ...
Syabas' Popbox: Get Ready For The New Media Streamer ChampGizmodo Australia

all 10 news articles »

TorrentFreak (blog)

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak (blog)
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'The Lovely Bones' tops the chart again this week followed by 'Avatar'. 'Up In The Air' completes the top ...
Most pirated TV showsMyADSL
What were the most-pirated TV shows of 2009?Downloadsquad (blog)
Web site TorrentFreak has provided us with their ranking of the ten most ...Generation NT (US)

all 4 news articles »

MW2 most pirated game of '09 - MCV


MCV

MW2 most pirated game of '09
MCV
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was the most pirated game of 2009 according to BitTorrent tracking statistics, ...

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Most pirated TV shows - MyADSL


Most pirated TV shows
MyADSL
In 2009 a new milestone was reached; for two shows in the top 10 – Heroes and Dexter – the number of downloads on BitTorrent has exceeded the average ...
What were the most-pirated TV shows of 2009?Downloadsquad (blog)
Web site TorrentFreak has provided us with their ranking of the ten most ...Generation NT (US)

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eBooks hit by pirating - Fudzilla


Publishers Weekly

eBooks hit by pirating
Fudzilla
All good stuff but within 24 hours after its release, pirated digital copies of the novel were found on file-sharing sites such as Rapidshare and BitTorrent ...
Piracy of digital books on the riseTECH.BLORGE.com
Digital piracy hits the e-book industryCNN
Better Luck Next YearPublishers Weekly
Straits Times -Daily Finance -School Library Journal
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Purchase raises DVD counterfeiting concern
Los Angeles Times
... the big studios and television networks will use piracy as a pretext to try to eradicate large-scale peer-to-peer Internet services such as BitTorrent, ...

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Public interest groups call for antitrust probe of TV Everywhere
Washington Post
Consumer groups say BitTorrent was in direct competition with Comcast for video services. "TV Everywhere is designed to eliminate competition at a pivotal ...


What were the most-pirated TV shows of 2009?
Downloadsquad (blog)
Maybe the networks should just go for it, considering how many millions of potential customers are downloading shows via BitTorrent the night they air.
Web site TorrentFreak has provided us with their ranking of the ten most ...Generation NT (US)

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New Peter Jackson Flic “Lovely Bones” Leaks to BitTorrent
Zeropaid
Screener debuts on BitTorrent tracker sites everywhere well ahead of its January 15th national release date. Oscar screener leak season has been upon us for ...


eNewsChannels

Piracy of digital books on the rise
TECH.BLORGE.com
... book sold its first copy, it was available for free on a number of file-sharing sites such as Rapidshare and BitTorrent, according to a CNN story. ...
Digital piracy hits the e-book industryCNN

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TorrentFreak (blog)

Mininova Uploader Gets Three Years Probation
TorrentFreak (blog)
A Californian resident of Irvine has plead guilty to sharing 'The Love Guru' through BitTorrent. After getting his hands on a leaked copy of the film, ...
2nd man to plead guilty to uploading 'Love Guru'CharlotteObserver.com
Second Love Guru pirate to plead guiltyStuff.co.nz

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Rules Set For BitTorrent Case
Multichannel News
The FCC found back in summer 2008 that Comcast violated its Internet open-access guidelines by blocking BitTorrent peer-to-peer traffic. ...


TorrentFreak (blog)

Five BitTorrent Predictions for 2010
TorrentFreak (blog)
A whole new and exiting year lies ahead of us, so this is an opportune time for some BitTorrent predictions for 2010. On the upside, video streaming sites ...

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