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Charter Communications to Track User Web Traffic
Date : 2008 05 15ISP will then sell data to firm for use in targeted ads. There's a disturbing report up on DSLreports that says that Charter Communications read more »
Comcast Lied to FCC, Blocks BitTorrent Traffic 24/7
Date : 2008 05 15BitTorrent throttling is not a new phenomenon, but it is getting more attention lately, because the number of people who use BitTorrent keep read more »
iSlsk Brings File-Sharing to iPhone
Date : 2008 05 15Soulseek is arguably one the greatest music sharing networks that most of the world has never heard of. Created by former Napster programme read more »
Transmission 1.20 Released
Date : 2008 05 14The BitTorrent Client for MAC gets upgraded, now supports IP blocking using the Bluetack level 1 list. Transmission has just been updated t read more »
Mininova - 2 Billion People Downloading 'Iron Man?'
Date : 2008 05 14Probable glitch says that some 2,147,483,647 BitTorrent users, or about 33% of the world's population, are currently downloading a Spanish " read more »
HBO Shows Now Available on iTunes
Date : 2008 05 14Is the first to break the $2 barrier that Apple has insisted on for so long. Steve Jobs has always been adamant that per TV episode downloa read more »
Understanding Anti-Piracy Enforcement
Date : 2008 05 14Above all else, right at the start, I will reiterate one thing - I AM NOT A LAWYER. None of what is said is legal advice, nor should it be u read more »
RIAA: 'We're Targeting Colleges to Make them More Aware'
Date : 2008 05 14Says they don't send automated notices to commercial ISP's because they think that they are generally aware that there's a file-sharing prob read more »
First European Anti-Piracy Disconnection: The Finnish Government
Date : 2008 05 14The last few months have turned the possibility of disconnecting file-sharers from the Internet into a hot topic. France has been at the for read more »
Skype Violated the GPL - German Appeals Court
Date : 2008 05 13It's difficult to say whether or not Niklas Zennström, founder of Skype who also created Kazaa, had envisioned that his software would one read more »
STUDY: US Online Video Streaming Up 64% Since Last Year
Date : 2008 05 13US Internet users viewed more than 11 billion online videos during March of this year, up 13% from February, and a 64% gain from the same t read more »
France: 'Canada Mulling Three-Strikes Policy for Illegal File-Sharing'
Date : 2008 05 13Govt document says the country is working with ISPs to develop a plan to disconnect subscribers repeatedly accused of copyright infringement read more »
BitTorrent Community Mourns as Tracker Founder Passes Away
Date : 2008 05 13During April, TorrentFreak interviewed Merrin after his site was shutdown in error following a blunder by an anti-piracy outfit. Despite th read more »
MPAA Sues The Pirate Bay for $15 Million
Date : 2008 05 12Their reply? "They have a good sense of imagination." Late last week it was reported that the The Pirate Bay, no stranger to copy read more »
Best-Selling Author Turns Piracy into Profit
Date : 2008 05 12“Since the dawn of time, human beings have felt the need to share - from food to art. Sharing is part of the human condition. A person read more »
Introduction to Port Forwarding
Date : 2008 05 12Guide to opening up your router to allow P2P and file-sharing programs like BitTorrent to function properly. For those just getting started read more »
Janke, Yankee, and How Early America Was a Nation of Pirates
Date : 2008 05 12Matt Mason, author of "The Pirates Dilemma," asserts "America only industrialized as rapidly as it did by counterfeiting European invention read more »
IFPI Advises Kids to Use LimeWire and Kazaa
Date : 2008 05 11The campaign’s leaflet (pdf) is distributed through schools and colleges, libraries, record stores, teaching portals and websites in 2 read more »
Privacy Commissioner Requested to Investigate Bell Canada Over Filtering
Date : 2008 05 11The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic recently announced that they are making a request to the privacy commissioner to inv read more »
Take a Picture of Yourself, Help Protest Restrictive Copyright Reform
Date : 2008 05 10The Open Source Cinema is currently looking for mugshots of you for an upcoming movie that opposes restrictive copyright changes. Users are read more »
Shareaza Stands Up To Scammers: “We’re fighting back!”
Date : 2008 05 10A lot of things have happened since the Shareaza domain was hijacked. Through TorrentFreak, the Shareaza development team gives an exclusive read more »
French RIAA Announces Deadline to Ban File-Sharers from the Internet
Date : 2008 05 10The EFF recently is pointing us new disturbing demands by the French version of the RIAA known as SNEP (Syndicat national de l'édition phon read more »
Canada Gets More Copyright Consultations
Date : 2008 05 09Was it something Michael Geist or a Canadian MP said or have the concerns over Copyright started spilling into more action within Canada? W read more »
QuickSilverScreen Accused of Copyright Infringement, Temporarily Shutdown
Date : 2008 05 09Pressure from the Malaysian government causes the site's host to ask them to temporarily shutdown their main server. QuickSilverScreen, one read more »
Victorious BitTorrent Tracker to Return
Date : 2008 05 09We conclude ‘court week’ at TorrentFreak with the happy news that torrent.is has remained victorious in its legal battles. At th read more »