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UK Govt Invites Public to Comment on Plans to Fight P2P
Date : 2008 08 04
Zeropaid File Sharing P2P Technology NewsGives until October 30th for individuals and organizations to voice their opinions on proposed partnership between ISPs and copyright holder read more »
BitTorrent Mac Fans Try To Save the Coratee
Date : 2008 08 04
TorrentFreakMac users missing the community spirit they enjoyed at BrokenStones are on an urgent mission to save an endangered manatee-like sea mammal w read more »
India Report - There's Not Enough Pirate Courts Here
Date : 2008 08 04 Zeropaid File Sharing P2P Technology NewsSometimes, there is the odd report coming from Asia about a massive piracy bust with reportedly millions of CDs and DVDs being confiscated, read more »
Most Downloaded DVDrips on BitTorrent (wk31)
Date : 2008 08 04 TorrentFreakThe top 10 most downloaded DVDrips on BitTorrent, “Hancock” tops the chart this week. We do not link to actual torrent files because lin read more »
EFF Releases 'Switzerland' to Test if Your ISP is Throttling BitTorrent
Date : 2008 08 03 Zeropaid File Sharing P2P Technology NewsNetwork testing tool able to detect packet modifications in any protocol - TCP reset packets or web page modifications, and isn't limited t read more »
Anti-Piracy Lobby Gains Power Over Internet Subscribers
Date : 2008 08 03 TorrentFreakThe deals between ISPs and anti-piracy organizations are a worrying trend. In just a few months entertainment industry representatives manag read more »
RIAA - FCC Ruling Means ISPs Can Filter Piracy Like Everyone Else
Date : 2008 08 03 Zeropaid File Sharing P2P Technology NewsWe already noted that there is a lot of confusion surrounding the FCC ruling to "punish" Comcast, but we have just learned that the RIAA has read more »
FCC - Comcast Was Wrong to Throttle, but Prioritizing Packets is Fine
Date : 2008 08 03 Zeropaid File Sharing P2P Technology NewsIt seems like a victory for many to see Comcast punished for throttling BitTorrent, but now it seems the FCC has become confused about what read more »
‘Song of the Year’ Winner Says Downloading is “Amazing”
Date : 2008 08 02 TorrentFreakOne of the big breakthrough acts of the last year has joined the increasing ranks of artists who don’t mind if people share their musi read more »
Bell Canada to Cap Competition to as Low as 2GB a Month Down Per User
Date : 2008 08 01 Zeropaid File Sharing P2P Technology NewsYou know competition is almost non-existent when one 'competitor' can decide what other competitors can and cannot do in the market. Just w read more »
Top Tips for Optimizing BitTorrent Download Speeds
Date : 2008 08 01 Zeropaid File Sharing P2P Technology NewsSix simple tips straight form the lips of Olivier Chalouhi, co-founder and CTO of the Vuze BitTorrent client. Everybody in the BitTorrent c read more »
YouTube Sued by Italian Media Company for Half a Billion Euros
Date : 2008 08 01 Zeropaid File Sharing P2P Technology NewsIt seems to be a multinational sport for big business these days. Reports are surfacing that Italian media company Mediaset has filed a law read more »
Digital Frisking for Copyright Infringement at US Border Disclosed
Date : 2008 08 01 Zeropaid File Sharing P2P Technology NewsIt may have been little more then an intimidating demand from businesses at ACTA negotiations, but now the Department of Homeland Security i read more »
EFF Tool Hunts BitTorrent Throttling ISPs
Date : 2008 08 01 TorrentFreakComcast must feel it’s being attacked by all sides. It’s been hit by lawsuits, investigated by the FCC, and roundly criticised e read more »
MediaDefender Walks The Plank to Bankruptcy
Date : 2008 08 01 TorrentFreakMediaDefender and parent company ArtistDirect have had some serious setbacks recently. Last September they suffered a huge security breach w read more »
French Minister Pushes for Mandatory ISP Level P2P Filtering Across Europe
Date : 2008 08 01 Zeropaid File Sharing P2P Technology NewsIf there is anything that file-sharing filtering programs haven't proven, is 100% effectiveness. In spite of the lack of evidence, that isn read more »
Another Critical ACTA Leak Surfaces
Date : 2008 08 01 Zeropaid File Sharing P2P Technology NewsWhile many within ACTA have been trying to operate in as much secrecy as possible, there seems to be a few who wants ACTA to be more open. read more »
Sony Euro Boss: 'Get Games From BitTorrent if You Want To'
Date : 2008 07 31 Zeropaid File Sharing P2P Technology NewsOffers a solution to criticisms of 4-5 month delays of PAL region games arriving in far off "down under" locales like New Zealand read more »
OiNK Admin's Bail Extended for 4th Time, Charges Dropped Against 2 'Pre-Releasers'
Date : 2008 07 31 Zeropaid File Sharing P2P Technology NewsProves that British police are having a tough finding what charges to file in a case that the Crown Prosecution Service calls a "highly-comp read more »
Porn Anti-Piracy Group Gives Up on File-Sharers, Targets P2P Sites Instead
Date : 2008 07 31 Zeropaid File Sharing P2P Technology NewsLearns from RIAA mistakes, noting "Going after end users is a strategy that would require ridiculous amounts of resources and probably would read more »
Travis Defends Fan from IFPI Threats
Date : 2008 07 31 TorrentFreakHere is a story of a blogger doing his best to help the band Travis reach its fans (at the band’s request), and the IFPI subsequently read more »
Defendant to RIAA: 428,571 Times Actual Damages is Unconstitutional
Date : 2008 07 31 Zeropaid File Sharing P2P Technology NewsNew tactic in the fight against the RIAA is to admit guilt, but challenge copyright laws and argue that compensatory damages greater than 9 read more »
The Pirate Bay Now Supports Tagging
Date : 2008 07 31 TorrentFreakThe Pirate Bay has rolled out a new feature which allows users to add tags to the torrents they upload. The tags will make it easier to stru read more »
Band Leaks Track to BitTorrent, Blames Pirates
Date : 2008 07 31 TorrentFreakWhen we reported about the leak of a BuckCherry track last week, and specifically the band’s response to it, we hinted that this could read more »
EFF - New US Copyright Enforcement Proposal and ACTA Could be a Catastrophe
Date : 2008 07 30 Zeropaid File Sharing P2P Technology NewsThere is a new proposal that could further restrict copyright laws in the United States. With the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA read more »