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• MPAA Wants ISPs to Cut Off Pirates | TorrentFreak view story

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  • Submitted by ErnestHemingway
  • 2 days ago
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  Following on from the IFPI-inspired Italian blockade of The Pirate Bay, the MPAA’s President has been in Italy offering ideas on how to deal with the ‘problem’ of unauthorized file-sharing. Not wanting to flirt too much with originality, Ro

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• Google’s Insights on BitTorrent Clients view story

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  • Submitted by spuds
  • 3 days ago
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  Google is a great tool to compare the popularity of searches in a similar niche. When the number of people searching for something goes up, it is often a sign of increased popularity. We take a look at the search volume for three popular BitTorrent client

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• Alleged UK Pirates Offered Free Legal Representation view story

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  • Submitted by makingmoney257
  • 8 days ago
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  Over the last year, UK residents accused of sharing games like Dream Pinball have been threatened by lawyers Davenport Lyons. Stuck in a trap of not having enough money to defend themselves, many choose to pay compensation demands - guilty or not - fearfu

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• Find and Share Music with TinySong | TorrentFreak view story

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  • Submitted by Tau_Zero
  • 12 days ago
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  TinySong is an easy to use website where users can search for music and share tracks with friends via a direct link. It's linked to Grooveshark, a P2P powered music service, that allows users to manage and store their entire music library “in the cloud�

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• Comcast vs. BitTorrent, What’s Next? view story

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  • Submitted by Tau_Zero
  • 14 days ago
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  Yesterday, the FCC ruled that Comcast’s network management practices that specifically targeted BitTorrent users, were unfair. The ruling is a small victory for Net Neutrality, but it wont stop ISPs from going after the heavy bandwidth users, not at all

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• The Pirate Bay Appeals Italian Blockade view story

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  • Submitted by Tau_Zero
  • 15 days ago
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  The Pirate Bay has decided to fight the decision of an Italian judge after it ordered ISPs to block access to the popular tracker. The blocks didn’t prove particularly effective... but nevertheless, The Pirate Bay is determined to reverse the decision.

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• Olympic Torrents More Popular Than Ever view story

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  • Submitted by spuds
  • 15 days ago
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  This week, close to two million people have downloaded the Olympics opening ceremony, which makes it the most pirated TV-show of the week - again. The International Olympic Committee is not too happy about it, and they are urging the Swedish government to

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• Legal P2P Music Service Doomed to Fail view story

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  • Submitted by makingmoney257
  • 18 days ago
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  If you cant beat pirates, join them. This is Playlouders philosophy, a music download service that allows subscribers to download music from BitTorrent and other filesharing networks, while reimbursing the copyright owners. The concept sure is interesting

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• RIAA Pays $107,951 to Alleged Filesharer view story

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  • Submitted by junkgirl
  • 21 days ago
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  It has been something of a David and Goliath battle, but the first skirmishes in the war on file sharing are over. While the RIAA jubilantly claimed success last year, it is another case that has has now silenced the RIAA, as it avoids drawing attention

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• Sharing 2999 Songs, 199 Movies Becomes ‘Safe’ in Germany view story

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  • Submitted by acesomeone
  • 21 days ago
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  Prosecutors in a German state have announced they will refuse to entertain the majority of file-sharing lawsuits in future. It appears that only commercial-scale copyright infringers will be pursued, with those sharing under 3000 music tracks and 200 ...

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