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Not so quick with the BitTorrent piracy killing the box office argument.

Not so quick with the BitTorrent piracy killing the box office argument.

From the very first movie that was downloaded from the Internet the entertainment industry has been yelling and ranting about how the nasty evil Internet was killing the movie business and taking food out of the mouths ... continue
isoHunt continues the fight which may be its saving grace in the turbulent world of BitTorrent

isoHunt continues the fight which may be its saving grace in the turbulent world of BitTorrent

Right now there is a deathly pall hanging over the Internet, and the world of BitTorrent in particular. As we saw with the take down of Megaupload and the constant seizure of domains that the US Department of Justice ... continue
US Copyright Group preps suit against 23K+ BitTorrent users

US Copyright Group preps suit against 23K+ BitTorrent users

I have to say, if you're going down for torrenting a movie, you could have probably been sued for something far better than The Expendables. Perhaps the US Copyright Group wants to add insult to injury by threatening ... continue
IMDb denies listing to a BitTorrent only movie

IMDb denies listing to a BitTorrent only movie

This is a curious story that popped up over at the TorrentFreak blog this morning. It seems that the Internet movie database IMDb, owned by Amazon, has decided that a publicly funded movie that is due to ... continue
You really might want to rethink using BitTorrent

You really might want to rethink using BitTorrent

I've never been a big user of BitTorrent but just as there are illegal uses for it there are just as many legal ones. however if what the team at TorrentFreak has discovered is true you may ... continue
Pirate Bay founders told hands off the site

Pirate Bay founders told hands off the site

I'm sorry but at what point are we just going to stick a fork in this one, call it quits and move onto one of the many other really good bittorrent tracking services out there. It was ... continue
Michael Jackson finding new life on BitTorrent

Michael Jackson finding new life on BitTorrent

While most of the world’s attention regarding Michael Jackson is now being centered around the cause of his death the online world is celebrating his music and life the one way they know how ... continue
Oh, and about that searching for torrents on Google…

Oh, and about that searching for torrents on Google…

If you remember back in the middle of April of this year I wrote a couple of posts here about the silliness of the Pirate Bay getting slapped down by Swedish courts when you ... continue
Mininova helps musicians monetize their BitTorrent downloads

Mininova helps musicians monetize their BitTorrent downloads

Everyone has pretty well heard of that other BitTorrent site but even though it might be one of the largest BitTorrent sites on the web Mininova is right up there with The Pirate Bay site. As ... continue
BitTorrent in Developing Countries

BitTorrent in Developing Countries

Where bandwidth is plentiful it’s become a curse to the media industry. The television studios hate it because people don’t need TiVo when the latest episode of Lost is available on PirateBay the day (or only hours) ... continue
Coda.fm: The RIAA is going to hate this site

Coda.fm: The RIAA is going to hate this site

New BitTorrent index Coda.fm offers something many BitTorrent sites don't offer: a user friendly, e-commerce like interface. Coda.fm specializes in music only, and indexes torrents, as opposed to hosting the torrent themselves. The front end looks like a ... continue
AC/DC downloads hit 400,000 prior to physical only release

AC/DC downloads hit 400,000 prior to physical only release

AC/DC has hit new highs this week, but their own stubbornness means that they may miss out from the record numbers. According to TorrentFreak, a leak of the forthcoming AC/DC album Black Ice, due to be released October ... continue
Comcast Wants to Slow Your Transfers (Again)

Comcast Wants to Slow Your Transfers (Again)

Comcast is now fighting back against the FCC -- and, seemingly, the world -- in insisting it has the right to intentionally slow down selected file transfers on its network. The battle began when reporters discovered last year ... continue
Comcast: The More You Surf, The Slower Your Speed

Comcast: The More You Surf, The Slower Your Speed

Already under fire for its traffic management practices, Comcast is now considering a plan to slow down the connections of users transferring the most data during peak times. The company has just officially said it's "made ... continue