TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Pirate Bay is messing with Hollywood again, as they've put up a new logo which links to pirated copies of the blockbuster movie "The Dark Knight". Although Warner did all it can to protect the film from leaking, a Cam version leaked onto BitTorrent sites soon after it premiered.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Court documents show that a hacker, hired by the MPAA, offered to reveal the identities of the Pirate Bay founders. The hacker, who also retrieved private information from TorrentSpy, was paid $15.000 for his efforts.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Torrentz.com, the largest BitTorrent meta-search engine, celebrates its 5th anniversary today. The site, one of the oldest torrent sites around, has evolved quite a lot over the years. Let's take a look at how it all started.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
According to initial reports, an announcement due later today will state that major ISPs in the UK have reached an agreement to work with the music industry to start mass warning file-sharers. The deal, brokered by the government, will see hundreds of thousands warned but not disconnected.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Comcast is facing a nationwide class action lawsuit for cutting off the BitTorrent traffic of their subscribers. The lawsuit aims to stop the misleading advertising used by Comcast, and to compensate BitTorrent users for the disruption to their service.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Some artists, bands and labels claim that their lives are ruined by their material being available on P2P networks. BuckCherry are complaining that a track from their latest album has leaked to BitTorrent. How do they complain? Via an Atlantic Records press release. I smell a rather large free-publicity rat.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
TV shows are by far the most wanted files via BitTorrent, and according to some, it's fast becoming the modern day TiVo. But what are all those people downloading?
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
During the last three years, not many new BitTorrent clients have surfaced. Together, the likes of uTorrent, Azureus and BitComet have a 90% market share, with uTorrent being the most popular client. For a new client it is nearly impossible to catch up with these giants, but Halite might just stand a chance.
Adland (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Ad geeks set your DVRs! Mad Men Season 2 starts Sunday, July 27. Everyone living outside of the US can try to bittorent the show. read more
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
The top 10 most downloaded DVDrips on BitTorrent, “Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay” tops the chart this week, again.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Last month, the prominent Malaysian ISP "Shinjiru" had shut down several torrent sites , following pressure from the government. Strangely enough, after a few days of downtime some of the sites started to reappear, like nothing had happened. However, those sites who did not leave, are now being tapped.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
A man allegedly seen 'camming' the latest Batman movie has been arrested by police. Following guidelines, theater employees called the police after suspicions were aroused. According to the MPAA, many other movies have been recorded at this theater.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
BitTorrent is without a doubt the best way to share large files, as long as you follow some basic rules, that is. We asked one of the leading BitTorrent client developers for some tips and tricks so you can speed up your BitTorrent downloads.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The Swarmplayer developed by the P2P-Next research group is now capable of streaming live video in true 4th generation P2P style using a zero-server approach. With a $22 million project budget from the EU and partners, the P2P-Next research group intends to redefine how video is viewed on the Internet.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
“Piracy is BAD” proclaims every copyright dependent industry lobby group. “Downloading is stealing” is another popular one. How about “downloads are a lost sale”? Ubisoft clearly didn't believe that last one, as they distributed a no-cd patch from the scene group RELOADED as a fix for one of their games.
