TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | yesterday
Already making a name for itself by offering new and innovative features, KickassTorrents is a relatively new BitTorrent site that launched just a few months ago. Recently the site quadrupled its traffic, largely thanks to its inclusion in the integrated search engine of the BitTorrent client, Vuze.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 43 minutes ago
As many as 25,000 BT and 5,000 customers of other ISPs will be receiving shock letters demanding big payments during the coming weeks. Lawyers in the UK have been granted more court orders which force ISPs to hand over the details of individuals who they say have been monitored sharing hardcore pornography.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | yesterday
Preliminary injunctions against two file-sharing portals have been overturned, paving the way for a re-opening. The sites' lawyers have proven that hard drive evidence collected during a controversial raid against the sites' admin is worthless, and the anti-piracy group involved has been fined by the court for acting in bad faith.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | yesterday
The European Commission has issued a warning to the Spanish government that any plan to disconnect file-sharers from the Internet without involving a judge would create conflict with the EU. This statement could also throw the three-strikes plans of the UK government and the Irish ISP Eircom into serious doubt.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
A few days ago we reported that Lady Gaga earned a measly $167 for more than a million plays on the music streaming service, Spotify. According to new information received from music industry insiders, it turns out that Spotify isn't ripping off the artists, the labels are.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Last week the Digital Economy Bill was released and included tough measures to deal with illicit file-sharing. It was preceded by a consultation period where individuals, consumer groups and ISPs voiced serious concerns over the proposals. The government seems to have completely ignored them - not so the rights holders.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
The Pirate Bay's tracker closure has spurred several discussions about DHT, BitTorrent's fallback technology for when central trackers are unavailable. According to some, DHT has some problems of its own. Novell, for example, decided to ship openSUSE with the BitTorrent client Transmission, but not before stripping DHT support.
Money Making and Blogging Tips (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Isohunt.com is a bittorent and p2p search engine. Website Outlook Price: $12.23 million Isohunt is an interactive and awesome p2p community whose users share comments and ratings on discovered media. It index torrent trackers, file directory, and provides cross-referenced multi-tracker... [[ Please click on the title to read the full content ]]
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Piracy is without a doubt, truly evil. It doesn't help the artists, it robs them of their rightful revenue and ss such a poor basis for a business model, it's unworthy of consideration. Of course, new streaming sites are miles better, offering a legal way to listen to free music. Hmm - Lady Gaga got a million plays on Spotify and earned $167.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
This week The Pirate Bay confirmed it would shut down its tracker for good, instead encouraging the use of DHT, PEX and magnet links. This move confounded many BitTorrent enthusiasts, who although wishing to adapt, were confronted with hard to grasp terminology and technology. Time for some explaining.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Details of Lord Mandelson's draconian pro-copyright plans contained in the Digital Economy Bill leaked out yesterday, provoking a wave of dissent. The Liberal Democrats have now made a statement, voicing dismay at this "utterly shameless" attempt to introduce major rules without proper Commons assessment.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Tomorrow morning Lord Mandelson will present the Digital Economy Bill to the public, which among other things is aimed at reducing illicit file-sharing. According to parts of the bill that leaked today, the legislation could lead to jail terms for file-sharers and unprecedented power for the entertainment industries.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
iiNet’s chief barrister argued today that there is insufficient evidence to show that when customers shared movies using BitTorrent, they shared "substantial parts" of said material, an essential requirement for proving infringement. Furthermore, in order to verify AFACT claims, iiNet itself would have to infringe copyright.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Despite negative court verdicts against the two leading torrent sites, the BitTorrent popularity surge is still underway judging from ever increasing download figures. Mininova, the most visited BitTorrent indexer, broke an impressive record today. Since its inception, the site has served a dazzling 10 billion torrent downloads.
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The Swedish hosting provider Portlane is being sued by several Hollywood movie studios for hosting the standalone BitTorrent tracker, OpenBitTorrent. The movie studios are claiming that OpenBitTorrent is a re-branded copy of The Pirate Bay tracker that shut down yesterday.
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