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Following in the footsteps of The Pirate Bay and the successful BitTorrent distribution platform Vodo, uTorrent has now embraced an artist of their own. Starting today, all new uTorrent downloads will be bundled with the latest album from PAZ, an up and coming musician who hopes to achieve stardom through BitTorrent.
http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-backs-artist-bundles-album-with-new-downloads-100816/Following in the footsteps of The Pirate Bay and the successful BitTorrent... more
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A recent Net Neutrality proposal from Google and Verizon has dominated the news this week, with opponents claiming that the deal would kill Net Neutrality on wireless (cellular) networks. What hasn’t been mentioned thus far, however, is that BitTorrent and other types of evil traffic have already been banned for years by Verizon, AT&T and others.
http://torrentfreak.com/verizon-and-att-ban-bittorrent-on-wireless-networks-100813/A recent Net Neutrality proposal from Google and Verizon has dominated the news this... more
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The U.S. Copyright Group (USCG) has been all over the news in recent months. The lawyer group sued thousands of BitTorrent users who allegedly file-shared motion pictures belonging to their clients, including the Oscar-winning Hurt Locker. However, it turns out that USCG are not copyright purists either, as they have blatantly copied the website of a competitor without permission.
http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-copyright-group-steal-competitors-website-100730/The U.S. Copyright Group (USCG) has been all over the news in recent months. The... more
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We've all seen the studies trumpeting massive losses to the US economy from piracy. One famous figure, used literally for decades by rightsholders and the government, said that 750,000 jobs and up to $250 billion a year could be lost in the US economy thanks to IP infringement.
A couple years ago, we thoroughly debunked that figure. For years, Business Software Alliance reports on software piracy assumed that each illicit copy was a lost sale. And the MPAA's own commissioned study on movie piracy turned out to overstate collegiate downloading by a factor of three.
Can we trust ANY of these claims about piracy?
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/04/us-government-finally-admits-most-piracy-estimates-are-bogus.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rssWe've all seen the studies trumpeting massive losses to the US economy from... more
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The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘Shutter Island’ tops the chart this week followed by ‘Alice In Wonderland’. ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ completes the top three.
Soooo once again the most pirated movies are the ones making the most money at the box office! but i thought piracy was killing the industry?? nope, it's corporations big fat dirty greed again!
http://torrentfreak.com/top-10-most-pirated-movies-on-bittorrent-100405/The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘Shutter Island’ tops the... more
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Seeding fake files on BitTorrent is nothing new and the practice has been carried out by anti-piracy groups and malware spreaders for a long time. While many of them choose to use various open and public BitTorrent trackers, others are setting up their own trackers. We take a look at an easy way to find out more about them.
http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-quickly-investigate-a-fake-bittorrent-tracker-100220/Seeding fake files on BitTorrent is nothing new and the practice has been carried out... more
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Millions of people use BitTorrent to share files every day, but only a small percentage actually understand how BitTorrent works and appreciate why it is such an efficient way to share large files. A simplified but insightful visualization helps to shed some light on the inner workings of the BitTorrent client.
http://torrentfreak.com/how-and-why-bittorrent-works-a-visualization-100217/Millions of people use BitTorrent to share files every day, but only a small... more
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The up and coming torrent indexer KickassTorrents has launched a new search trends feature. Users can use it to browse through the most popular search phrases for any given day or month to find out what’s wanted by other BitTorrent users. Some interesting trends and old habits are revealed by the new feature.
http://torrentfreak.com/kickasstorrents-reveals-bittorrent-search-trends-100215/The up and coming torrent indexer KickassTorrents has launched a new search trends... more
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The operators of MooZar, a new service set to launch at the end of February, believe they have the solution to the file-sharing piracy ‘problem’. Illicit downloaders can apparently go to their site, pay some money and feel happy in the knowledge that they’ve supported the artist. Controversially, there are suggestions they won’t get sued either.
http://torrentfreak.com/moozar-aims-to-turn-pirates-into-paying-customers-100214/The operators of MooZar, a new service set to launch at the end of February, believe... more
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As millions of people wait for the arrival of Christmas in just a couple of weeks time, the festivities have come early for BitTorrent fans. A few hours ago the mighty Demonoid fully returned and the good news is that there appears to be little data loss. Users are feverishly uploading fresh torrents right now.
http://torrentfreak.com/christmas-comes-early-for-bittorrent-demonoid-is-back-091213/As millions of people wait for the arrival of Christmas in just a couple of weeks... more
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Mininova, the largest torrent site on the Internet, has removed all torrents except those that were uploaded through its content distribution service. Mininova’s founders took the drastic decision after they lost a civil dispute against Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN, and were ordered to remove all infringing torrents from the site.
http://torrentfreak.com/mininova-deletes-all-infringing-torrents-and-goes-legal-091126/Mininova, the largest torrent site on the Internet, has removed all torrents except... more
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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.
http://torrentfreak.com/spotify-isnt-ripping-off-artists-the-labels-are-091123/A few days ago we reported that Lady Gaga earned a measly $167 for more than a million... more
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The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘2012′ tops the chart this week followed by ‘Gamer’. ‘Funny People’ completes the top three.
2012This week there are four newcomers in the top 10 including ‘Gamer,’ which ended up as the second most downloaded movie on BitTorrent this week.
The data for our weekly download chart is collected by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are DVDrips unless stated otherwise.
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http://torrentfreak.com/top-10-most-pirated-movies-on-bittorrent-091123/The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘2012′ tops the chart... more
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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.
http://torrentfreak.com/novell-strips-bittorrent-dht-technology-from-opensuse-091122/The Pirate Bay’s tracker closure has spurred several discussions about DHT,... more
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Piracy is without a doubt, truly evil. It doesn’t help the artists, it robs them of their rightful revenue and is 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.
http://torrentfreak.com/lady-gaga-earns-slightly-more-from-spotify-than-piracy-091121/Piracy is without a doubt, truly evil. It doesn’t help the artists, it robs them... more
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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.
http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrents-future-dht-pex-and-magnet-links-explained-091120/This week The Pirate Bay confirmed it would shut down its tracker for good, instead... more
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MC Hammer, rap phenomenon and self-confessed geek, has kicked the major music labels in their over-sized pants with regard to their anti-piracy strategy. Hammer said that the labels’ decision to go after individual filesharers and ISPs has failed, because it only alienated paying customers.
http://torrentfreak.com/mc-hammer-stop-the-music-piracy-crackdown-091116/MC Hammer, rap phenomenon and self-confessed geek, has kicked the major music labels... more
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The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘Funny People’ tops the chart this week followed by ‘The Hangover’. ‘2012′ completes the top three.
This week there are three newcomers in the top 10 including ‘Funny People,’ is the most downloaded movie on BitTorrent this week.
The data for our weekly download chart is collected by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are DVDrips unless stated otherwise.
http://torrentfreak.com/top-10-most-pirated-movies-on-bittorrent-091116/The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘Funny People’ tops the... more
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At a recent roundtable discussion, Warner Bros. technology director Ethan Applen commented on BitTorrent and P2P’s bad reputation in the entertainment industry. Applen said that P2P is not the bad guy some Hollywood insiders claim it to be, but actually a great way to transfer TV-episodes and entire seasons.
http://torrentfreak.com/warner-bros-thinks-p2p-gets-unfairly-vilified-091113/At a recent roundtable discussion, Warner Bros. technology director Ethan Applen... more
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The heavy punishment of illegal file sharers on the web will be counter-productive in the global fight against Internet piracy and copyright infringement, the director-general of a United Nations agency said on Thursday.
http://in.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idINIndia-43894120091112The heavy punishment of illegal file sharers on the web will be counter-productive in... more
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