With the Lisbon Treaty being signed by all European Union member states, the Pirate Party has gained another seat in the European Parliament. The second Pirate Party seat will be occupied by the 22 year old Amelia Andersdotter, who will become the youngest Member of the European Parliament.
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘Paranormal Activity’ tops the chart this week followed by ‘Terminator Salvation’. ‘Surrogates’ completes the top three.
hpThis week there are three newcomers in the top 10. ‘Paranormal Activity’ is the most downloaded movie on BitTorrent for the second week in a row.
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.
BitTorrent Inc. is about to launch a completely improved implementation of the BitTorrent protocol that will benefit both users and ISPs. uTorrent 2.0, which is currently being tested by thousands of people, will eliminate the need for ISPs to throttle or stop BitTorrent traffic, and will optimize the download experience for its users.
Most people view BitTorrent sites as massive Internet archives of digital entertainment, ranging from movies through music to software. Nevertheless, the structure of torrent search engines often lacks the navigation that a good archive should have. Files24 aims to fill this void.
The Stockholm District Court has taken action against two founder members of The Pirate Bay. Gottfrid Svartholm and Fredrik Neij are now banned from operating the site and will have to pay fines of $71,000 each if they continue. This, despite the fact that they nor the site remain in Sweden.The Stockholm District Court has taken action against two founder members of The... more
The new torrent search engine TaffyBox took the web by storm during the last couple of days, offering a newbie-proof download service. The site was featured by TechCrunch(http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/25/taffybox-combines-bittorrent-search-and-web-download/) and several other sites, but just a few hours later it is no longer operational. BTjunkie cut it off since it was stealing resources without permission.The new torrent search engine TaffyBox took the web by storm during the last couple of... more
The Pirate Bay tracker has been in a state of flux for a few weeks now, mostly offline. If your torrent relies on it, what can you do? The easiest solution is to go ‘trackerless’ and use the Distributed Hash Table (DHT), but there are many myths and misunderstandings that can put people off using it.
DHT has been included with many clients since it first debuted in the summer of 2005. however, over the 4 years of life, many myths and misunderstandings have been spread around. These can put people off using it and can give these users difficulties when a tracker goes down. Currently the Pirate Bay is popping on and offline, and Demonoid has been down for a week or two.
The main problem is that most people just don’t understand what DHT is, what it does, and how it works. Not really a surprise since the documentation and even the Wikipedia page are filled with technical jargon, and no simple explanation. Without that basic understanding confusion is inevitable. We did explain DHT in our jargon piece back in 2006 but after 3 years, we decide to cover it again.
The easiest way to think about DHT is to imagine it as a form of ’super tracker’, in some ways a lot like WinMX and Kazaa of old. A large ad-hoc network of peers pass on information requests about torrents without a central server, meaning no control or single point of failure. No information about the contents or even the names of torrents are passed around, making this legal and hard to shut down.The Pirate Bay tracker has been in a state of flux for a few weeks now, mostly... more
The founders of The Pirate Bay have been hit a with new order to remove links to copyright material.
The trio could face fines of up to $9m (£5.5m) if they do not comply within three months.
However they claim that since selling the file-sharing website in 2006 they no longer have control over it.
The Pirate Bay is a file-sharing website in which people share music, films and games by bit-torrent or peer-to-peer links. None of the material actually sits on the site's servers.
It claims to have 22m users worldwide.
When will the Music and Film industry realise that torrents are not going to go away and that they must think of a way to utilise the internet for these types of sales, and (god forbid!) let go of some of their profits!
They blame file sharers for ruining the work of the small people in these industries, but if they were bring prices down, they could still pay everyone their proper wage, they just wont be able to get their ridiculous profits.
People will always still want DVDs, they are just a little bit sick of paying £20 for one (if your getting minimum wage then that amount to nearly 4 hours work just for a DVD)
and people will always want the experience of going to a cinema just not the rip off prices!
The industries are doing it to themselves with their greed, personally I think it's obvious file sharing is the future and sharing is always a beautiful thing.The founders of The Pirate Bay have been hit a with new order to remove links to... more
Demonoid is one of the largest BitTorrent trackers on the planet and, unfortunately for those interested in the site, also one of the most secretive. With the site currently out of action with little indication when it will return, there are certainly plenty of questions. An interview with Demonoid’s Ukranian host certainly proves to be of great interest.Demonoid is one of the largest BitTorrent trackers on the planet and, unfortunately... more
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘Public Enemies’ tops the chart this week followed by ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’. ‘The Taking of Pelham’ completes the top three.
hpThis week there are four newcomers in the top 10, including this week’s most downloaded movie ‘Public Enemies’.
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.
RSS feed for the weekly movie download chart.The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘Public Enemies’ tops the chart... more
Fresh data on the market share of BitTorrent clients shows that uTorrent remains the client of choice for over 60% of all BitTorrent users. Vuze is in second place, but its market share has dropped to 14%. Transmission, on the other hand, continues to gain ground, with the client’s market share increasing by 23% in the last two months.Fresh data on the market share of BitTorrent clients shows that uTorrent remains the... more
The MPAA is currently involved in legal battles against several BitTorrent sites. Last year Hollywood’s lobby organization booked a victory in court when they managed to shut TorrentSpy down, but despite these efforts the studio bosses are still not satisfied. Three of the MPAA’s anti-piracy leaders have now been fired.The MPAA is currently involved in legal battles against several BitTorrent sites. Last... more
For years RIAA and MPAA members have hired companies to attack popular BitTorrent swarms in an attempt to interfere with their downloads. According to a recently published paper by New York University researchers, these attacks are highly ineffective. At best, they slow downloads for a few minutes, something most users don’t even notice.For years RIAA and MPAA members have hired companies to attack popular BitTorrent... more
Driven by increased crackdowns on BitTorrent sites such as The Pirate Bay, software pirates are fast moving their warez to file hosting websites.Driven by increased crackdowns on BitTorrent sites such as The Pirate Bay, software... more
BitSnoop is a brand new torrent indexing site with a clean interface and some pretty unique features. Like most other search engines BitSnoop allows its users to search through a database of more than a million torrents. However, the site also ensures that the torrents they host have backup trackers included, but no duplicates.BitSnoop is a brand new torrent indexing site with a clean interface and some pretty... more
Unlike most people might think, piracy is not necessarily a bad thing for copyright holders. In fact, German pirate-tracking outfit DigiRights Solutions shows that copyright holders can earn 150 times more money from illicit downloads than from iTunes and other legal stores.Unlike most people might think, piracy is not necessarily a bad thing for copyright... more
In August, Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN won its case against The Pirate Bay, and the court ordered the defendants to block access to Dutch visitors. The case was appealed today and rightly so. It appears that the evidence presented by BREIN was faked in an attempt to mislead the court.In August, Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN won its case against The Pirate Bay, and the... more
The Pirate Bay is going on a road trip through Europe, one they hope to end today in a former NATO bunker. After a move from Sweden to the Ukraine, The Pirate Bay has now arrived at CyberBunker, an ISP that can provide them with a facility that can resist a nuclear attack as well as electromagnetic pulse bombs.The Pirate Bay is going on a road trip through Europe, one they hope to end today in a... more
