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Ex-MPAA and IFPI Anti-Piracy Enforcer Shot Dead

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:08:00 +0000

A man described as an “anti-piracy hero” has been gunned down in Thailand. Kasim Cha Tong, a former director of the MPA and anti-piracy campaigner for the IFPI, died by a single shot from a sawn-off shotgun. The killer escaped. Police are investigating the possibility that this was an assassination.

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Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:07:00 +0000

TV shows are by far the most wanted files on BitTorrent, and according to some, it’s becoming the modern day TiVo. But what are all those people downloading?

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BitTorrent Sites Step Closer to Legality in Spain

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:06:00 +0000

In September a Spanish court decided that the eDonkey indexing site Sharemula operated legally, indicating that linking to copyright infringing material is permitted under the law. Now that decision has been reinforced as a court decides that a torrent site previously shutdown by the police, also operated legally.

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ISP Disconnects Customers with Open WiFi

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:05:00 +0000

In copyright infringement cases, having an unsecured wireless router creates plausible deniability. Not all ISPs are happy with customers who have open WiFi, however, and some even threaten to disconnect those who do.

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Sony Urges ISPs to Cooperate Against Piracy

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:46:00 +0000

In a keynote speech at the Broadband World Forum, John McMahon, President of Sony Pictures Television asked ISPs to join their battle against piracy. McMahon further said that DRM is one of the major causes of piracy, but says Sony doesn’t have any plans to get rid of it.

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The Pirate Bay Clashes with Book Publishers

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:44:00 +0000

Swedish book publishers have presented a study in which they show how widespread book piracy is in Sweden. The publishers think that this copyright infringement has a disastrous effect on their income, while The Pirate Bay is surprised to see that the publishers used their torrent database illegally.

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Warez Scene Member Gets 3 Years Probation, $2000 Fine

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:43:00 +0000

A Florida man was sentenced to three years probation on Thursday for his part in running a ‘warez’ server. The 55 year old, known online as ‘kidzap’, would’ve most likely been sent to jail, but avoided incarceration by pleading guilty to conspiring to commit copyright infringement. He collects a $2,000 fine.

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RIAA’s Week of Hell

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:42:00 +0000

It’s been a bad week for the RIAA. First their headline campaign victory over Jammie Thomas was thrown out, and then the government said it ’strongly opposes’ a bill lobbied for by the entertainment industries.

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Pirate Bay Wins Court Case, Italian Block Lifted

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:40:00 +0000

The Pirate Bay has successfully appealed the decision of an Italian judge who had ordered ISPs to block access to the popular BitTorrent tracker last month. The Court of Bergamo decided that this block was unlawful, and that Italian users should regain access to the site.

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Linking to P2P Downloads Confirmed Legal in Spain

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:45:00 +0000

A court has ruled that a site providing links to P2P downloads is operating legally. The Provincial Court of Madrid ruled that Sharemula.com, a site offering eDonkey links to movies, music, software and games does not break the law. The court’s decision is final and cannot be appealed.

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Pirate Bay Boycotts Press after Public Witch-Hunt

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:44:00 +0000

Following a turbulent week where The Pirate Bay was smeared by the mainstream media for linking to publicly available autopsy photos of two murdered kids, The Pirate Bay has decided to boycott all press for the time being.

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RIAA: Lobbyists or Law Enforcers?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:44:00 +0000

When a story appears in the media involving piracy, it inevitably mentions how lobby groups like the RIAA get involved in helping establish evidence. Is this really needed, or does this compromise the cases? Should representatives for the victims really be used to form the basis of a criminal case, or should evidence be gathered by the police?

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Pirate Bay Boycotts Press after Public Witch-Hunt

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:43:00 +0000

MPAA Wants ISPs to Cut Off Pirates

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:27:00 +0000

Following on from the IFPI-inspired Italian blockade of The Pirate Bay, the MPAA’s President has been in Italy offering ideas on how to deal with the ‘problem’ of unauthorized file-sharing. Not wanting to flirt too much with originality, Robert Pisano is backing a 3 strikes-and-you’re-out policy. Just how far will the Italian government go in its c

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BitTorrent Searches Skyrocket as Sites Grow

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:27:00 +0000

The Pirate Bay, Mininova and isoHunt all have millions of visitors every day, searching for music, movies, software and especially TV-shows. Together, the three BitTorrent sites serve an impressive 500 million searches each month, and this number is going up every month.

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Trial Against The Pirate Bay Delayed

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:26:00 +0000

The upcoming trial against ‘The Pirate Bay Four’ has been delayed and at its earliest will begin at the end of this year - maybe even next year. Stockholm District Court initially said that the trial would start by the end of the summer, but gathering damage claims and serving summons took longer than expected.

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EA Choose BitTorrent for Warhammer Online Distribution

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:35:00 +0000

Electronic Arts, the publisher of the upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, has chosen BitTorrent for the distribution of the closed Beta client. Included in the documentation is a recommendation to use a TorrentFreak ’speed up’ guide.

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Download Torrents Anonymously with TorrentPrivacy

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:35:00 +0000

Privacy has always been a major concern for BitTorrent users and there are only a few ways to remain anonymous. By using a secure connection, as the new TorrentPrivacy tool offers, you can bypass almost every firewall or traffic shaping application, while making sure that nobody can see what you’re downloading.

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Critical Vulnerability Discovered in uTorrent

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:34:00 +0000

A vulnerability described as ‘critical’ has been discovered in versions of uTorrent and the official BitTorrent client. The ‘buffer overflow’ vulnerability can be exploited to compromise a user’s computer for the execution of arbitrary code. It is suggested that users should immediately update to uTorrent version 1.8 RC7 or higher.

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Millions Download Olympics Opening Ceremony via BitTorrent

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:34:00 +0000

The opening ceremony of the 2008 summer Olympics, co-directed by Zhang Yimou, was a truly spectacular event. Not everyone had the chance to watch it live, but that’s where BitTorrent comes in. The broadcast of the Olympics opening ceremony has been downloaded more than a million times already, and the download counters go up every day.

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uTorrent 1.8 Released, Mac Version Coming Soon

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:23:00 +0000

After months of hard work and more than six months since their previous stable release, the uTorrent team has released version 1.8 of their BitTorrent client, with significant improvements and updates. Adding to the excitement, we were told that a public Alpha of the Mac version will be released in the next few weeks.

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The Pirate Bay Blocked in Italy

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:23:00 +0000

The Pirate Bay has been “censored” in Italy following an urgent decree from a deputy public prosecutor. Pirate Bay’s IPs and the domain name are inaccessible, as they are blocked by ISPs all over the country. Whether these blocks will be very effective, however, is doubtful, since The Pirate Bay has already announced several countermeasures.

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TrafficLoader.com to Infect BitTorrent Users with Malware

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:22:00 +0000

A new BitTorrent site has appeared which will allow scammers and spammers to infect its users with spyware, malware and viruses. An admin of TrafficLoader.com says that no bad torrents will ever be removed from the site and is inviting people to upload malicious software to infect torrent users.

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African Drugs Cops to Go After Pirates

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:22:00 +0000

In the past, parallels between narcotics enforcement and copyright enforcement may have been drawn, but in one country parallels are out of the window, as copyright and trademark enforcement will now be treated as drug trafficking.

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Transmission BitTorrent Client Now Bundled With Clutch

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:21:00 +0000

The popular cross-platform BitTorrent client, Transmission, just released a new version. Along with other enhancements it now comes bundled with Clutch, enabling users to remotely control their torrents from any web browser.

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