Peer-to-Peer News, Information, and Gossip

BitTorrent Sites Generate a Billion Hits a Month

2008-06-12T21:17:00.000-07:00

Mininova, The Pirate Bay, and the isoHunt together are now generating more than a billion pageviews a month according to TorrentFreak.Isohunt, the third largest BitTorrent site, is actually the oldest of the three, but continues to grow with 350,000,0000 pageviews per month.

Low Down on BitTorrent and Latency Issues

2008-06-01T15:06:00.000-07:00

Technology for Mortals has an article that discusses BitTorrent latency issues and what my be done to rectify the issue.

Net Neutrality Becomes Hot Topic in Canada

2008-06-01T14:57:00.000-07:00

Net neutrality is a hot topic after 300 protesters rally in Ottawa demanding that the country's ISPs keep their hands off the internet. See the story here.

Copyright Cops are Coming

2008-05-28T17:13:00.000-07:00

TheInquirer.net is reporting that the music and film industry are close to sealing a deal with G8 nations for officers similar to custom officials. Further, they report that the tax payer paid copyright police will be charged with checking laptops, Ipods, phones and other personal devices for content that 'infringes' copyright laws.

Comcast: Height of Hypocrisy

2008-05-20T13:35:00.000-07:00

Comcast, which is under federal investigation for throttling BitTorrent traffic on its network, has invested in an internet startup the delivers HD video that uses file-sharing.Seattle-based GridNetworks said on Monday that Comcast would make an investment in the company and collaborate on developing the peer-to-peer file-sharing network. This while the Comcast, the United State's second largest

New Twist on Peer to Peer Trading

2008-05-20T13:28:00.000-07:00

Zilok.com has gone live with the full US service launch of its online rental marketplace after six months in beta trials.Zilok is a service which facilitates the renting the things you aren't using to peoplle in your area. "Inspired by conservation and green movements in Europe, Zilok is the fun way to tackle over-consumption while expanding everyone's access to the things they want and need --

Mininova Targeted by BREIN with Lawsuit

2008-05-20T11:19:00.000-07:00

The popular BitTorrent site, Mininova, has been threaten by BREIN, a dutch coalition of artists and entertainment producers to "take effective measures to curtail this [copyright] abuse" on its own or be stopped from doing so by the courts.Click here for more information.

BitTorrent Media Player Maker Taking Pre-Orders

2008-05-03T15:10:00.000-07:00

Popcorn Hour announced yesterday that its first product, the Popcorn Hour A-100 digital media streaming device, can now be pre-ordered on the company's web site.With the A-100 you can stream or playback your digital media content from a variety of sources, such as your PC, digital camera, USB mass storage devices, and even directly from the Internet via the Media Service Portal. And with an

AT&T Says No Throttling

2008-04-29T06:46:00.000-07:00

P2P client developers Azureus/Vuze released data last week that ranked ISPs by the percentage of network interruptions caused by false RST TCP packets that throttle upstream P2P traffic. In response to ranking at a 15.88% network interruption rate, BellSouth states rather definitively that "AT&T does not use 'false reset messages' to manage its network." AT&T Vice President of Internet and

FCC Chief States, No New Regulations Needed

2008-04-22T16:02:00.000-07:00

The Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said Tuesday there's no need for new regulation of the Internet. Adding that his agency has all the authority it needs to prevent discrimination by Internet service providers. Martin noted that the FCC has conducted two hearings on "network management" following admissions by Comcast. He did not, however, elaborate on the

Irish ISP Fights Lawsuit

2008-04-21T15:28:00.000-07:00

EMI Records, Sony BMG, Universal Music, and Warner Music claim that Eircom, one of Ireland's largest ISPs, must bear some liability for the illegal free downloading of music by computer users.Willie Kavanagh, managing director of EMI Ireland and chairman of the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA), has said that, because of illegal downloading and other factors, the Irish music industry is

U.S. Senator Proposes Monitoring Peer-to-Peer Networks for Illegal Files

2008-04-21T15:20:00.000-07:00

Democratic Senator Joe Biden has proposed at a Senate Judiciary sub-committee hearing about child exploitation on the net a plan to monitor peer-to-peer networks for illegal files. The bill would authorise $1bn over the next eight years to fund the appointment of 250 federal agents assigned to track and prosecute incidents of child abuse. Special Agent Flint Waters told the commitee that the

Bandwidth Wars of 2010, are you ready?

2008-04-21T14:43:00.000-07:00

Get ready, the growing popularity of new internet services such as HD video and online gaming is pointing to a new era of politicized users.Unprecedented regulation of the internet is coming. It still unknown how this will eventually play out, whether we will eventually moved to a pay per bit system as this article speculates, or the throttling of p2p services as Comcast has done. I predict the

BitTorrent Winning the War?

2008-04-20T12:05:00.000-07:00

ARStechnica.com reports that the MPAA war against BitTorrent may be having the opposite effect that is intended. After a Danish ISP was forced to block traffic going to popular BT site, The Pirate Bay, traffic actually spiked said TPB admins. A fact which was confirmed by media measurment firms and shown to have held for the past six months.For their part, the MPAA is holding on to small

Groove Client Coming to Sharepoint

2008-04-19T15:31:00.000-07:00

Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's Chief Software Architect, told those in attendance at their 2008 MVP Global Summit, of his plan to more closely link Microsoft's Groove peer-to-peer collaboration client with its SharePoint centralized collaboration server. Stating that a Groove client is coming to Sharepoint.Groove provides a peer-to-peer client for both online and offline collaboration. The technology

Comcast's Bill of Rights

2008-04-19T15:13:00.000-07:00

Comcast Corporation and Pando Networks issued and joint announcement Tuesday detailing their lead to create a "Bill of Right and Responsibilities" for Peer-to-Peer users and ISPs. Comcast states that this effort will eventually "benefit consumers who are relying on P2P programs as well as content providers who are interested in delivering their content to consumers where and how they want it.” Of