August 15, 2008

Filesharing ok in Germany

Germany is set to become one of the world’s havens for filesharing activities. This comes as the German State Prosecution Service announces that they will no longer be following up most of the legal cases being brought up by copyright holder with regards to file sharing.
 
This means that individuals will be able to get away [...]

August 13, 2008

Torrent Privacy does just that

As the copyright holders and the authorities step up the campaign against file sharing, what can only be described as their worst nightmare has come to light, this is a tool, which actually hides the file sharers identity.
This new tool called TorrentPrivacy allows the user to bypass firewalls and even traffic shaping applications, while at [...]

August 11, 2008

Developer asks Pirates, Why?

It is a new trend flowing through the internet. This is where developers of games and software, along with the copyright owners of music, TV and film, are actually trying to sit down and talk to the pirates who upload copies of work to the internet in order for other to use.
 
The idea is to [...]

August 7, 2008

The Pirate Olympics

It is not always possible to watch sports events like the Olympics, simply because of the time zones from China, this means that the most popular heats and finals will be held during work times, so unless the boss allows a TV in where you work, then you are going to be missing out, or [...]

April 25, 2008

The Pirate Bay hits twelve million users

Despite all of the efforts to get it shut down, the Pirate Bay is even more popular now than ever before. It was not that long ago when they celebrated passing the ten million user mark and it was thought that may be the limit, especially as there are so many people trying to prevent [...]

April 4, 2008

Film makers to use Bit Torrent sites

Now film makers attempt to use Bit Torrents as a way to get their films out there and in the process get some much needed publicity which can in effect make an average film into a cult film that has been seen by millions.

In fact a film producer from Norway found that one of [...]

April 1, 2008

Virgin Media cracks down on down loaders

It looks as if the first UK internet company to crack down on illegal down loaders of music and films will be Virgin Media. What the record companies are looking for is a warning system to be put in place, this is expected to take the form of a three strikes and you are out [...]

March 31, 2008

911 added by Bit Torrents

Of course this is not directly correct, but the principle is. In a warning from the US Attorney General Michael Mukasey he is claiming that the massive amount of cash being raised through piracy and counterfeiting is in some cases going towards the financing of terrorism.

It is believed that terrorism groups now are following [...]

March 13, 2008

File sharing sites blocked

Israel’s biggest ISP has been ordered by a court to block access to certain file sharing and torrent sites, which has done very little to stop people from visiting these sites. In fact there is a lot to be said about keeping quiet about things as the publicity generated by this case has caused even [...]

February 13, 2008

Top Pirate flees the authorities

Geremi Adam is the worlds top pirate for making copies of films, he would go under the name of Adam aka “maVen” has disappeared off the face of the earth he has been linked with pirating many films, from ‘The Bourne Supremacy’ and ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’ through to ‘Spongebob Squarepants’ to [...]

January 14, 2008

Bit Torrent has Jericho S2

Jericho is one of those shows that you either love or hate; in this case at one stage the second series had been cancelled. But has been brought back due to popular demand and the fact that one fan dumped five thousand pounds of peanuts, the ones in the shell, into the offices of CBS [...]