In a bid to fight copyright infringement, Warner Bros. Entertainment UK is recruiting students to be part of its anti-piracy taskforce. The internship at the University of Manchester requires students to create...
created by Joe Lofaro | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 430 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The Apple App store has declined a BitTorrent application, which would allow the iPhone to monitor the BitTorrent client utorrent from any location. "µMonitor is a handy iPhone application that allows users...
created by peder.sande | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 1289 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
This is in response to Cinema Shill Sony CEO Michael Lynton's article on Huffingtonpost.com. This is Michael Lynton, "I'M A GUY WHO DOESN'T SEE ANYTHING GOOD HAVING COME FROM THE INTERNET, PERIOD." At a panel...
Internet traffic in Sweden dropped by a staggering 33% following the imlementation of a new anti-piracy law, which allows copyright-holders to seek a court order to force Internet service providers to reveal the IP addresses of file-sharing computers.This is likely a...
The deadline for public submissions to help 'Save the Net in Canada' in February 23rd, and while the formal hearings on the matter won't start until July 6, public submissions to the CRTC ends in two days. For the...
created by Amy Judd | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 166 views | 6 recommendations | 2 comments
In a surprising turn from free downloaders into paying customers, Trent Reznor's loyal fans helped the latest Nine Inch Nails album, Ghosts I-IV, to become Amazon's top selling-album of 2008. The much-hype album...
The UK's second largest provider of broadband internet has announced intentions to monitor and restrict internet traffic from bittorrent filesharing starting next year.
created by AlanEvans | 3 years ago 267 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Ashwin Navin, the former yahoo employee who co-founded BitTorrent Inc., left the company after four years. He's staying on the Board, but is moving onto a new project with Youtube's Steve Chen, amongst others....
created by Rob Walker | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 253 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Electronic Arts, that titan of the gaming world, has finally figured out that the alternative to game piracy isn't necessarily buying the game. If price is a factor, then the alternative is simply not getting...
created by Jordan Yerman | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 236 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
"Of course the record breaking number of Spore downloads can’t be attributed solely to DRM, but it sure helped. That’s not all, it also contributed to making Spore one of the worst rated games on Amazon. Out of the 2,219 reviews, 2,018 awarded the game with just 1 star,...
created by RC Cone | 3 years ago 178 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
"MediaDefender Secretly Sells Porn to P2P Users Written by Ernesto on September 20, 2008 MediaDefender is widely known for their anti-piracy operations, spoofing and...
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Prior to being shut down by authorities, British bit torrent site OiNK was an amazing place to discover and share new music. But despite its file-sharing modus operandi, it's surprising to learn that the site's...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 213 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
In the wake of threats and Cease and Desist letters from the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) against numerous torrent sites, isoHunt is launching a retaliative strike against the CRIA with a lawsuit...
created by Terri Potratz | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 763 views | 28 recommendations | 8 comments
I haven't read the Twilight series, but I know my cousin loves the human/vampire teen drama series. Turns out, though, a draft of the newest book, 'Midnight Sun', was leaked onto the Internet last week."I have...
created by Jason Sanders | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 10586 views | 3 recommendations | 34 comments
Even for a pseudo-internet nerd like me, I'm amazed to see a survey that puts Americans' online television viewing habits as high as 20%. Just think where it will be in a year or two. It won't be long before we...