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Disconnecting File-Sharers Violates Human Rights, Says UN
Creative associations and ISPs have been trying to cast copyright-infringing file-sharers as digital boogeymen for years now. They've also been lobbying for a version of the Internet based around...
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US Senators Seek to Crackdown on Bitcoin
Bitcoin is a new digital currency traded over p2p connections that is essentially untraceable and not connected to any bank. This has made it a favorite of the tech-literate crowd, but two US Senators...
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BitTorrent Mixes File Sharing And Social Media With uTorrent 3.0
BitTorrent may be the name that draws the headlines, but uTorrent is the application that draws the users. No P2P sharing program enjoys a bigger user base than uTorrent – which is owned by BitTorrent,...
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ISPs May be Preparing Harsh File Sharing Penalties Backed by Entertainment...
While so-called “three strikes laws” have been passed in several countries to kick those repeatedly accused of copyright infringement off the Internet, Cnet is reporting that some US ISPs are not...
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French Copyright Cops Feeling Overwhelmed
France instituted a controversial “three-strikes” law earlier this year and according to some numbers release by Hadopi, the agency that implements the system, they’re getting swamped. More than 18...
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Could Fox's New Streaming Video Policy Turn Web Viewers Into Dastardly Pirates?
Fox just doesn't seem to get it. Around a week after Netflix's price hike sent irate customers into the arms of its competitors – like Hulu, which Fox has a stake in – the network announced, in a very...
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Shiver Me Timbers! Over 200,000 Pirates Sued Since 2010
Netflix and its all-consuming thirst for bandwidth may get a lot of the headlines these days, but don't make the mistake of thinking illegal P2P file sharing is dead. Hop onto one of the big name...
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Koobface Worm Wriggles Out of Social Networks and into BitTorrent
How many times have you been told that when one door closes, another one opens? Probably a whole bunch, but what no one ever bothered to disclose is that this idiom isn't always an inspirational...
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It's Somewhat Official: Fox's New Online Content Policy Turns Hulu Viewers...
Hulu’s good for stimulating more than multi-billion-dollar buyout bids; as it turns out, the service can send impatient content-seekers to illegal P2P downloads in droves, too. Just a few weeks ago, we...
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California Judge Says BitTorrent Users Don't "Act In Concert," Can't Be Sued...
Suing file sharers in bulk has become the hot new thing in antipiracy cases, as it allows content providers to associate names with IP addresses quickly, but that tactic just suffered a major blow in...
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Hackers Booby Trap uTorrent Downloads with Malware
Ruh-roh Shaggy, peer-to-peer file sharing just became a little more dangerous. Hackers up to no good (and no, those two don't always go hand-in-hand) set their sights on BitTorrent.com and...
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uTorrent Adds Support for Syncing to Devices
The most used BitTorrent client in the world is uTorrent, and its developers have just rolled an impressive new feature out in the most recent alpha. This version of the program has integration with...
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Book Publisher Files Mass P2P Lawsuit
We wouldn't have thought that the “For Dummies” series of how-to books would have been in such hot demand online, but publisher Wiley and Sons has filed a mass p2p lawsuit alleging that its copyrighted...
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10 Practical Reasons Not to Pirate
You make a finite amount of money. Typically, that money gets spent on essentials, like paying the rent, your bills and procuring fine single malt scotches. With so many needs to attend to, by the end...
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T-Mobile to Throttle Unlimited Data Subscribers in Certain Circumstances
Wireless carrier to crack down on P2P file sharingT-Mobile said it knows which subscribers are "heavy data users" and engaging in disallowed activities such as peer-to-peer file sharing and tethering...
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Leaked Windows 10 Build Brings Peer-assisted Updates, App Downloads
Build 10036 is hereOn Monday, Microsoft’s Gabriel Aul (general manager, OSG data and fundamentals team) admitted to the company erring on the side of caution and being “conservative” about releasing...
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BitTorrent's Maelstrom Browser Enters Beta
The company wants to change the very fabric of the WebIf it were left to BitTorrent, Inc., it would probably unravel the Web and spin it anew to make it work more like its popular peer-to-peer sharing...
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