Archive for January, 2010

In all the years it's been available, uTorrent hasn't changed as much as it will with the upcoming release. Codenamed Falcon, the client will have an easier, more secure and more complete web UI as well as support for streaming and remote downloading. Full story

In May 2008, Newzbin - considered by many to be the Internet’s premier indexer and .NZB provider - announced it was under legal threat from the MPA, the MPAA's worldwide big brother. On Monday next week, the copyright infringement showdown in London's High Court begins. Full story

Ignited by the Comcast fiasco in the US, the concept of Net Neutrality has been brought into the mainstream resulting in planned government interventions. However, unlike the name suggests, Net Neutrality might not stop BitTorrent blocking and could leave us worse off than when this all started. Full story

No man is an island, no man stands alone Each man's joy is joy to me Each man's grief is my own We need one another, so I will defend Each man as my brother Each man as my friend -No Man Is An Island, Traditional It looks like Britain is seriously considering ... Full story

BitTorrent is popular because it lets anyone distribute large files at low cost. Which kinds of files are available on BitTorrent? Sauhard Sahi, a Princeton senior, decided to find out. Sauhard's independent work last semester, under my supervision, set out to measure what was available on BitTorrent. This post, summarizing his results, was co-written ... Full story

Canada's Privacy Commissioner has launched an investigation into changes Facebook made to its privacy policy. The changes were made in response to an investigation the Privacy Commissioner carried out last year. Full story

The summary statement from the Mexico ACTA talks has been posted online.  As predicted, it is a bland statement confirming discussions on civil enforcement, border measures, and Internet issues.  It also includes the usual discussion around transparency and the desire to conclude ACTA in 2010. Full story

The European Commission is planning to beef up the Data Protection Directive, strengthening the enforcement of the EU law and including introducing new demands that technologies and processes include 'privacy by design'. Full story

If there's one country that might have insight into what a post-ACTA future may look like, it's the Republic of Korea. Korea is known as having one of the most advanced networks in the world, but more recently it has also been the recipient of some of the strongest foreign pressure to ramp up its IP laws. Heesob Nam is a member (and former Chair) ... Full story

This week the condemnation of file-sharing "legal blackmail" lawyers ACS:Law has been widespread, with extremely harsh words coming from the country's House of Lords. Despite this the law firm are unrepentant and say they will persist with their campaign. It is, however, possible to immunize your family from this growing threat. Full story