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White House Speaks Out Against SOPA/PIPA, Sort Of…

Ernesto — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:16:48 +0000

The White House just released a statement commenting on the pending SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy bills in congress. While the Obama Administration sides with the opposition by saying that free-speech should be protected, censorship is evil, and that DNS-blocking is a no go, the statement doesn't mean that the bills are off the table.

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DNS ‘Seizure’ Takes Out MegaUpload

enigmax — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:47:04 +0000

For the past 24 hours the hugely popular MegaUpload file-hosting service has been rendered inaccessible across many countries around the world. With the United States government 'Cyber Monday' domain seizures fresh in everyone's mind, fingerpointing has been directed at the U.S. authorities. The problems, however, seem to be rooted with the site's domain registrar since they appear to have 'seized' MegaUpload's DNS records following a dispute.

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BitTorrent Defense Lawyer Joins Copyright Trolls

Ernesto — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:49:33 +0000

DC attorney Mike Meier was initially well-known as a defense attorney for BitTorrent users, but in recent months he's made an interesting career move. Perhaps recognizing that more money could be made with a slight shift in focus, Meier has joined the "other" side, suing hundreds of BitTorrent users on behalf of copyright holders.

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Finnish ISP Ordered To Block The Pirate Bay

Ernesto — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:53:51 +0000

The Helsinki District Court has ordered the Finnish ISP Elisa to block subscriber access to The Pirate Bay. The ISP has to block the domain names and IP-addresses of the world's most-visited torrent site before the end of next month or face a 100,000 euro fine. Elisa described the court order as vague and ineffective, and has announced that it will appeal the decision.

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BitTorrent Throttling Internet Providers Exposed

Ernesto — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:15:06 +0000

Data published by the Google-backed Measurement Lab gives a unique insight into the BitTorrent throttling practices of ISPs all over the world. It reveals that Comcast was slowing down nearly half of all BitTorrent traffic in the U.S. early 2008, but only 3% last year. In Canada, Rogers has the worst track record as it systematically throttles more than three-quarters of all BitTorrent traffic.

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Payment Provider Hands Over Name of Torrent Site Owner

Ernesto — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:00:23 +0000

After being threatened with a lawsuit by the Hollywood-funded anti-piracy outfit BREIN, a Dutch payment provider has handed over the personal details of a torrent site owner. The anti-piracy group is targeting payment providers in order to reveal the identity of site owners, as the information owners give to hosting companies is often false.

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uTorrent Adds Android, iOS, PS3 and Xbox Integration

Ernesto — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:24:57 +0000

The latest alpha release of uTorrent now supports integration with a variety of devices including the iPhone, iPad, PS3, Xbox 360 and Android hardware. This allows users to quickly sync downloaded content to these devices. Additional capability to convert videos and audio to playable files will become available later, but only to users of the upcoming paid version of the BitTorrent client.

Source: uTorrent Adds Android, iOS, PS3 and Xbox Integration

Movie Institute Feels Pain Of IP Address-Only Piracy ‘Evidence’

enigmax — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:53:17 +0000

The Swedish Film Institute (SFI) is in the middle of a crisis after an anti-piracy company revealed that it had tracked several leaked movies on The Pirate Bay back to its servers. Desperate to deflect the accusations, today the SFI made a long statement. It turned out to be a perfect illustration that allegations of piracy based on an IP address and nothing else, simply must be backed up by something more solid.

Source: Movie Institute Feels Pain Of IP Address-Only Piracy ‘Evidence’

Evidence Against BitTorrent Users Slammed In Court

Ernesto — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:37:01 +0000

The U.S. Copyright Group has sued more than 100,000 alleged BitTorrent users since last year. But, a recent filing in a U.S. class action lawsuit filed against the group shows that these cases may be built on shoddy evidence. It cites a German court ruling where the company responsible for providing the evidence could not prove that defendants actually shared any files. In addition there was evidence of a pirate honeypot.

Source: Evidence Against BitTorrent Users Slammed In Court

Large ISPs Profit From BitTorrent Traffic, Study Finds

Ernesto — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:42:40 +0000

A new report published by Northwestern University and Telefónica Research discovered some BitTorrent trends worth sharing. During a 2-year period the researchers monitored an unprecedented sample of 500,000 people in 169 countries. Aside from showing that BitTorrent users download more and more data, the report also finds that large ISPs including Comcast are actually making money off BitTorrent traffic.

Source: Large ISPs Profit From BitTorrent Traffic, Study Finds