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OiNK Uploaders Charged with Copyright Infringement

admin — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:54:54 +0000

Today, after almost a year, the OiNK investigation came to an end. Earlier today we reported that OiNK administrator Alan Ellis was charged with “conspiracy to defraud”. Now, just hours later the alleged uploaders are charged with copyright infringement for uploading one CD. This May, five men and one woman were arrested for sharing music on [...]

Noel Gallagher of Oasis Speaks Out on Piracy

admin — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:56:08 +0000

Noel Gallagher from the 50 million-selling band Oasis has been chatting about piracy on the UK ’s Radio 1. He jokes about mainstream journalists asking him about non-existent leaks from the new album and encourages everyone to download the music of rival bands. Sooner or later, this type of article will cease to be news. In fact, [...]

Download Torrents Anonymously with TorrentPrivacy

admin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:09:15 +0000

Privacy has always been a major concern for BitTorrent users and there are only a few ways to remain anonymous. By using a secure connection, as the new TorrentPrivacy tool offers, you can bypass almost every firewall or traffic shaping application, while making sure that nobody can see what you’re downloading. The TorrentPrivacy software has been [...]

Critical Vulnerability Discovered in uTorrent

admin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:25:30 +0000

A vulnerability described as ‘critical’ has been discovered in versions of uTorrent and the official BitTorrent client. The ‘buffer overflow’ vulnerability can be exploited to compromise a user’s computer for the execution of arbitrary code. It is suggested that users should immediately update to uTorrent version 1.8 RC7 or higher. Secunia has issued two urgent security [...]

Controversy as Rookie Admin Aspires to BitTorrent Domination

admin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:02:39 +0000

Vortex Network, the touted replacement for the BrokenStones tracker, is today surrounded by controversy. The site owner announced she will link the site to a non-profit organization as part of a wider plan to unite all BitTorrent sites in a new air of legitimacy. Staff and members are leaving the site en masse. A few weeks ago [...]

Sirius/XM merger approval now rests with FCC Republican

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:15:26 +0000

The only Democratic FCC Commissioner who came near to approving the proposed merger of XM and Sirius satellite radio changed course today; Jonathan Adelstein now says he will not support the deal. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Federal Communications Commission will soon approve the proposed merger of Sirius and XM satellite radio, but with [...]

Does BuckCherry Think The BitTorrent Community is Stupid?

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:10:32 +0000

Some artists, bands and labels claim that their lives are ruined by their material being available on P2P networks. BuckCherry are complaining that a track from their latest album has leaked to BitTorrent. How do they complain? Via an Atlantic Records press release. I smell a rather large free-publicity rat. Leaks of pre-release material onto the Internet [...]

Speed Up Your Torrents, Tips from a BitTorrent Developer

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:01:04 +0000

BitTorrent is without a doubt the best way to share large files, as long as you follow some basic rules, that is. We asked one of the leading BitTorrent client developers for some tips and tricks so you can speed up your BitTorrent downloads. Since there’s always a lot of debate about what works and what [...]

Police Arrest Man Camming ‘The Dark Knight’

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:27 +0000

A man allegedly seen ‘camming’ the latest Batman movie has been arrested by police. Following guidelines, theater employees called the police after suspicions were aroused. According to the MPAA, many other movies have been recorded at this theater. Hindering piracy of the movie was always high on the list for Warner and it handed out night vision [...]

ISP Secretly Copies BitTorrent Tracker Data

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:59:54 +0000

Last month, the prominent Malaysian ISP “Shinjiru” had shut down several torrent sites, following pressure from the government. Strangely enough, after a few days of downtime some of the sites started to reappear, like nothing had happened. However, those sites who did not leave, are now being tapped. This turned out to be a false sense of [...]