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BitTorrent Bundle Allows Artists to Sell Content Inside a Torrent

Creates functional stores within torrents where additional content can be unlocked for consumers to enjoy. Late last week BitTorrent Inc.


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BitTorrent Sync Users Share More Than 1PB of Data

Program proves to be a popular method for sharing folders and files of any size across multiple devices and with family and friends. A few weeks ago BitTorrent Sync was made available to the public and the program has quickly caught on with users. For, according to BitTorrent Inc.



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Hadouken: Open Source, Lightweight BitTorrent Client for Windows

Hadouken is a lightweight BitTorrent client for Windows designed to run “headless” as a Windows Service. Hadouken is a relatively unknown BitTorrent client that was released in October of last year, making it one of the newest client to hit the BitTorrent scene.


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BitTorrent Used to Promote “Arthur Newman” Film, Angers Hollywood

Cinedigm and BitTorrent, Inc. ingenuously partnered to promote Colin Firth and Emily Blunt-driven film “Arthur Newman”, but agreement has led Hollywood to blast it as a “deal with the devil.


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PirateBay Settles in Iceland

The Pirate Bay has been moving around quite a few different domains recently, moving away from its Swedish domain earlier this month to one in Greenland (.GL) but that seems not to have stuck, as now it’s moved on over to an Icelandic .is domain.



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BitTorrent Acceleration Program Allows Startups Access to BitTorrent Labs

BitTorrent launches BitTorrent Acceleration Program, opening up its lab to startups while also offering product integration, promotion and partnership opportunities.


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Pirate Bay and other torrent search sites now accepting Bitcoin

I don’t think that headline could have any more buzz-words in it. Pirate Bay, Bitcoin, Torrents, they’re all there and for good reason: a lot of big name torrent sites and trackers, are now accepting donations to help continue their service via the anonymous digital currency.


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ISOHunt Loses Appeal in 9th Circuit Court

The long process through the court has reached another point in the road. The 9th Circuit court of appeal has reaffirmed a lower courts injunction against Gary Fungs sites including ISOHunt.


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BitTorrent Sites Kickass, H33t and Fenopy Blocked by UK ISPs

UK ISPs Virgin Media, BT O2 and Be There have now blocked access to BitTorrent sites due to a high court order earlier this year. A court order earlier this year has forced UK’s largest ISP providers to block access to three BitTorrent sites in particular – Kickass, H33t and Fenopy.


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BitTorrent Live P2P Video Streaming Service Available for Public Beta

BitTorrent Live is now available in open beta and offers a peer-to-peer platform to share real-time reporting.   After three years in development, BitTorrent has finally launched an open beta of their much anticipated BitTorrent Live service.


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Download 7.39GB of Free Music from SXSW 2013!

Greg Hewgill releases his annual collection of all the free music made available by SXSW, once again turning it all into a two-part BitTorrent download for music fans to enjoy.


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Google Drops Pirate Bay Search Rank in UK

Google has downgraded the Pirate Bay results in its search engine, when you search for the phrase “pirate bay.” While just a few days ago, searching with that term would bring up TPB as the top listing, now the first page is dominated by proxies and the site’s Wikipedia entry.


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PirateBay hosted in North Korea now?

The Pirate Bay has been moving its servers around quite a bit recently. Initially it was dropped by the Swedish pirate party after threats from local copyright groups forced its hand, before showing up in Catalunya and Norway.


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Pirate Party Speaks Out Against UK Decision to Ban More Sites

Pirate Party states High Court’s decision forcing ISPs to ban pirating sites will not have any affect on the music industry’s sales. A recent decision made by the UK High Court is forcing the largest UK broadband providers to ban more sites at the request of the music industry.


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Pirate Bay Evolves Into Hydra Bay

The Pirate Bay has been attacked for years, with server seizures, raids on hosts and the founders imprisoned, but the site itself lives on. Now its opponents have begun targeting its supporters, the political organisations known as Pirate Parties.


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“6-Strikes” Copyrights Alert System Goes Live

Graduated response system for addressing online copyright infringement begins. Today marks the fateful implementation of the Copyright Alert System (CAS), a voluntary collaboration between the MPAA, RIAA, and ISPs to address online copyright infringement.


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BitTorrent Surf Plans to Boost “Content Discoverability”

BitTorrent Inc’ demos plan to update its Chrome extension with a new feature that prioritizes content published by content partners. Last month I mentioned BitTorrent Inc.


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TPB: AFK – Pirate Bay Documentary Debuts Online

Available on YouTube and on the Pirate Bay of course.


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Bittorrent Labs To Offer Insight Into New Developments

BitTorrent Inc. is set to launch a new service that will give fans of the platform an insight into upcoming and future developments, as well as giving them access to early alpha builds, should they wish to get in on the ground floor. “Introducing BitTorrent Labs.


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Verizon’s Six Strikes Anti-Piracy Measures Released

Verizon’s Six Strike anti-piracy measure will slow down infringers internet speed to 256KB or have them pay an arbitration fine of $35. The anti-piracy movement has gained momentum as the “six-strike” system is expected to roll out in the coming weeks.


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