Yet another celebrity has publicly slammed ‘Online Piracy’ (better known to us as P2P networks). George Lucas of Star Wars and E.T. fame has said that not only large corporations are victims of ‘Online Piracy’ but also directors like himslef. Could this be someone people will listen to? I think not as he’s missed a [...]

Exploit Systems is reporting that the Gnutella2 network, which uses a new peer-to-peer file sharing protocol included in the Shareaza 1.7 beta release, has become the fastest growing P2P network in the world. As of this morning it is the sixth-largest P2P network, exceeding Overnet and Blubster. Tests by Exploit Systems reveal that more than [...]

The Copyright Office is now accepting comments on the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which made it illegal to copy digital entertainment and imposed a number of other restrictions that have drawn users’ ire. The comment period ends December 18. A comment form is available online. It’s the latest review by the federal Copyright Office, [...]

Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company, on Wednesday announced it would make more than 43,000 song tracks available for download at retail outlets and music Web sites, opening a new front in the marketing of digital music. The initiative is aimed at attracting fans who may want to buy songs or albums on [...]

- Supports the following languages: English, German, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, French, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian. – Powerful digital audio extraction and encoding- rip/extract CD Audio directly to your hard drive in WAV, MP3, MP2, or OGG Vorbis 1.0 formats. Decode MP3s or Encode files with the LAME-based encoder for sharing, playing in MP3 players, CD [...]

A recent piece of legislature in the House of Representatives could have a huge impact on your privacy. On November 13, the House rolled the Cyber Security Enhancement Act (H.R. 3482, CSEA) into the Homeland Security Act (H.R. 5710, HSA). HSA is an enormous piece of legislation that is supposed to shake up many federal [...]

File topia 3.04 is out. This version improves the user registration, voice chat, and adds new web protocols. It also fixes a number of bugs found in the last version, including a chat exploit that was being used to attack channels. Get your copy at Filetopia.org

This new Limewire version fixes some minor bugs here and there and also tells you when your queued and what number in line you are. They are one step closer to making themselves compatible to Gnutella2. You should expect connectivity to G2 in version 3.0 or earlier. If someone has the link to the download, [...]

The official KLH site has gone through major transformation, now including a much better graphics design and information. The site now includes sections such as links, email, skins, and betas. Under betas, there is a list of the old beta testers who had signed up. Names that are in bold are those that require re-contact [...]

The old Shareaza betas all expire at the start of the 19th, GMT. That’s very soon. The beta testing has been very useful, however there are still more improvements which can be made, so I am extending the beta testing period. To continue, you need to download a new beta (1.7.0.9). The new beta contains [...]

The Washington Post did a review of the the new Movie Download service. How do you think it did? Just because you can do something on the Internet doesn’t mean you should. If, however, you are a consumer instead of a policy analyst, Movielink looks much less attractive. It offers a lousy selection, uncompetitive prices, [...]

If the recording industry has its way, the day of the music download may soon be dead. Or at least on life support. Record companies continue to use their financial muscle to slow the growth of file-trading networks and to acquire digital-rights management technologies that limit what people can do with MP3s and other files. [...]

Self-described Hollywood “fat cat” Peter Chernin will take the stage at Comdex in Las Vegas on Tuesday to deliver the technology megashow’s first keynote by a media executive. As president and COO of the News Corporation, and also as chairman and CEO of the Fox Group, Chernin oversees an international network of news and entertainment [...]

Don’t know when this version came out, but haven’t seen any news items on it recently… PeerCast Homepage

Initial Arguments are due to be heard in the ‘FastTrack case’ on Monday. It is expected that the arguments will focus on whether the US court has the right to tell Sharman Networks who are based in Australia what to do. As stated here this will determine if the Bern Convention can cause US copyright [...]

The Bridge is a P2P file sharing software containing 20 searching and sharing clubs, through which users can search precisely for the files they need. All this, along with a powerful Web search engine, will allow users to take their search to another level, giving them useful links related to the theme of each club. [...]

Please try new version of MXlinx tool for WinMX client. It adds: 1. Hash links support (like eDonkey) 2. SpeedUp option (searching for new sources every 3 minutes) 3. “Offline-downloading” (you can create blank file for later downloading) 4. Anti-leecher option!!! (in beta stage) Thanks for your support! Download from Sharepoint Read manual before use!!!

Myster networks has released Myster 5, A unique P2P program on a network similar to gnutella. It is written in java so it supports multiple platforms. Homepage

Limewire 2.7.7 was released and ready for use.There is really not that much new I can spot but its good none the less. Check it out here

Version 3.04 improves the user registration, voice chat, adds new web protocols. Fixes a number of things found in the last version, including a chat exploit that was being used to attack channels. Download