The universities are exploring technologies that would control illegal peer-to-peer file sharing. In addition, they are working with digital music and movie companies to offer downloading services tailored to universities. The administrators and music executives are trying to solve the piracy problem because both suffer from it. Universities have to deal with the administrative headaches [...]

Multimedia lovers find themselves caught in a digital vise these days, as Hollywood tightens its copyright controls on movies, games, and music on DVDs and CDs–most recently squeezing customers accused of copyright infringement in court. But even well-meaning consumers are feeling pressured (and baffled) by conflicting messages about what is allowed. Meanwhile, the courts and [...]

Lot’s of changes… FEATURE: new DL client speed measurement system [Eklmn] FEATURE: Intelligent Chunk Request (ICR v2.10 06.07.2003), replaces Vorlost’s code [Eklmn] FEATURE: new A4AF engine [Eklmn] FEATURE: set manually added servers to High Priority (from official) [netwolf] FEATURE: filter servers listed in IPfilter dat and DynIP servers (from official), and remove if “update from [...]

REDMOND, Wash.–Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said his company is exploring ways to develop a music download service similar to Apple Computer’s iTunes that would tie into the software giant’s multimedia applications. A Windows Media Player-based digital music store, whether provided by Microsoft itself or by partners, would be a steep hurdle for Apple as it [...]

You can now check to see if you are on the RIAA’s hit list of subpoenas on the EFF website. Unfortunately, the site doesn’t let you access the entire list – you have to type in your user name and check for a match, but it’s a start. The EFF also specifies that the PACER [...]

A bill introduced Thursday in Congress would require file-swapping companies to get parental permission before allowing minors to use their services. The bill, called the Protecting Children from Peer-to-Peer Pornography (P4) Act and sponsored by Reps. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., and Chris John, D-La., would require the Federal Trade Commission to regulate peer-to-peer networks and take [...]

DICE is hybrid server to host IRC clients and opennap clients, and has capability of web server, on Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows Server 2003. DICE version 0.8 was released (2003/07/25) What’s new + Added HTTP (WWW) service + Fixed bug in memory allocator and added MMX optimization + Fixed DICEAdminShell Options panel font issues + Added [...]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the recording industry prepares hundreds of copyright lawsuits against online music swappers, the makers of file-sharing software are fortifying their programs to try to mask users’ identities. Some of the upgrades reroute Internet connections through so-called proxy servers that scrub away cybertracks. Others incorporate firewalls or encryption to thwart the [...]

LOS ANGELES — Scores of Disney films like Chicago (search) and Monsters Inc. will soon be available for downloading off the Internet through a licensing deal reached between the entertainment giant and online movie service Movielink (search), the companies said Wednesday. The agreement between The Walt Disney Co. subsidiary Buena Vista Pay Television and Movielink [...]

WASHINGTON — Parents, roommates — even grandparents — are being targeted in the music industry’s new campaign to track computer users who share songs over the Internet, bringing the threat of expensive lawsuits to more than college kids. “Within five minutes, if I can get hold of her, this will come to an end,” said [...]

A new beta (1.8.9.17 or 189H) has been released. Dowload from: http://www.shareaza.com/download/ Some of the changes are: – New Navigation Bar replaces the old toolbar. The old toolbar is still available and it is the default if there is no translated Navigation Bar is available. – New distributed ghost ratings and smart delete function – [...]

Create a personal Peer-to-Peer network that lets you retrieve and update documents or share your files (photos, reports, etc.) with family, friends, and colleagues. How FolderShare Works A FolderShare Library is the center of your own private Peer-to-Peer network. Create a Library with invited friends/colleagues and build a collection of files (documents, photos, etc.) that [...]

Azureus is a java bittorrent client. It provides full bittorrent protocol implementation using java language Changelog: 2.0.0.9 -Drag and drop support. -Multiple torrent selection in ‘My torrents’ view. -Corrected a bug with files of length 0. -Corrected a bug with small torrents (smaller than one piece). -Modified the socket scheduling / Speed limitation process (should [...]

The following user names were pulled from subpoenas filed with the US District Court in Washington, DC. A total of 253 RIAA subpoenas were listed as of July 22 through the federal court system’s paid online database, PACER. The actual subpoenas are available to view online in about half the cases. The court documents don’t [...]

The BitTorrent network has had another bad week. So bad, in fact, the quietly growing network has gotten the attention of the media. The BitTorrent network is the best network for transferring enormous files because it can operate at very high speeds. Users cannot prevent the sharing of the files they are receiving, preventing people [...]

Subpoena requests are public documents, but unfortunately court procedures to release them are at best tedious, at worst costly. The district court does provide online copies of all incoming RIAA subpoena requests, but only after a user applies for an account and waits at least seven days for a password to be snail mailed to [...]

The RIAA has told reporters that its plans to sue individuals trading on peer-to-peer networks have been accelerated. Because of the ease of identifying IP addresses of users primarily on the Kazaa/FastTrack networks, and the addition of staff committed to the project, the RIAA has indicated it plans to increase the current number of subpoena [...]

Kazaa Lite K++ 2.4.1 has been released! The two different versions of 2.4.0 (Kazaa Lite & Kazaa K++) have been merged. From now on there will be only one version. Changes: – Merged the features of the two previous versions – Fixed some bugs – A lot of small improvements – Updated IP block list [...]

Techfocus ran an interview with EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) spokesman Fred Von Lohmann, and it was good stuff – so good, in fact, that the RIAA decided to use parts of it to ‘support’ a few of their own contentions in a June 25 Washington Post story. The interview material was taken out of context. [...]

Boston College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, citing concerns about student privacy, moved yesterday to quash subpoenas issued by the recording industry to discover the identities of students the industry says are illegally distributing copyrighted music. The moves represent one of the first major obstacles for the recording industry in its campaign against ordinary [...]