BitTorrent Plugin for OvernetYou can now change the following settings in the BT Plugin: Maximum downloadMaximum uploadMaximum connections per torrentMaximum nr of uploadsTCP port settings (requires restart)In other words: you can now really put the pedal on the metal!! A Gnutella 2 plugin will follow. To install it you will have to do the following: [...]
0 comments | Read MoreNapster, the online music service that brought the music industry to its knees, was today relaunched in the UK as a legitimate service in a move that record labels hope will revitalise sales. The move by Roxio, the company that bought the Napster brand and employed dotcom whizzkid founder Shawn Fanning as a consultant, took [...]
0 comments | Read MoreLOS ANGELES — Missed the final episode of Frasier or Friends? Many college kids aren’t waiting for the reruns. They’re downloading the shows instead. With millions of unauthorized media files being traded on the Internet, it’s impossible to put an exact number on how many TV episodes are out there. But Jorge Gonzalez, who runs [...]
0 comments | Read MoreCONTROVERSIAL P2P MAIN-MEN Sharman License Holdings is defending its massive hub from copyright infringement charges with a 100 year old precedent. Sharman’s lawyer, JR Elliot, is using a case from 1899 for Sharman’s defence. The Boosey v. Whight case of 1899 was about copyright charges being pressed on the production of pianola rolls. However, the [...]
0 comments | Read MoreDigital song stores and subscription sites appear to attract music lovers who buy more CDs than the average consumer, according to a survey The NPD Group released Wednesday. Consumers who subscribed to a music service such as RealNetworks’ Rhapsody purchased an average of 11 CDs last year. Those who used legal music downloading sites such [...]
0 comments | Read MoreLondon (Reuters) – Europe’s top digital music service OD2 slashed the price for song downloads in half on Thursday in a bid to steal the PR thunder and woo would-be music customers away from archrival Napster. Later on Thursday, Napster will announce a launch date for Britain, the first territory in its eagerly awaited European [...]
0 comments | Read More“We find that file sharing has no statistically significant effect on purchases of the average album in our sample” If you believe the record industry, file sharing is killing the music business. The industry is so sure unauthorized downloading is crippling sales that it has sued thousands of consumers in a campaign aimed at deterring [...]
1 comment | Read MoreBearShare 4.5.0 Beta 41 released Latest BearShare beta As always, the beta will expire after two weeks, so be sure to stay up-to-date with the latest betas. Magnet Link: magnet:?xt=urn:sha1:UMCVCTBLJWVBQGQOEJMD3DF3J4TWWWKY&dn=BSTEST450b41.exe&xs=http://download.bearshare.com/BSTEST450b41.exe All information on what has been fixed can be found here: www.bearshare.com/forum/announcement.php?s=&forumid=50
0 comments | Read More<html> <body> <p><a href=”http://freenetproject.org/index.php?page=index“><img alt=”The Freenet Project” src=”http://www.freenetproject.org/image/title.gif” border=”0″ width=”414″ height=”51″></a></p><p>News from Freenet below. It seems that Paypal has discontinued Freenets account because they don’t like the goals of the Freenet project. Its time for zeropaid members to stand up. If you want to keep your freedoms on the internet be sure to call paypal [...]
0 comments | Read MoreA “new” p2p application. There is very little info on the site, including no information about what network this supports or if it creates its own. There is a forum on the site, so perhaps, some readers could post there and get more info. From Site: What is filecroc? FileCroc is the new peer to [...]
0 comments | Read MoreItaly has just passed surely the most draconian and controversial anti-piracy law in the world, in total contrast to EU directives. The new law, named after its promoter cultural minister Giuliano Urbani, considers P2P users and professional pirates as criminals on the same level, with 6 months to 3 years jail time and up to [...]
0 comments | Read MoreBully boy Jack Valenti and his crew of Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) enforcers met with their counterparts from France, India, China and Russia amidst the beautiful-people hobnobbing at the Cannes Film Festival this weekend. The tête-à-tête between film industry execs was organised to map out a cross-border anti-piracy strategy, with a focus on [...]
0 comments | Read MoreThe Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has raised controversy once more as serious discrepancies emerge between its own announced sales figures and those released by official US chart hit enumerator, Nielson Soundscan. As the RIAA’s own first-quarter 2004 figures report a 7 per cent decline in music sales, the Soundscan figures reveal a 10 [...]
0 comments | Read MoreNew Poll Indicates More Education, Parental Supervision Needed WASHINGTON, May 18 /PRNewswire/ — An understanding of copyright law is not enough to stop kids from downloading copyrighted software, games, music and other digital media through illegal, online file-sharing networks, according to a new Harris Interactive poll conducted for the Business Software Alliance (BSA). A majority [...]
4 comments | Read MoreIn simpler times, nobody minded if we dubbed tapes, the concept of struggling indie bands meant nothing and a bonfire was something we gathered around to listen to our ever-creative mix tapes. Now, the word “bonfire” is about to take on a new connotation, but for music fans, it might be just as fun. Bonfire [...]
0 comments | Read MoreFile-sharing networks like eDonkey and Morpheus are undeniably popular, with millions of members using them to exchange music, video and software. But they also are beleaguered by the entertainment industry’s claim that they are havens for rampant copyright infringement. Now some U.S. senators say they might be conduits for child pornography. Sam Yagan, president of [...]
0 comments | Read MoreThe recording industry has worked hard to create this climate of terror, and it’s the industry’s explicit agenda to want people to be dissuaded from sharing files out of fear of the consequences that will result if they’re discovered. The CRIA, Canada’s version of the RIAA, recently suffered an ignominious and embarrassing defeat when it [...]
0 comments | Read MorePeer-to-peer technology, made famous by music-sharing networks like Napster, may have found a new lease on life in the digital pictures business. OurPictures, a Palo Alto, Calif., start-up, on Tuesday plans to launch its service for letting subscribers share pictures over the Internet but without the constraints of e-mail attachments or Web sites. The idea [...]
0 comments | Read MoreNews from Congressman Joe Pitts Sixteenth Congressional District of Pennsylvania Contact: Derek Karchner, 202 225-2411 For Immediate Release May 17, 2004 Rep. Pitts lauds action against P2P child predators; but “we need more” Says his bill would help parents be proactive, stopping harm to kids before it’s done Washington-Congressman Joe Pitts (R, PA-16) today commended [...]
0 comments | Read MoreA congressional hearing on Internet porn last week illustrates what happens when politicians try to ban technology they don’t like or understand. The topic of Thursday’s meeting of the House of Representatives’ consumer protection subcommittee was a bill intended to require that programs like Kazaa and Grokster obtain parental consent before installation. Peer-to-peer software is [...]
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