“It seems that someone has is claiming to own the patent to Apple’s DRM technology. The owner is Pat-rights, who as near as I can tell is an IP portfolio firm. They don’t actually make anything, they just buy up existing patents. Their claim is Apple is infringing on U.S patent 6,665,797 Protection of software [...]

Mute gives you security by node proxying your uploads and downloads. This gives you denyability. change log MFC-MUTE  0.0.5: 1.  Added colored bar across bottom of GUI that shows connection status.2.  Put the elapsed time in the caption bar format DAYS:HOURS:MINUTES:SECONDS3.  Added some code from Nate that saves out of order downloaded chunks to help speed up [...]

Morpheus 4.7.1 now integrates BitTorrent so users can find and download more digital-media files than ever simply by typing keywords. Morpheus uses next-generation Neonet technology to deliver more results and faster downloads for MP3 audio, video, movies, games, software, pictures, and documents and can find rare content others cannot. Morpheus searches the major file-sharing networks [...]

LimeWire 4.8 automatically upgrades Windows users who don’t have 1.4.1 or higher to Java 1.5, which runs faster and is more visually appealing. UPnP-enabled (Universal Plug and Play) routers are detected and automatically configured for optimal performance. Version 4.8 also offers the ability to search for Creative Commons licensed files and to look up Creative [...]

By David Worthington, BetaNewsMarch 2, 2005, 9:36 AM The world’s wealthiest man has obtained a new honor commemorating his contribution to private enterprise and efforts to reduce poverty around the world. Microsoft Chairman and co-founder Bill Gates was knighted Wednesday by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom. Gates joins the Most [...]

Some Musicians Say Web Services Can Be Valuable Means of DistributionBy Jonathan KrimWashington Post Staff WriterTuesday, March 1, 2005; Page E05A prominent group of musicians and artists, breaking with colleagues and the major entertainment studios, is urging the Supreme Court not to hold online file-sharing services responsible for the acts of users who illegally trade [...]

File-sharing software vendors fight movie industry in U.S. Supreme Court.Grant Gross, IDG News ServiceTuesday, March 01, 2005WASHINGTON–A group of technology trade groups, consumer advocates, and lawyers have filed more than 20 briefs in support of peer-to-peer software vendors facing a U.S. Supreme Court showdown with the movie industry later this month. Groups filing briefs in [...]

Publisher:  Markus KernHomepage:  KCeasyLicense:  FreewareScreenshotDownload Publisher’s Description:KCeasy is a Windows front end for the giFT filesharing system. Plugins allow giFT to support different kinds of filesharing networks. It currently supports the Gnutella and OpenFT networks. Changes:Ignore duplicate and inclusive share roots (giFT) Added simple IRC chat client Added filter to library Don’t show message boxes [...]

On March 29, 2005, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (et al) will square off against Grokster (et al). Both sides have that one day and a half hour each to make their case in front of nine Supreme Court Justices. The stakes are enormous. MGM must convince at least 5 justices that two prior Federal Court decisions were [...]

LOS ANGELES – Religious and other conservative groups have shown little love for Hollywood or the recording industry over the years, decrying everything from explicit rap lyrics to Janet Jackson’s bared breast at the 2004 Super Bowl. But a cadre of those groups are stepping up to back the entertainment industry in its moment of [...]

A prominent group of musicians and artists, breaking with colleagues and the major entertainment studios, is urging the Supreme Court not to hold online file-sharing services responsible for the acts of users who illegally trade songs, movies and software. The group, which includes representatives of Steve Winwood, rapper Chuck D and the band Heart, said [...]

Publisher:  Free Peers, Inc.Homepage:  BearshareLicense:  AdwareScreenshotDownload Publisher’s Description:BearShare is a file sharing program that lets you, your friends, and everyone in the world share files. Built on Gnutella technology, it provides a simple, easy to use interface combined with a powerful connection and search engine that puts thousands of different files in easy reach. It [...]