MPAA accused of hiring a hacker to steal information
The Motion Picture Association of America hired a hacker to steal information from a company that the MPAA has accused of helping copyright violators, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
The lawsuit (click for PDF), filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California by Torrentspy.com parent Valence Media, doesn’t identify the man the [...]
P2P Tech Fights Spam
In the wake of Blue Frog’s anti-spam program shut down a few weeks ago, an open source group has launched Black Frog, a distributed do it yourself anti-spam effort.
The basic gist of it is for every piece of spam will get a response, and if enough users participate it will effectively DDOS the spammers [...]
Without Fans the Artist is Nothing
If a tree falls in the middle of the forrest and no one is around to hear it, did it make a sound?
The same philosophy can be applied to music. Music can only exist if someone is around to listen to it, to hear it, to appreciate it. Music fans is what makes music, music. [...]
RingTones – a pirate’s heaven
Most of you have heard of iTunes and most of you know what a ringtone is for your cell phone, well today I learned why I will never purchase another ringtone from my cell phone provider.
My cell phone has taken some abuse over the year (LG 9800) and because of that I need to [...]
IP filtering with uTorrent
If you’ve been using BitTorrent to download any of the more popular files, such as the latest episode of some major TV show, you may have found yourself receiving lots of “Wasted” data. This is data that has been discarded after being deemed corrupt or invalid by your BitTorrent client. Every so often, you will [...]
Kazaa’s P2P libel suit threatens to mute Canadians
A fresh lawsuit making its way through Canadian courts threatens to result in severe restrictions being placed on what internet users can post to message boards. It just might enhance corporate abilities to strong-arm ISPs and authors, too.
In a strange new turn of events in the Kazaa saga, Sharman Networks and its CEO, Nikki Hemming, [...]
University Bans Direct Connect After RIAA Pressure
University officials will make crucial policy changes that govern usage of the university computer network next Tuesday, effectively ending student access to the popular computer file sharing hub Direct Connect.
Direct Connect, better known to students as “DC++,” has provided students with thousands of copies of copyrighted songs, movies and other media free of charge for [...]
German police lock up AND sue eDonkey file sharers
German police have filed criminal charges against more than 2,000 people accused of using the eDonkey file-sharing network to share copyrighted music illegally, the recording industry’s trade group said Tuesday.
The legal action, which will also include claims for compensation under civil law, is “the biggest single action against illegal file sharing,” according to the London-based [...]
Nike shoes talk to Apple’s iPod in new system
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Nike Inc said on Tuesday that it had teamed up with Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod to launch a wireless system that integrates Nike shoes with the popular digital music device.
The Nike+iPod Sports Kit will retail for about $29 and be available within two months.
