CNet’s Declan McCullagh breaks down the trial and why the verdict came back as “guilty.” Yesterday was kind of a sad day for the file-sharing community after a jury of twelve returned with a guilty verdict in the first ever illegal file-sharing case to see the inside of an actual courtroom. The Jury ordered Jammie [...]

Wanted ISPs to turn over contact info of suspected file-shaeres as requested by entertainment companies. The Swedish Data Inspection Board has rejected the center-right government’s proposal to force ISPs to turn over information about suspected file-sharers to music and film companies. Swedish police and prosecutors already have the right to demand personal information about customers [...]

The verdict of the country’s first ever file-sharing case is in and it doesn’t look good. The courtroom in Duluth, Minnesota was filled with both cheers and outrage this afternoon, and unfortunately for us members of the file-sharing community we won’t be breaking out the bubbly anytime soon it appears. For those of you that [...]

Rumored to be working towards starting the new service which would offer a 30-day rental for about $3 dollars. Apple’s rumored to be in talks with major Hollywood studios to launch a new movie rental service sometime in the fall. A 30-day movie rental will set you back about $2.99, a price somewhat comparable to [...]

Blogger posts interesting panel image from Fantastic Four issue 549 where the "power of BitTorrent" is used to bring back a supervillian from the dead. I stumbled across an interesting blog posting the other day on Joey deVilla’s "Global Nerdy" that shows an image from Fantastic Four issue 549. In it a supervillian uses the [...]

RIAA says its lawsuits are costing it millions and are enormous money losers. Jammie Thomas, whom the RIAA has accused of illegal file-sharing, testified in federal court Wednesday that she didn’t do it, though she acknowledged giving conflicting dates for the replacement of her PC’s HDD. Thomas said before the trial, which began Tuesday, that [...]

From Biology to Physics, from Chemistry to Electrical Engineering, we all can now get a quick and easy fix to satisfy that innate curiosity in us all. Many colleges and universities have been posting lectures online for some time now, UB Berkeley already being one of them, but uploading them to YouTube has long been [...]

The only online digital music store that actually rewards you for sharing your music with others answers all of the burning questions many of us have had. I’ve been covering Grooveshark for quite some time now here at Zeropaid and many of you have written to me about how it sounds good on paper, but [...]

Chief RIAA anti-piracy lawyer proves just how silly the recording industry really is. Yesterday was day 1 of Capitol Records, et al v. Jammie Thomas, the first trial concerning illegal file-sharing to ever make its way into a courtroom, and already the RIAA is making itself out to be a true enemy of the people. [...]

After having successfully forced tens of thousands to settle, we finally get to see somebody have their day in court. Jammie Thomas, a Native American single mother of two from central Minnesota, refused to settle for $3,000, and now faces a potential liability of up to $3.9 million. Jammie Thomas is accused of illegally sharing [...]

Clarifies its policy regarding the recent decision to keep out US visitors. We BitTorrent users here in the US have been increasingly pressed into an odd MPAA-approved sandbox of sorts where one by one our favorite BitTorrent tracker sites are taken away from us. First we watched as TorrentSpy closed its doors to us, which [...]

The IFPI announces police have dismantled the illegal file-sharing network known as “Discotequezone.” According to a new press release from the IFPI, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, weeks of monitoring by the Italian Fiscal Police (GDF) have led to a major crackdown against an alleged illegal music file-sharing network in Italy. The police [...]

The on-demand online TV network drops the need for an invite and opens up to the masses. For those of you who have yet to check out Joost the time is now. It has just announced that it has opened its doors to the public and no longer requires an invite to join in on [...]

Demonoid forum moderator offers a quick step guide to circumventing the recent decision to block Canadians from visiting the popular BitTorrent tracker site. As many of you are already well aware, Demonoid is back online, but has apparently been forced to block Canadian visitors after having been threatened with legal action by the CRIA (Canadian [...]

New season beings this Wednesday, and episodes will be available for download starting Friday. For all you South Park fans out there Comedy Central announced today that starting Friday all new season 11 episodes will be available “uncensored” on Apple’s iTunes, xBox, Amazon Unbox, Walmart.com and Bittorrent.com. I can’t imagine them being uncensored on walmart.com, [...]

Swedish P2P artist uses the BitTorrent file-sharing medium once again. It’s been a little over a year since up and coming Swedish artist Anders Weberg released hist first “experimental non-linear film” on P2P and file-sharing networks for the world to enjoy. Calling the internet the “streets of today,” he considers his work to be an [...]

Tells fans that they can pay as much or as little as they want for the band’s new album “In Rainbows.” Newly freed from the shackles of a recording industry contract, the famed UK band Radiohead has decided to buck the system and offer its new album “In Rainbows” directly to fans at whatever price [...]