Survey: 47% of South Koreans Illegally Download Movies
Being one of the most wired nations on Earth helps people get content on-demand and on their own terms.
About half of Internet users in South Korea illegally download a full-length movie a week, a survey by the Korean Film Council said Tuesday.
The survey, conducted with 2,358 on-line surfers aged from [...]
FlixFlux Lets You Download Movies by Box Office and DVD Rental Charts
Makes getting new releases all the easier.
With Demonoid being shut down indefinitely, and private BitTorrent tracker sites being all the more difficult to get into following the raid on OiNK, many are increasingly turning to public sites to download content.
FlixFlux is one of the sites I recommend to find the latest and greatest movies [...]
Sir Paul McCartney: ‘I Also Downloaded Radiohead’s ‘In Rainbows”
Reaffirms his pure love for the art of music and criticizes his former record label for its lack of innovation when it comes to releasing music.
British rock legend Sir Paul McCartney criticized his former record label EMI for its “boring” approach, and accused it of taking him for granted in an interview [...]
Waffles.FM Now Officially in Sweden
OiNK replacement site begins enjoying the safety and security of Swedish servers.
After the devastating loss of OiNK back in October, it became quite apparent to all that Sweden had to become the new homeland for BitTorrent tracker sites if they ever were to be able to enjoy a relative degree of safety from [...]
DOJ Doesn’t Like New Copyright Infringement Legislation
Criticizes new bill that would essentially allow the White House to decide what cases it would or would not pursue.
Late last week the Department of Justice weighed in on the proposed new “Prioritizing Resources and Organization of Intellectual Property Act of 2007” that seeks to strengthen civil and criminal intellectual property laws while [...]
Wyclef Jean Sells Out? Rocks Out for the RIAA
Performs for Congressional staffers, lobbyists, reporters and other followers of the entertainment industry at an RIAA holiday party in Washington.
The Tech Daily Dose blog has a post of with pics of hip-hop star Wyclef Jean rockin’ out for Congressional staffers, lobbyists, reporters and other followers of the entertainment industry at an RIAA holiday party in [...]
Jackass 2.5 to be First ‘Internet Movie’
Sequel to the two-time box office hit will skip multiplexes entirely and perhaps herald a new age of online-first movie distribution.
For two weeks beginning on December 19th Paramount Digital Entertainment and MTV New Media will release “Jackass 2.5” exclusively online courtesy of Blockbuster Inc..
The 64-minute film will be offered for free [...]
Ben’s Guide to Protecting File-Sharers
How to stay out of prison and safe from the prying eyes of law enforcement, the MPAA, the RIAA, and other pesky P2P interlopers.
A user by the name of Ben has released a handy guide for members of the file-sharing community looking to stay safe and out of trouble.
He decided to make the [...]
Manic Street Preachers: Radiohead ‘Demeaned Music’ by Letting Fans Pay What They Want
Worried that music has “all gone digital,” but also plans to leave its record label after next album release.
A few months back Radiohead shocked music fans, artists, and the industry alike by releasing it’s latest album “In Rainbows” online and for whatever price consumers decided to pay.
Well now, in a recent interview, the [...]
Vuze Offering Free ‘Neko Rahmen’ BitTorrent Downloads
Anime fans get free ad-supported content.
Vuze, Inc., the entertainment provider formerly known as Azureus, Inc., is premiering the anime series "Neko Rahmen" worldwide with free, English-subtitled video downloads with no DRM. The videos are "full-resolution" with short ads attached.
From the Anime News Network:
Neko Rahmen is a television series of 13 three-minute Flash-animated [...]
