What Will 2009 Bring to Filesharing and Technology?
It’s the end of 2008 as we know it, but what will 2009 bring? We look at the past for clues into the future.
There’s been plenty of ups and downs just like any other year, but as we march on into 2009, what can we expect to see in what could shape up to [...]
BringIt Lets You Win Cash Playing Video Games
Gamers from around the globe can play video games for real money by competing in head-to-head challenges and multiplayer bracket style tournaments.
A friend of mine asked me to check out a new site called BringIt that allows users to play against one another for cash.
BringIt players enter into a challenge and [...]
Record Label Partners With What.CD to ‘Revolutionize Industry Landscape’
Open Your Eyes Records and the BitTorrent tracker site team up to prove that “P2P technology and record labels can work hand-in-hand to accomplish their ultimate goals: getting artists heard and growing their fan bases.”
Those who are members of music-oriented BitTorrent tracker sites like Waffles.fm, What.cd, or even their OiNK predecessor, are [...]
NFL, NBA, MLB Not Worried About Free Live Sports Streams on TVants.com Yet
‘Please don’t log on to tvants,com and watch our major exciting games live for free’.
There’s an interesting story on the New York Times recently about stream piracy which is where someone manages to get a stream from a major sports event pirated online live for free. The strange part is the fact that they [...]
CBC Reporter Spends Four Months Issuing Complaint to Telecom Complaints Commission
Just about everything is quick on the internet unless you’re a Canadian and have a complaint about a telecommunications giant.
For those who thought that the new complaints commission in Canada was a marvelous plan that would go off without a hitch, they may want to hit the back button on this next story. A [...]
Researchers Want to Team Up With ThePirateBay to Understand Youth Morals
Researchers want to know how teens in Sweden develop their morals and social norms through websites like MySpace and ThePirateBay.
Over the years, ThePirateBay developers have gone from having a single BitTorrent website to a multi-purpose website that has been subject to anything from overall praise to illegal attacks from anti-piracy organizations. Now, it’s drawing [...]
Spammer Uses isoHunt for Cover in Scam e-Mail
“Miss Doris” claims to have met me on the BitTorrent tracker site, and is simply searching “for a good man who understands what sex, marriage, and real love is all about.” Who says BitTorrent can’t bring people together?
We all get spam each day from supposed desperate oil barons, princes, and former kings [...]
BREIN Takes Down 75 BitTorrent Tracker Sites
Dutch anti-piracy organization claims victory, but world yawns as more appear in its place.
Some 75 Dutch BitTorrent tracker sites were taken down from the internet recently for hosting torrent trackers on their sites.
BREI made the complaint that the sites made money by giving “preferential treatment” to users that paid a “donation.” [...]
ISP Says RIAA Must Pay for Piracy Protection
Bayou Internet and Communications owner Jerry Scroggin says the entertainment industry can’t expect him to work for free.
Last week the RIAA made headlines by announcing that it was going to quit suing individual file-sharers and instead begin targeting their Internet connections with assistance from ISPs. Now one ISP is saying that this assistance isn’t [...]
Windows 7 Beta Leaked onto BitTorrent
Windows 7, a beta of it’s up and coming operating system, has reportedly been leaked on BitTorrent.
Beta testers and some media outlets have apparently had access to Windows 7 for some time now, but the recent beta release of Microsofts next generation operating system has been leaked onto BitTorrent sites like The Pirate Bay.
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