MPAA’s Anti-Piracy Dogs Visit Another Elementary School

MPAA’s Anti-Piracy Dogs Visit Another Elementary School

Lucky and Flo’s North American "education" tour continues to teach children how to respect the copyrights of the multi-billion dollar entertainment industry when somebody should be teaching them how to read and write instead. At at time when many of our elementary school students are suffering from a lack of basic math and reading skills, [...]

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Britain – Growing Calls Emerge to Make Phorm Opt-In

Britain – Growing Calls Emerge to Make Phorm Opt-In

After being criticized for being illegal by many including FIPR, now there is growing calls by others to make Phorm opt-in instead of opt-out to conform with British privacy laws. ZeroPaid has learned that two entities have joined calls to make technologies like Phorm opt-in instead of opt-out. Phorm is an Internet Service Provider side [...]

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Another Fed Judge Says KaZaA’s ‘Shared Folder’ isn’t Distribution

Another Fed Judge Says KaZaA’s ‘Shared Folder’ isn’t Distribution

New decision deals another major blow to RIAA’s “making available” theory that simply putting music in KaZaA’s “shared folder” constitutes copyright infringement. In Atlantic v. Howell the RIAA lost another major court battle yesterday when federal judge Neil V. Wake in Phoenix ruled that simply placing music in KaZaA’s “shared folder” does not by itself [...]

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Radiohead: ‘No More Free Albums’

Radiohead: ‘No More Free Albums’

Frontman Thom Yorke calls it a “one-off response to a particular situation.” Six months after Radiohead shocked the music industry by letting fans decide how much to pay for their album “In Rainbows” the plan has become fairly accepted as a practical means of connecting with fans while still making money and better still – [...]

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German Secretary of Culture Wants to Cut Off File-sharers from the Internet

German Secretary of Culture Wants to Cut Off File-sharers from the Internet

It hasn’t been looking good for the three strike policy in Europe to cut off file-sharers from the internet, but that isn’t stopping one politician from Germany from demanding that file-sharers should be banned from the internet. In the same vain as the Irish music industry suing Internet Service Providers for copyright infringement. According to [...]

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BBC America Shows Now Available on iTunes

BBC America Shows Now Available on iTunes

Starting today, customers can purchase single episodes and complete seasons of Torchwood, Little Britain, and Robin Hood. The BBC has announced that BBC America programming will now be available for purchase and download from Apple’s iTunes Store in the US. Starting today on iTunes, customers can so far purchase single episodes and complete seasons of [...]

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Irish Record Industry Sues ISP for Illegal File-Sharing on its Network

Irish Record Industry Sues ISP for Illegal File-Sharing on its Network

Angry over its refusal to use Audible Magic to voluntarily filter copyrighted material from its network. Early last week it was reported that Eircom, the Ireland-based ISP, had formally rejected claims by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) that it be held responsible for any instances of copyright infringement that may occur on its broadband [...]

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Canadian Copyright Symposium 2008 – Speaker List Dissected

Canadian Copyright Symposium 2008 – Speaker List Dissected

Howard Knopf is known to many Canadians as a lawyer who successfully defended the file-sharing lawsuits in Canada a few years ago. So, when it was discovered that he had been uninvited, there was general outrage in pro-consumer circles. So how does the symposium shape up now? ZeroPaid investigates. A list of speakers and moderators [...]

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eMule Beta Testing – Responses From the Community

eMule Beta Testing – Responses From the Community

A few days ago, we reported on eMule going into beta testing. We went to eMule to discuss things like how the test was going and how this will affect the many mods of eMule. There was a lot of excitement in the eMule community with word that a new version of the main eMule [...]

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Metallica Now Embraces File-Sharing?

Metallica Now Embraces File-Sharing?

New interview says that they’ve been “observing Radiohead and Trent Reznor,” and that for its next album fans can expect “everything in terms of possibilities with the Internet.” It was back in 2000 that Metallica discovered a demo of its song “I Disappear,” which was supposed to be released in combination with the Mission: Impossible [...]

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AT&T to FCC: ‘We Don’t Throttle BitTorrent’

AT&T to FCC: ‘We Don’t Throttle BitTorrent’

Responds to recent findings that reset packets are interfering with BitTorrent connections in a presumptive effort to manage network traffic Earlier this week I reported how Azureus had finally made the results of its BitTorrent throttling plugin available. Users of the Azureus BitTorrent client were asked to install a simple plug-in in order to help [...]

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How to Use eMule? A File-Sharers Guide

How to Use eMule? A File-Sharers Guide

Quick, easy-to-use guide to get you up and downloading movies, music, TV shows, and more using eMule. Many of you out there are still fans of eMule and the ED2K network. So it’s with you in mind that I created the guide below to help you set up the program and even about where to [...]

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eMule 0.49a In Beta Testing

eMule 0.49a In Beta Testing

The eMule community is currently getting together to help beta-test a new version of eMule. It’s not often the client gets an update, so when a new version is suddenly on the horizon, it catches the attention of the eMule community. “To gain more testing of this release,” SomeSupport of eMule said, “we hand out [...]

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Grand Theft Auto IV Leaked to BitTorrent

Grand Theft Auto IV Leaked to BitTorrent

Xbox360 users get to test drive the game before its official release next week, and The Pirate Bay renames itself “Liberty Bay” to commemorate the event. Both the NTSC and PAL versions of Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox 360 have been leaked to BitTorrent. This latest Grand Theft Auto epic from Rockstar games [...]

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The Pirate Bay – 12 Million Peers and Counting

The Pirate Bay – 12 Million Peers and Counting

Despite the entertainment industry’s best efforts, the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker site continues to grow. Everybody in the BitTorrent community is well aware of The Pirate Bay and the famed Swedish pirates who run it. For years they have been the bane of record and movie companies everywhere, even drawing the ire of artists who [...]

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Anders Weberg Releases Latest P2P Art, ‘Emphasis’

Anders Weberg Releases Latest P2P Art, ‘Emphasis’

Swedish artist continues his “aesthetics of ephemerality,” art made for – and only available on – P2P networks. Anders Weberg is a P2P artist that has utilized BitTorrent as a medium on which to put his work in an ever expanding virtual global “gallery”of sorts. He calls the internet the new “streets of today,” and [...]

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ZeroPaid Interviews an Operator of WinMXWorld

ZeroPaid Interviews an Operator of WinMXWorld

Things have been interesting for the last year or two for WinMX users. It’s been tricky following what has been happening with WinMX these days, so ZeroPaid caught up with Tigger of WinMX to, among other things, see what is happening in the world of WinMX. Last week, ZeroPaid reported on an interesting development occurring [...]

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Czech Police Bust ‘Blind Alley’ Pre-Release Music Topsite

Czech Police Bust ‘Blind Alley’ Pre-Release Music Topsite

Release group’s server was hosted at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in Prague. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) Czech police have shut down a major server being used to share large amounts of pre-release music music and film onto the internet. The server was hosted at the [...]

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Britain – FIPR Phones Home to Say that Phorm is Actually Illegal

Britain – FIPR Phones Home to Say that Phorm is Actually Illegal

The Phorm storm in Britain has made the headlines a couple of times. The question on whether the system is even legal has gotten FIPR demanding the Home Office to retract certain comments they made where they suggest Phorm is actually legal. FIPR has made a detailed legal analysis that suggests quite the contrary. Last [...]

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Multiple Voices on Canada’s Hearings on Science and Technology Policy

Multiple Voices on Canada’s Hearings on Science and Technology Policy

Canada has launched hearings for future policy on science and technology. Already, there are numerous voices on the matter including Michael Geist, CIPPIC, Tracey Lauriault, Russell McOrmand, the BCLA, and the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. It seems that even officials were excited about the hearings. “We are beginning today our study pursuant to Standing Order [...]

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