MPAA’s Anti-Piracy Dogs Visit Elementary School
Lucky and Flo used to help “educate” kids about the “importance of copyright laws.”
Lucky and Flo, the world’s first-ever DVD-sniffing dogs, made a visit to Clover Avenue Elementary School in Los Angeles a few days ago to kick-off a three-city North American tour that will include visits to Mexico City and Washington DC [...]
Azureus Releases Data from BitTorrent Throttling Plugin
Releases data collected from more than 8000 users to show that Comcast isn’t the only interfering with BitTorrent traffic.
About a month ago I mentioned how Azureus was asking users of the BitTorrent client to install a simple software plug-in in order to help it “…gather information about potential interference with your Internet traffic.” Specifically, [...]
Sony BMG to Offer Music on Nokia Phones
Users will get UNLIMITED music downloads from its vast music catalog to their cellphones or PCs during the first year they own a Nokia device.
Nokia today announced that Sony BMG has officially joined Nokia’s "Comes With Music" plan.
People who buy a Nokia "Comes With Music" device will have a year of unlimited [...]
How to Use DVD Shrink
Quick, easy-to-use guide for those unfamiliar with the DVD Shrink program.
Recently, compressed domain transcoders have reached quite some popularity. These transcoders are based on algorithms designed to recompress an MPEG-2 stream in real-time for TV broadcast. These programs can transcode an entire DVD movie in only a few minutes, because [...]
How To Download From UseNet For Free Using NZB Files Via ISP
Usenet is a network that is often referred to as a service that allows people to communicate to one another. However, there is an interesting quirk to UseNet – the ability to download releases hot from the scene.
A quick note: It has been reported that a number of ISP’s are ending their UseNet services. [...]
Quincy Jones to Record Industry: ‘Focus on Making Better Music’
Discusses how it can rescue struggling album sales as the single-song digital download further grows in popularity.
We’ve all known for quite some time that all is not right in the music world. I’m not talking about piracy, profits or losses, or the usual economic-centered conundrums, but rather about the quality of music [...]
New Zealand and Germany Reform Copyright Laws in 4 Days
Internet Service Providers and the copyright industry weren’t the only ones busy on the copyright front these days. New Zealand reformed their copyright laws which was followed up by Germany four days later.
There’s no doubting it’s been a busy week this week for those watching the copyright and file-sharing debates in all its incarnations. [...]
BitTorrent Super Sunday: A Look at the Past Week’s Top DVD-Rips
List of the past week’s 10 most popular DVD-rips courtesy of FlixFlux, the popular BitTorrent search engine.
It’s kind of a slow news day today, at least right now, 6am on a Sunday. So I decided to post something entertaining and yet informative at the same time. It’s a listing of the previous week’s most [...]
Stream, Buy, or Share Music With GrooveShark Lite
Grooveshark creates new site that lets you enjoy all of the music that its users have to offer from the convenience of a simple browser page.
I’ve reported on Grooveshark a number times here at ZeroPaid. It’s the site with the motto “Everybody Gets Paid” which denotes the fact that users get compensated for music [...]
