Alleged to have uploaded a single pre-release album to the music-oriented BitTorrent tracker site back in early 2007. OiNK, the fabled and long shuttered music-oriented BitTorrent tracker site, continues to make headlines for now comes word that a former user was arrested by the UK’s Cleveland Police for allegedly having uploaded a single pre-release album [...]

New Democratic Party delivers on its promise to “prevent large ISPs from interfering with the free flow of information over the internet,” coinciding with word that Bell Canada faces class action lawsuit for BitTorrent throttling. A network neutrality rally was held this past Tuesday to both garner support for the effort as well as to [...]

Claims copyright infringement even though the song doesn’t belong to him. Prince, or the “artist formerly known as,” or whatever it is that he calls himself these days, continues to have an oddly myopic and self-serving attitude when it comes to “his” music. Despite having earned tens of millions of dollars during a career that [...]

The idea of a telecommunications company abusing its power to breach privacy has been anywhere from tossed around a few years back to an outright political battle as seen in the EFF warrentless wiretapping case today. If, however, one asks a German privacy advocate about ISPs illegally breaching privacy, there’s a good chance that the [...]

A list of 7 top BitTorrent tracker sites that offer music, movies, TV shows, games, and more. Finding a decent selection of BitTorrent downloads that are both free and legal can be a challenging proposition for many including myself. Sure it’s easy to point to BitTorrent tracker sites like Mininova or The Pirate Bay as [...]

Hilarious old internet video from 1997. I don’t usually post videos unless their news oriented, but this find from Funny or Die was too good to pass up. I like the part where it lays out what the Internet has to offer, which includes “chatting with women”and “sending electronic M’s.” Even better is when it [...]

Despite receiving more than $6 million USD from the entertainment industry compared to McCain’s $550,000, still favor legislation to ensure unfiltered use of applications and access to content. The Beatles used to sing that “money can’t buy you love,” but as we all know, in American politics it sure can buy you a kiss. This [...]

It has become an all-too often situation in Canada where there’s either a copyright or technology related bill being tabled or there are plans for such bills that many consumers end up having to fight against. Now there seems to be someone about to table a bill that activists and concerned Canadians are all for. [...]

MoxioColo, the ISP for each of the BitTorrent tracker sites, was recently served with cease and desist orders. It looks like things are heating up again in Canada for BitTorrent tracker sites and their users with recent news that Moxio Colo, the ISP for a number of major BitTorrent tracker sites including: What.cd, SumoTorrent, BTMon [...]

Barry Gitarts is first person ever to have faced pirated music-related criminal copyright infringement charges. Late last week the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced that it had successfully prosecuted 25yo Brooklyn,NY native Barry Gitarts for conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement. U.S. District Court Judge Liam O’Grady will sentence Gitarts [...]

Orb’s media center application now streams BitTorrent downloads and online content to any other Internet-connected device like an iPhone, TV, or game console. BitTorrent Inc and Orb Networks have announced a partnership to enable BitTorrent downloads to be accessible on any Internet-connected device. Together they hope to deliver faster, easier, anywhere, anytime access to downloaded, [...]

Late tonight comes reports that Maxime Bernier, now former minister of international affairs and the minister who previously took charge in the copyright reform bill has now resigned. The political fallout may put copyright reform on hold while the governing party swings into further damage control. Jim Prentice is currently the minister in charge of [...]

There’s no shortage of coverage on the Bell Canada case. Now Canadians are planning on a huge network neutrality rally on the grounds of parliament hill. Network neutrality in the last few months has stormed its way into the headlines. While the issue has already gone from the headlines to demands with the CRTC, now [...]

If adopted, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) treaty would impose a strong, top-down enforcement regime imposing new cooperation requirements upon ISPs, including perfunctory disclosure of customer information, as well as measures restricting the use of online privacy tools. The US is proposing a multi-lateral intellectual property trade agreement proposal called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) [...]

The Sweden-based BitTorrent tracker site celebrates as cracks the top 100 of the world’s most visited websites. The Pirate Bay, one of the internet’s leading bittorrent sites, has reached a new milestone by becoming one of the world’s top 100 visited websites, according to data from click-tracking specialist Alexa. Though the site currently ranks as [...]

Takes on Apple’s iTunes with the 6 million tracks of its own and in a format that provides far more convenience, portability, and functionality. It’s still fascinating to consider that the RIAA could have literally nipped the file-sharing problem in the bud almost a decade ago by embracing Naspter and digital music distribution back in [...]

Site lets you "Free Your Phone" by allowing you to create customized ringtones, wallpapers, screensavers, and themes. I can’t say that I’m big into trickin’ out my phone, but if I was then Zedge is where I’d go, joining the 9 million other users the site now boasts. It allows users to create customized ringtones, [...]

Even interferes with BitTorrent traffic during mornings and weekends that are not usually “peak congestion” hours, meaning is probably more about permanently reclaiming bandwidth than simple network traffic management. The Max Planck Institute for Software Systems recently released a study showing that another ISP, Cox Communications, routinely blocks or throttles BitTorrent traffic as part of [...]

The Dutch anti-piracy organization warns the BitTorrent tracker site that it must “take effective measures to prevent it and if they can not then it must stop. ” The BREIN foundation, a joint Dutch anti-piracy program of authors, artists and producers of music, film, and interactive software in the fight against Intellectual Property theft, is [...]

The "Prince of Pop" joins the list of artists claiming damages from the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker site. Michael Jackson and has apparently decided to join a list of artists suing The Pirate Bay for $100 million in damages they say have been caused by the BitTorrent tracker site’s "facilitation of copyright infringement." "The list [...]