Sends out record numbers of copyright infringement notices after it apparently undergoes a “major change in the software and hardware” it uses to detect illegal file-sharing. The RIAA suffered a major blow in court last week, but that hasn’t stopped the organization from pressing forward with lawsuits against individuals. In fact, the group appears to [...]

UseNet has always been a network that appears to be for either people who have money or people who are able to work some of the most user-unfriendly applications around. So has UseNet just become so user friendly, that it’s a matter of point, click and stream? NewTeeVee recently posted a story about BinTube, software [...]

Experimental plugin uses CDN info to proactively find nearby peers, leading to a better response time and significantly improved download speeds. Everybody in the BitTorrent community is always looking for ways to improve their download speeds. From the general methods like proper configuration and port forwarding to the more dubious like BitTyrant for example, the [...]

Operation Site Down may be old news, but a press release from the Department of Justice about a fork project known as operation CopyCat has just entered the headlines once again. David M. Fish was convicted of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement and sentenced to 30 months in prison. Operation Site Down is said to [...]

On the heals of a critical victory for file-sharers in the United States, a new turn is unfolding that may be seen as a critical setback should it come to fruition. A new anti-piracy bill dubbed the ‘Pro-IP’ Bill would create an anti-piracy czar in the White House. Earlier this week, the US file-sharing community [...]

Could the country’s largest music retailer soon become the country’s largest DVD retailer? Since Apple first launched its online movie rental service back in January it has suffered from a combination of selection and availability. First it was the number of major and independent movie studios who made their libraries available, which has since been [...]

Recent ruling that actual unauthorized distribution must take place and not simply the act of making copyrighted material available could bring an end of P2P lawsuits as we know them. Yesterday I reported how in Atlantic v. Howell, federal judge Neil V. Wake in Phoenix ruled that simply placing music in KaZaA’s “shared folder” does [...]