CES 2010: Conversation with Tom “Slyck” Mennecke
While CES is primarily a occasion to see new gadgets and new software, it is also a gathering of hundreds of thousands of technology enthusiasts, both professional and hobbyist. Visitors come from all over the US and the world, and it can often make for some great conversations about the devices we love (and sometimes [...]
2009 – A ZeroPaid Year In Review – Part 3 of 3
We wrap things up with the last third of 2009. Part one. Part 2.
September
September started off with the continuation of the Jammie Thomas trial where Thomas appealed her $80,000 fine. Amongst other arguments, the fine seemed to be arbitrarily selected.
After a ThePirateBay Mixtape of all the songs Joel Tenenbaum was fined for, an [...]
2009 – A ZeroPaid Year in Review – Part 1 of 3
2008 was an interesting year in file-sharing and 2009 didn’t necessarily disappoint. There was plenty of ways to look at it, but there is one way one can look at the year – eventful. ZeroPaid reviews 2009.
January
2009 kicked things off with a bang with the ever ongoing Australian plan to filter the internet. [...]
BitTorrent Use Rising, uTorrent Userbase Tops 52 Million p/mo
Belies recent reports that P2P traffic has declined to 15-20% of overall traffic in North America, down from 37% back in 2007.
Despite earlier claims to the contrary, it seems BitTorrent is more popular than ever these days with news that the BitTorrent client uTorrent has nearly doubled its userbase to some 52 million unique [...]
New Study Concludes That, Yes, Israeli ISPs Throttle P2P
There’s apparently been rumours floating around that ISPs in Israel have been throttling P2P traffic like BitTorrent. Now an in-depth study by Jonathan Klinger has been released that concludes that, yes, ISPs in Israel throttle P2P traffic.
YNetNews is reporting that one of its bloggers has just finished and published what is being billed as [...]
Will Pirates Sink the Pirate Boat that Rocked?
Despite a great deal of evidence to the contrary, the MPAA and its allies in the content industries constantly declare that it is, “impossible to compete with free.” As recently as this September, Frederick Huntsberry, the Chief Operating Officer of Paramount Pictures declared before an FCC hearing that, “ultimately no industry can compete with [...]
Android Phones and Downloading On the Go
After a somewhat rocky start, the Android platform from Google is beginning to pick up steam, and with the new Motorola Droid model from Verizon, and with multiple new handsets promised from a number of manufacturers, Android is poised to challenge the iPhone and Symbian platforms for future supremacy (WinMo seems moribund at best). As [...]
RIAA Member Lawyer Blames Joel for ThePirateBay Mixtape
Interesting new development in the Tenenbaum case. After ThePirateBay posted the DJ Joel Mixtape, a torrent of the songs Joel was sued for ($675,000 in damages), the development made it’s way into court documents. Plaintiffs were apparently not impressed saying, “despite the verdict and a clear finding of willful copyright infringement by Defendant, [...]
Irish Pirate Party Opposes Eircom’s Decision to Block Pirate Bay
Just days after Irish ISP Eircom decided to block the Pirate Bay as part of a “settlement” in court with the copyright industry, the Irish Pirate Party showed their disapproval over the decision.
Should an ISP block website because of a complaint by a corporation or an organization of corporations? This could be one question [...]
Is P2P Losing Its Cool In Canada?
There was some recent comments being made at the CRTC hearing by BitTorrent that suggests that p2p user has been going down. Michael Geist discussed the point suggesting that this is further evidence to deflate the myth that Canada is a piracy haven. While this is definitely true, BitTorrents comments also seems to [...]
