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Archive for the ‘P2P’ Category

June 7th, 2008

Top 10 TV Shows on BitTorrent

Who needs TiVo when you’ve got a computer? TorrentFreak revisits its list of top 10 most torrented TV shows.
1. Lost
2. Battlestar Galactica
3. The Daily Show
4. The Colbert Report
5. So You Think You Can Dance
6. Top Chef
7. The Tudors
8. Men in Trees
9. The Ultimate Fighter
10. Greek
Note that I didn’t say most “pirated” TV shows. If anything, […]

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April 17th, 2008

Torrent Traffic Up 24%

Here’s a nice big fuck-you to the MPAA and RIAA: BitTorrent traffic is up 24% since November. The tide is rising; Hollywood can either ride the wave or wipe out.
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March 28th, 2008

Iceland Rules Torrent Files Not Copyrighted

TorrentSpy closing down was pretty depressing, but here’s a ray of hope.
Torrent.is has won in court over the Association of film rights-holder in Iceland (SMÁÍS)
The case is a study in classic big business bullying. Like similar cases in the US, SMÁÍS complained to the court about alleged copyright infringement activities on the BitTorrent site, and […]

By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments

November 4th, 2007

P2P Killing Music? Tell It to the Mounties!

We always knew the recording industry’s whining about losing billions to P2P was all exaggerated bullshit. Now a new Canadian government study confirms it. In fact, P2P downloads promote CD sales.
A newly study commissioned by Industry Canada, which includes some of the most extensive surveying to date of the Canadian population on music purchasing habits, […]

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October 31st, 2007

Skype Phone Launched in UK

The beauty of being a smaller competitor in this time of change, is that you’re not afraid to cannibalize huge antiquated business models. That’s what British mobile carrier 3 is doing with the release of the Skypephone
Perhaps this is the cue for smaller cellcos around the world to start leapfrogging their larger competitors through global […]

By Mike Abundo -- 2 comments

October 6th, 2007

RIAA Fines Single Mom $220,000

Not only will the RIAA take your house away, they’ll financially ruin single mothers from ethnic minorities. Despite Judge Michael J. Davis preventing the RIAA from turning his courtroom into their soapbox, the terrorists in suits still had their way.
A Minnesota woman must pay $220,000 to six of the top music labels after a federal […]

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September 21st, 2007

P2P Sites Mock Lousy MediaDefender Nastygrams

Remember how DMCA stool pigeon MediaDefender got nine months of internal emails leaked, revealing their deceptive practices? Now they’re trying to scare P2P site owners into getting rid of the evidence. Their lawyers are sending out badly-written nastygrams.
Apparently, their copyright lawyer has no idea how to write a proper DMCA takedown notice. “Despite us being […]

By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments

September 15th, 2007

MPAA Stool Pigeons Hacked

And now, some epic pwnage to make you smile this weekend: MediaDefender, a company that works for the MPAA to build fake video-sharing sites that entrap uploaders and fake torrents that spam filesharers, has been hacked. A group called MediaDefender-Defenders has leaked nine months’ worth of MediaDefender internal emails — fittingly enough, as a torrent.
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August 15th, 2007

Drama Prairie Dog Vs. RIAA

Looks like the RIAA will take his house away. The Drama Prairie Dog, a viral video sensation, gets busted for P2P filesharing on LimeWire.
Yes, I know LimeWire’s going legit, but it’s still funny.
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August 1st, 2007

BitLet: Browser-Based Torrent Downloader

Almost everything’s moving to the browser, and torrent downloaders are no exception. Enter BitLet, a Java applet that allows torrent downloads even without a torrent client installed. What’s more, it allows people people to post links that lead directly to torrent downloads via BitLet.
This spry little applet could become the MPAA’s worst […]

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