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Video: How People Are Tracked Using BitTorrent
via TorrentFreak by enigmax on January 14, 2008
A common question from BitTorrent users is how anti-p2p outfits trace and trace file-sharers in order to send infringement notices. We’ve reported on one technique in the past and now, thanks to Dan Morrill, a Security Project Manager with VMC Consulting in Redmo
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The Pirate Bay: The Site is Safe, Even If We Lose in Court
via TorrentFreak by Ernesto on January 31, 2008
Last month, the Swedish authorities announced that they were planning to press charges against 5 people involved with The Pirate Bay, stating that the 5 individuals will be charged with “facilitating copyright infringement”.Today, after nearly two years of collecting evidence, the prosecutor will officially press charges. But, no matter what the outcome of the case, The Pirate Bay says that...
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Pirated by iTunes, Artist Turns to BitTorrent
via TorrentFreak by enigmax on February 06, 2008
The Flashbulb, aka Benn Jordan, became so outraged when he discovered that iTunes was effectively pirating his music, that he uploaded copies of his latest album to BitTorrent. TorrentFreak caught up with Benn to learn more about the decision to stop distributors and ‘coked-up label reps’ from getting all the cash.An established, but outraged musician has decided to shun conventional...
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The Pirate Bay and Filesharers Backed by Swedish Politicians
via TorrentFreak by Ernesto on February 09, 2008
Two weeks ago we reported on Greens EFA launching the pro-filesharing campaign “I Wouldn’t Steal“. With new editorials in Swedish newspapers coinciding with The Pirate Bay’s charges, it seems the Green Party is looking to push the issue forward, thereby supporting The Pirate Bay.In recent years, the Swedish Green Party, which holds 19 seats in parliament, has taken a clear stance on...
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Harvard Site Hacked and Leaked on BitTorrent
via TorrentFreak by enigmax on February 18, 2008
The Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences website appears to have been the subject of a major security breach, as server backups, site databases and contact databases are leaked to BitTorrent. The 125MB file is currently being tracked by The Pirate Bay.Early reports indicate that a Harvard University website has become the victim of a major security breach. A torrent currently tracked by...
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Yahoo! Filters Pirate Bay From Search Results
via TorrentFreak by Ernesto on February 18, 2008
As of this weekend, Yahoo started to filter some of Pirate Bay’s pages. For some mysterious reason, several pages from the tracker disappeared from Yahoo’s index. Unintentionally or not, a search for “The Pirate Bay” doesn’t show a link to the homepage of the popular BitTorrent tracker.Filtering or blocking the Pirate Bay is beginning to become a trend. Little over a week ago, a Danish...
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The Pirate Bay, Guilty Before Trial!
via TorrentFreak by Ernesto on January 21, 2008
The Swedish authorities are known for their foul play against The Pirate Bay. Perhaps the biggest mistake they made was in the weeks before the raid, almost two years ago, when they caved in to pressure from the
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Alchemist Author Pirates His Own Books
via TorrentFreak by Smaran on January 24, 2008
Coelho’s view is that letting people swap digital copies of his books for free increases sales. In a keynote speech (embedded below) at the Digital, Life, Design conference in Munich he talked about how uploading the Russian translation of “The Alchemist” made his sales in Russia go from around 1,000 per year to 100,000, then a million and more. He said:In 2001, I sold 10,000 hard copies....
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Pirate Bay Admins Charged with Assisting Copyright Infringement
via TorrentFreak by Ernesto on January 31, 2008
... know is legal.”The legal investigation started almost two years ago, after the controversial raid on the Pirate Bay in May 2006. At the time the Swedish police confiscated 180 servers, most of which had nothing to do with TPB. Last December the investigation finally came to an end, resulting in 4,000 pages of legal paperwork.The users of the site don’t have to worry that the site will be t...
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How a BitTorrent Tracker Owner Hides from the MPAA/RIAA
via TorrentFreak by enigmax on February 06, 2008
Apart from The Pirate Bay guys, most tracker administrators are acutely aware of the risks they expose themselves to, and do everything they can to hide in the shadows. We speak to a tracker owner to find out the kind of measures these guys take in order to protect their identities.In most countries around the world, the legality of running a tracker is still uncertain, in that definitive court...
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