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Kid Rock: Don’t Just Steal Music, Steal Everything
via TorrentFreak by (author unknown) on June 18, 2008
Shared by Fernando (...) i don't steal things -- i'm rich.In recent comments, Kid Rock - real name Robert Ritchie - has said that his record company had previously asked him to stand against “illegal downloading” because he was told that people were stealing from him. According to a BBC report, his response to the label was: “Wait a second, you’ve been stealing from the artists...
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Azureus is Dead, Vuze Goes Social
via TorrentFreak by Ernesto on June 16, 2008
The first version of the Java based BitTorrent client Azureus was released in June 2003, and soon became popular among the early adopters of BitTorrent. Over the years, Azureus turned into one of the most feature-rich clients, backed by a dedicated team of developers and an active community. Things changed in 2006 when Azureus launched the content distribution platform it called ‘Vuze’ (aka...
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Artist Releases Album Exclusively on Demonoid
via TorrentFreak by Ernesto on June 07, 2008
Xihilisk is one of the many artist who use BitTorrent as one of their main distribution platforms, and for a good reason. BitTorrent makes it possible to reach millions of people at once, at zero cost.Being a dedicated user of Demonoid, Xihilisk is used to sharing his (and probably others) music. His previous 10 albums are all available for free on BitTorrent. However, he decided to release his...
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BPI and Virgin Media Agree to Start Warning Uploaders
via TorrentFreak by enigmax on June 06, 2008
In 2008, the ‘three-strikes-and-you’re-out’ concept has been gathering pace around the globe. Get caught uploading three times, and the anti-piracy groups would like your internet connection, disconnected. Unsurprisingly, most people aren’t that keen on this plan and ISPs who have been revealed to be considering such systems have received lots of bad press.In the UK and at the forefront...
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Be Afraid of BitTorrent, Very, Very Afraid
via TorrentFreak by enigmax on June 06, 2008
I mean, come on. Who needs BitTorrent when the Rhever network has over 20 Million files, 300 TB’s of downloadable content, with another 2 TB’s of information added daily? Also, Rhever has some great (Mac vs. PC inspired) promo videos (we’ll see them below) poking fun at LimeWire, KaZaA and (gasp) even Bram Cohen! And it gets even better.No more slow downloads, viruses, or adware/spyware...
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Be Afraid of BitTorrent, Very, Very Afraid
via TorrentFreak by enigmax on June 06, 2008
I mean, come on. Who needs BitTorrent when the Rhever network has over 20 Million files, 300 TB’s of downloadable content, with another 2 TB’s of information added daily? Also, Rhever has some great (Mac vs. PC inspired) promo videos (we’ll see them below) poking fun at LimeWire, KaZaA and (gasp) even Bram Cohen! And it gets even better.No more slow downloads, viruses, or adware/spyware...
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Warner Confesses: Pirate Bay Cop Compromised
via TorrentFreak by Ernesto on June 04, 2008
The Pirate Bay case is scheduled to go to court a few months from now, but the controversy surrounding it has started building up like some Hollywood plot.Sydsvenskan.se reports today thatProsecutor Håkan Roswall was contacted by a lawyer working for Warner recently. The lawyer announced that he wanted to disclose the circumstances behind the hiring of policeman Jim Keyzer. Roswall and Warner...
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Warner Confesses: Pirate Bay Cop Compromised
via TorrentFreak by Ernesto on June 04, 2008
The Pirate Bay case is scheduled to go to court a few months from now, but the controversy surrounding it has started building up like some Hollywood plot.Sydsvenskan.se reports today thatProsecutor Håkan Roswall was contacted by a lawyer working for Warner recently. The lawyer announced that he wanted to disclose the circumstances behind the hiring of policeman Jim Keyzer. Roswall and Warner...
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Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent
via TorrentFreak by Ernesto on June 03, 2008
Nearly 50% of all the people who use BitTorrent at any given point in time do so to download a TV show, with popular series such as “Lost” getting close to 10 million downloads per episode. These figures are getting awfully close to the viewer count on TV as reported by Nielsen, and they are still rising.People are getting used to on-demand content. They simply want to watch their favorite...
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Pirates Slowly Killing MediaDefender
via TorrentFreak by (author unknown) on June 02, 2008
Shared by WindPower Bye byeThis is not the first time we have reported on MediaDefender’s poor financial situation, now it’s looking like the company has lost the last bit of goodwill they had left.Surprisingly, however, MediaDefender - best known for spreading fake files on BitTorrent - does not blame itself for their losses, but the music labels. In their latest quarterly report the...
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