Full FeedThe Pirate Bay: A complete archive is available for download
The Pirate Bay in its current form is just a a few days away from being handed over to its new owners and with that a complete archive has been uploaded and made available (via torrent file) for download. According to the anonymous person who posted the file, he just… Continue Reading »
Pirate Bay advertising the $675,000 mixtape
In an expected attack on the RIAA, The Pirate Bay is now advertising what it calls “The $675,000 mixtape.” The collection is comprised of the 30 songs that grad student Joel Tenenbaum was found guilty of sharing through filesharing services. The listing even goes so far as to say that… Continue Reading »
Pirate Bay in a bit of trouble, ordered out of the Netherlands
Everyone’s favorite torrent site (if only for the interesting news they provide) looks to be in quite a bit of trouble again. It just can’t seem to catch a break—it’s as if every organization with a ton of copyrights finds it necessary to sue the site. Last time it was… Continue Reading »
Illegal file sharing is down, streaming is up
Illegal file sharing is down, and streaming is up, at least when it comes to teenagers. According to new research, teens are changing their ways when it comes to piracy. There has been a dramatic drop in the number of youth aged 14 to 18 who are illegally sharing music. … Continue Reading »
AT&T to be first ISP to start combating piracy
Media companies have realized the near impossibility of attempting to sue each individual that downloads illegal music and other media. Instead, their new anti-piracy plan involves enlisting the help of Internet service providers to combat the issue. AT&T will be the first ISP to work alongside the Recording Industry Association… Continue Reading »
Yo Ho Ho - Ye Pirate Bay is under attack!
Apparently it isn’t only pirates that do the attacking. At least not when it comes to Pirate Bay. They’ve found themselves under attack quite a bit as of late, and it doesn’t look like that is going to be abating any time soon. Just last week, the trial kicked off… Continue Reading »
A new way to get a digital copy of a DVD
Tired of not having control when replicating digital content on DVDs? Old digital copy methods simply copy the exact pre-encoded files (provided you have permission) to your computer. Protect Software has released LiveDigitalCopy; software designed to allow for transcoding when creating DVD copies and distribute them to a range of… Continue Reading »
Global Garde attempts to kill piracy dead
Raise your hand if you remember the Spore SecuROM fiasco. The community backlash, and the resulting huge amount of pirated copies of the game that became available. You’d think that somebody would try to create a form of copy protection that both copyright holders and consumers can be okay with. … Continue Reading »
MP3 becomes official king of music
Since it became an official standard in 1991, Moving Picture Experts Group -1 Audio Layer 3 (or MP3) has proven popular due to the fact that it is easily transferable, good quality and cheaper than hard copies. So far it has been unpopular with record companies as a result of… Continue Reading »
Pirates (and non-pirates) beware! The gaming cops are out to get ya.
You don’t even have to be illegally sharing your files to have the gaming firms after you apparently. Just ask Gill and Ken Murdoch. They’re senior citizens who don’t even play computer games and had never even heard the term “peer-to-peer” until they got a letter in the mail telling… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
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