RLSLOG Down, But Not Out
The world’s most popular release news site RLSLOG has been unaccessible for the past days. Previously, the site has been offline due to copyright threats, but this weeks problems are of another nature.
Archive for the ‘File-Sharing’ Category
Brit Attempts Record Bittorrent Swarm Size
Records are made to be broken, or at least that’s the philosophy one UK man is taking. He wants to break the record for the most number of seeders on a torrent. The current record, as far as we’re aware, was set by an EZTV torrent and stands at around 124,000.
Futurama Season 6 Debuts Early on BitTorrent
Tonight the highly anticipated sixth season of Futurama will debut on television, but tens of thousands have already downloaded the first two episodes via BitTorrent.
Home Taping Is Killing Music – The Remix
UK artist Dan Bull, famous for earlier musical swipes at Lily Allen and the Digital Economy Bill, has teamed up with UK ISP TalkTalk to release a new song and video.
French To Start Chasing File-Sharers “In the Spring”
France’s culture minister confirmed Friday that the chasing of file-sharers will begin in the spring. Those caught will be subjected to the much-touted “3 strikes” regime.
Scene-Base Admin Raided, Bailed
On November 12th, Private Tracker site Scene-Base went offline. The page replaced by a stern warning that the site was down, with a link to the IRC channel. The topic in the channel?
Diminishing Numbers Think Piracy Is Theft
Despite tough talking by government and legislators, not to mention action against Pirate Bay, fewer Swedes than ever before believe that downloading copyrighted material is theft.
UK Petition Aims to Legalize File-Sharing
Starting a petition can be an effective way for UK citizens to encourage the Government to take action. Most recently an online petition resulted in a public apology to codebreaker Alan Turing for his horrendous treatment for being gay.
Search Rapidshare with Rapidshare.net
All around the internet, webmasters have blogs and forums showing rapidshare.com links for their downloads. However, unlike BitTorrent Rapidshare doesn’t have an official file index. That’s where Rapidshare.net comes in.
Wanted: Pictures of Real Life Internet Pirates
Do you consider yourself to be a supporter of The Pirate Bay and Pirate Parties? Here is a chance to show your support and to help a student out at the same time.
090909: BitTorrent Meets Art
Today it’s 090909, and this is also the name of a new experimental art project of filmmaker Anders Weberg that’s being released on BitTorrent trackers near you.
The 10 Most Pirated eBooks of 2009
At our sister site TorrentFreak we do a weekly roundup of the most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, but there is of course more content on BitTorrent that is shared by many. Here’s an overview of the 10 most downloaded books on BitTorrent this year.
Webkinz Educates Kids on File-Sharing
There is no doubt that p2p file sharing is hitting the mainstream. Even young children are expected to know about it, if evidence from Webkinz is anything to go by.
Bahrain Set To Get Tough on File-Sharers
The tiny Gulf nation of Bahrain is one of the latest countries set to crack down on online piracy following pressure from ‘international companies’.
Dexter Season 4 Premieres on BitTorrent
The first episode of season 4 of the hit series Dexter leaked on BitTorrent a month before its official TV premiere. As always, the question is if this the work of hardcore pirates, or just some cheap promotion by the TV studio?
Singapore Latest to Mull 3 Strikes for Pirates
As the international music industry puts increasing efforts into its “disconnection for piracy” policy, Singapore becomes the latest country to consider a 3 strikes regime for illicit file-sharers.
Yauba: Real Time Torrent Search Proxy
Have you ever had your favorite torrent site blocked by filtering software installed at school, at work or at the airport’s network? If so, you might want to bookmark Yauba because it may come in handy in the future.
Have Your Private Photos Leaked Via P2P?
Many file-sharing applications have a ‘shared folder’ – a folder on your PC whose contents can be shared with anyone else on the same network. However, either through naivety or accident, some people share more than they intended.
