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US Military BitTorrent Users Targeted By MPAA/RIAA
Campaigns about copyright infringement, particularly those relating to online file-sharing mechanisms such as BitTorrent, are nothing new. They have, however, escalated in recent years and now regularly appear in the mainstream press, even penetrating our schools. An insider at a US base in Japan has been in touch with TorrentFreak to tell us of a new initiative underway which is being operated by the Department of Defense.
Continue reading »Will The Chinese BitTorrent Crackdown Boost Criminals?
In March 2007, TorrentFreak interviewed a guy who since the 1990’s had been making his living from commercial piracy. Starting off with PC software and later Playstation games, ‘Tony’ made a very good income from illicit sales at the UK’s markets and pubs. As demand grew Tony’s business expanded year after year, but by 2001 and although still busy, profits were being squeezed.
Continue reading »TorrentFreak: storm in a teacup
Over the last couple of hours I’ve had quite a few Reader’s Writes (all on hold), and several emails, on Dutch BT news site TorrentFreak. They seem to centre on the departure of of its owner, best-known as Ernesto, from his previous job, and his friendship with one of the (former?) owners of The Pirate Bay. 1 – “There is a scandal on xx Ernesto xx OF TorrentFreak and Jon Newton of p2PNet is censoring any mention of it,” says one of the comments, adding, “P2Pnet is supposed to be about Free Speach.” 2 – “This has to do with an article about BREIN and a reporter of a Dutch news radio station broadcasting a rant about Torrentfreak,” says another.
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