• Torrent Site Thanks 4chan For DDoSing Anti-Piracy Outfit

    Updated: 2010-09-30 10:44:25
    Today, ICTorrent, the private tracker which was recently revealed to be a DDoS target of anti-piracy company AiPlex Software, celebrates its birthday. On this occasion the site gives thanks to 4chan activists for helping to bring the attacks to an end while showing TorrentFreak that pirate movies the site watermarked with its own logo have been turning up on national TV.

  • Apple TV Is Here: Unboxing Photos

    Updated: 2010-09-29 14:43:35
    FedEx delivered my Apple TV's bright and early this morning and he's a few shots me unboxing one of the units. Later today I'll have a review up comparing Apple TV to Roku and I'll also be opening up a drawing and giving away an Apple TV to one lucky reader of my blog. If you're interested in a Roku,...

  • Wikipedia Adds BitTorrent Powered Video Streaming

    Updated: 2010-09-29 12:01:06
    Streaming capabilities have been added to BitTorrent via the Tribler client, and more recently uTorrent. Thus far the implementation of these technologies into major websites has been lacking. That position changed this week as the Wikimedia Foundation partnered with P2P Next to use BitTorrent-powered streaming for their video content.

  • Statute of Limitations for Copyright Infringement Claims

    Updated: 2010-09-28 03:45:28
    Had a fantastic time meeting and talking with photographers at the Telluride Photo Festival this past weekend. Lots of great people and great presentations there!  My presentation that was streamed live on Saturday will be available soon for viewing.  H.T. to Ryan Bonneau for showing me some beautiful places to shoot. In the meantime, check [...]

  • The Pirate Bay Appeal Starts, Minus One Defendant

    Updated: 2010-09-28 01:28:28
    This morning the appeal of The Pirate Bay Four started, but one of the most important cases in the history of file-sharing began with just three defendants. Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm is in a hospital in Cambodia and is unable to travel to Sweden. The trial continued without him and began with a discussion on the history and some technicalities of The Pirate Bay.

  • Wikipedia Is Using BitTorrent P2P for HTML5 Video

    Updated: 2010-09-28 00:25:17
    About Archives Feed Wikipedia Is Using BitTorrent P2P for HTML5 Video 09 27 2010 04:25 PM Posted by : Janko Roettgers The Wikipedia’s Wikimedia foundation doesn’t want to be a slave to high video bandwidth costs . Instead , it is using BitTorrent-based P2P technology to distribute the growing amount of video on Wikipedia.org . Users can simply install a Firefox plug-in to help with the distribution of Wikipedia . videos Continue reading on . Newteevee.com Tags : newteevee wikipedia p2p-next Comments novacut.com : wrote , Janko Great article I think Wikipedia is definitely going in the right direction in solving its bandwidth . problem Our Novacut project will eventually have a iTunes-like player that will use peer to peer . No reason to waste bandwidth , especially when a movie TV show is

  • Anti-Piracy Law Firm Suffers E-Mail Leak

    Updated: 2010-09-28 00:23:21
    About Archives Feed Anti-Piracy Law Firm Suffers E-Mail Leak 09 27 2010 04:23 PM Posted by : Janko Roettgers The British law office ACS:Law is know for hunting down file sharers . This weekend , it got into murky legal waters of its own after it accidentally published a number of internal emails on its web site , revealing names of alleged porn file sharers and . more Continue reading on . Newteevee.com Tags : newteevee acs:law Comments No comments yet Add Comment Your : comment : Name : Website : E-mail Remember Me Sidebar Ads Recent posts Wikipedia Is Using BitTorrent P2P for HTML5 Video Anti-Piracy Law Firm Suffers E-Mail Leak Court : Logistep Can’t Collect P2P Users’ IP Addresses Hadopi Gone Wild : France Plans Spyware for Three Strikes BitTorrent Releases uTorrent SDK Tools Ads Great

  • The Pirate Bay Appeal Starts Tomorrow

    Updated: 2010-09-27 14:26:48
    Last year The Pirate Bay Four were sentenced to a year in prison, and each ordered to pay $905,000 in damages. Tomorrow the appeal of the trial will start, but unlike last time there is is an awkward silence in the media, blogs and even on The Pirate Bay. Is this the proverbial calm before the storm, or perhaps a change of course?

  • Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent

    Updated: 2010-09-27 07:58:52
    The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘Get Him To The Greek' tops the chart this week, followed by 'Knight and Day'. 'Machete' completes the top three.

  • Producer Sues BitTorrent Users, But Doesn’t ‘Own’ Copyright

    Updated: 2010-09-24 14:19:18
    The avalanche of lawsuits against BitTorrent users in the United States continues. Several adult producers joined in on the profitable pay-up-or-else scheme recently, but one of them made a costly mistake. Adult producer Mick Haig filed suits against 670 BitTorrent users this week. However, he forgot to register the copyright for his film.

  • Quick Links

    Updated: 2010-09-21 00:26:53
    Roger Talley has a great series of articles on the regulations related to photography on federal lands.  Check my other posts on this important issue:  http://www.photoattorney.com/?p=311; http://www.photoattorney.com/?p=245; http://www.photoattorney.com/?p=232; and http://www.photoattorney.com/?p=74 I’ll be at the Telluride Photo Festival this week with a bunch of great photographers.  My presentation on the law for photographers will be on [...]

  • Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent

    Updated: 2010-09-20 11:04:38
    The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘Iron Man 2' tops the chart this week, followed by 'Knight and Day'. 'The Expendables' completes the top three.

  • What the Duck

    Updated: 2010-09-19 16:18:55
    Roger Talley has a great series of articles on the regulations related to photography on federal lands.  Check my other posts on this important issue:  http://www.photoattorney.com/?p=311; http://www.photoattorney.com/?p=245; http://www.photoattorney.com/?p=232; and http://www.photoattorney.com/?p=74 I’ll be at the Telluride Photo Festival this week with a bunch of great photographers.  My presentation on the law for photographers will be on [...]

  • Filmmaker Premieres Movie In Theaters and on The Pirate Bay

    Updated: 2010-09-17 21:48:21
    While most filmmakers shy away from anything remotely related to BitTorrent, Swedish director Stina Bergman has partnered with The Pirate Bay for the release of her latest movie. Today the film, titled "Die Beauty", debuts in Swedish theaters as well as on The Pirate Bay.

  • Cato Presents: Cops on Camera

    Updated: 2010-09-14 20:09:36
    As cameras have become more available to individuals and government alike, viral videos of cops behaving badly have become quite pervasive on the internet. This short video by The Cato Institute provides a few recent examples of this relatively new phenomenon and explains why recording the actions of police and government officials for all [...]

  • Burn Any Web-Hosted File into a Torrent With Burnbit

    Updated: 2010-09-13 22:00:42
    Burnbit is a new service that allows users to generate a torrent for any file hosted online. It is especially useful for those who want to share large files with multiple people, at great speeds and without consuming too much bandwidth. Because the torrents are linked to a file hosted somewhere online, it will always be accessible and never die out.

  • Register of Copyrights to Retire

    Updated: 2010-09-13 18:10:00
    Register of Copyrights Marybeth Peters has announced her intention to retire effective December 31, 2010. Ms. Peters has served as Register of Copyrights since August 7, 1994, a tenure longer than any other Register with the exception of Thorvald Solberg, the first Register. Her exemplary service to the nation began in the Library of Congress [...]

  • Hackers Target and Exploit Pirate Bay Ad Server

    Updated: 2010-09-13 15:19:21
    The advertising server of The Pirate Bay has been hacked and exploited to spread viruses and trojans among users of the site. The hackers targeted a vulnerability in the site's software to offload the malicious files, causing sections of The Pirate Bay to be blocked by Google, Firefox and several virus scanners.

  • Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent

    Updated: 2010-09-13 08:46:05
    The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘Iron Man 2' tops the chart this week, followed by 'Robin Hood'. 'The Expendables' completes the top three.

  • The War Against Movie and TV Show Linking Websites

    Updated: 2010-09-10 14:23:09
    In June 2010, several well known websites that linked to movies and TV shows lost their domain names as the U.S. Government's 'Operation in Our Sites' bared its teeth. But the war against linking sites has been going on for some time, much of it off the mainstream radar, with site owners being hit by negative decisions and damages awards running to millions of dollars.

  • Pirate Bay and Others Not Affected by Warez Raids

    Updated: 2010-09-09 08:39:51
    Earlier this week Europe's warez scene was shaken up by multiple raids in Sweden, The Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Germany, Great Britain and several other countries. In the reports that came out, dozens of news sources also linked some leading Bittorrent sites including The Pirate Bay and BTJunkie to the busts. Just to be absolutely clear, these sites were completely unaffected.

  • Court: Logistep Can’t Collect P2P Users’ IP Addresses

    Updated: 2010-09-08 22:22:10
    : About Archives Feed Court : Logistep Can’t Collect P2P Users’ IP Addresses 09 08 2010 02:22 PM Posted by : Janko Roettgers Switzerland-based anti-piracy company Logistep was handed a significant defeat by the country’s High Court today , which essentially bars it from collecting any evidence used in lawsuits against file sharing users . Logistep is now contemplating to leave Switzerland entirely as a response to the court . decision Continue reading on . Newteevee.com Tags : logistep switzerland newteevee Comments RAMOSMorgan33 : wrote I took my first http : bestfinance-blog.com . personal loans 09 10 04:40:36 Add Comment Your : comment : Name : Website : E-mail Remember Me Sidebar Ads Recent posts Wikipedia Is Using BitTorrent P2P for HTML5 Video Anti-Piracy Law Firm Suffers E-Mail Leak

  • ISP Liability For Infringement Nuked, ACTA Leak Reveals

    Updated: 2010-09-06 19:22:18
    According to yet another leaked draft of the highly controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), participating countries will no longer be obliged to impose secondary liability on Internet Service Providers for copyright infringements carried out by their customers. Other harsh measures to counter copyright infringement are still in place.

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