• Google Helps Seized BitTorrent Site to Regain Lost Traffic

    Updated: 2010-12-31 16:06:44
    The domain seizures by the U.S. Government in November hit the sites affected badly, reducing their traffic to a trickle overnight. One of the sites, BitTorrent meta-search engine Torrent-Finder, is refusing to throw in the towel and shows how futile the seizure was. In addition to taking legal action to hopefully recover his .COM domain, the owner has been working hard using Google tools to regain lost traffic.

  • Morel Clears First Hurdle in Infringement Lawsuit for Tweeted Photos

    Updated: 2010-12-30 20:49:33
    Daniel Morel, a professional photographer, captured some of the first shots of the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Morel uploaded his earthquake photos on Twitpic and posted a link to them on his Twitter account. Lisandro Suero then copied Morel’s photos (without Morel’s knowledge or permission) and posted them on his Twitpic page and tweeted [...]

  • Become A Libertarian Economist And Women Will Write Love Songs About You

    Updated: 2010-12-29 21:11:13
    This girl really, really, really likes Frederich Hayek:

  • Top 10 Most Shared Movies on BitTorrent

    Updated: 2010-12-27 08:57:01
    The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'TRON: Legacy' tops the chart this week, followed by 'Inception'. 'The Tourist' completes the top three.

  • LeechMonster Downloads Torrents For You This Christmas

    Updated: 2010-12-25 14:39:12
    LeechMonster is a new service that allows users to download torrents directly to their PC through a remote server, without having to fire up a BitTorrent client. For many people this will reduce download times significantly. TorrentFreak readers have the honor of testing the service for free this Christmas.

  • Happy Holidays!

    Updated: 2010-12-24 18:00:46
    Daniel Morel, a professional photographer, captured some of the first shots of the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Morel uploaded his earthquake photos on Twitpic and posted a link to them on his Twitter account. Lisandro Suero then copied Morel’s photos (without Morel’s knowledge or permission) and posted them on his Twitpic page and tweeted [...]

  • Photoverse – New App Gives You Latest in Photo News, including Photo Attorney Blog!

    Updated: 2010-12-23 17:17:55
    Photoverse is an iPhone/iPad application that collects photograph-related news and blog posts for photographers.  Photographers can keep up with the latest events while also sharing articles on social media networks. The Photo Attorney blog is one of the many included with the app. The guys at Photoverse have been kind enough to share five free [...]

  • What.CD BitTorrent Tracker Breaks A Million Torrents

    Updated: 2010-12-22 21:03:45
    What.CD is not your ordinary BitTorrent tracker. The three year old site is most of all a community of audiophiles and music fanatics, and one that has built one of the largest music catalogues that ever existed. Today, What.CD saw the upload of its millionth torrent, an absolute record for a private BitTorrent tracker. TorrentFreak discusses this milestone with the site's founder, who is far from done.

  • Best of 2010 – Photo Shelter’s Favorite Photo Blog Posts of the Year

    Updated: 2010-12-22 16:31:24
    Several of the Photo Attorney articles and blogs entries were honored as Photo Shelter’s Favorite Photo Blog Posts of the Year! Is a “Property Release” Required for Use of Photo… | Carolyn E. Wright, The Photo Attorney Top 10 Misconceptions about Photography and the Law… | Martha Blanchfield w. Carolyn E. Wright, WPPI Online Protect [...]

  • Quote Of The Day

    Updated: 2010-12-22 00:51:02
    Just remember folks: if you ever see police officers drowning, get thee to a store pronto and buy life jackets before you attempt a rescue. It’s the law. Context

  • Pirate Bay Supreme Court Appeal “Should Consider ISP Liability”

    Updated: 2010-12-21 10:45:25
    Late November, the Swedish Appeal Court found three people behind The Pirate Bay guilty of copyright infringement offenses. They were handed prison sentences and ordered to pay millions of dollars in damages. One of the defendants, Carl Lundström, has just filed his appeal and says that among other things, the Supreme Court should consider ISP liability.

  • Top 10 Most Shared Movies on BitTorrent

    Updated: 2010-12-20 08:49:13
    The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'Inception' tops the chart this week, followed by 'The Social Network'. 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' completes the top three.

  • Last Minute Gifts for the Photographer

    Updated: 2010-12-17 17:40:21
    Looking for some last minute gifts for your favorite photographer (you or someone else)?  Check these: - Alaska Bears Photography Workshop (Lake Clark National Park, Alaska) August 20-26, 2011 (Only two spots left!) - Forms for Photographers The right contract can make or break your business.  While hiring an attorney to create a customized contract for your [...]

  • Mavrix Photo Sues Daily Mail for Copyright Infringement

    Updated: 2010-12-15 15:42:40
    Official Press Release: One LLP, a Newport Beach and Santa Monica intellectual property and entertainment litigation firm, has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit on behalf of its client, Mavrix Photo, Inc. against the Daily Mail of London. “This is a case of repeated infringement of numerous photographs of celebrities that belong to our client and a seven figure case given [...]

  • Failed Pirate Bay Buyout Blamed for Global Gaming Factory Going Bust, Again

    Updated: 2010-12-15 00:37:30
    After more than a year of flirting with torrent sites, including the now infamous attempts to buy The Pirate Bay, the perilous financial position of Hans Pandeya's Global Gaming Factory X has reached a peak. Two creditors, who are together owed more than $220,000, have demanded that the courts immediately put the company into bankruptcy. GGF's overall debts are thought to be at least double that.

  • A Snapshot of the Public BitTorrent Landscape

    Updated: 2010-12-14 21:32:08
    In a few months BitTorrent will celebrate its tenth anniversary, and in these years it has become the preferred technology to share files online. Today we document a piece of BitTorrent history with one of the most elaborate overviews of the files currently available on public trackers.

  • Wisdom Teeth Pulled, Out For A Few Days, Please Email Me Instead Of Calling

    Updated: 2010-12-13 18:17:52
    I can't chat for the next 2-3 days so if you need to reach me, please send me an email. I am still online but it may day a bit longer for me to get back to you than usual. Later in the week I will be back to answering the phone 24x7. Thanks.

  • Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent

    Updated: 2010-12-13 11:44:10
    The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'Legend Of The Guardians' tops the chart this week, followed by 'Inception'. 'Devil' completes the top three.

  • Help-Portrait™ 2010 – South Lake Tahoe

    Updated: 2010-12-11 22:12:42
    Help-Portrait™ is a community of photographers across the world using their photography skills to give back to their local community.  A group of us in South Lake Tahoe had a great time during the 2010 event held last Saturday.  Thanks to the entire SLT team, especially Carol Colvin of Studio 2c Photography, our fearless leader!

  • Truly Decentralized BitTorrent Downloading Has Finally Arrived

    Updated: 2010-12-08 21:26:25
    BitTorrent is a great technology to share files both quickly and efficiently, but like most other P2P-technologies it has an Achilles' heel. The download process relies in part on central servers that can crash or go offline for a variety of reasons. To address this vulnerability the first truly decentralized BitTorrent/P2P client has been developed, meaning that no central trackers, or even BitTorrent search engines are required to download movies, software and music.

  • Update on Lawsuit Against Photographer for Photo of Sculpture

    Updated: 2010-12-08 05:07:50
    Mike Hipple continues his attempts to defend the claim by Jack Mackie for taking and licensing a photo of Mackie’s sculpture.  The background of the case is reported in my February 3, 2010 blog entry. As part of litigation, many courts require or at least allow the parties to mediate the case in an effort [...]

  • Call For Speakers Now Open For 2011 Streaming Media East and CDN Summit

    Updated: 2010-12-08 05:01:00
    The call for speakers is now open for the 2011 Streaming Media East show, May 10th-11th in NYC and the Content Delivery Summit, taking place the day before on May 9th, 2011. If you are interested in being considered as a speaker or presenter, please submit a request via the show website. The deadline to submit is the end of...

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