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File-Sharing Site Was A Year-Long Pirate Honeypot

A site founded by a former moderator of one of the most popular file-hosting and uploader hangouts has admitted today that his site was a…

October 24, 2013, 14:00 by Andy Maxwell

How NSA-Proof Are VPN Service Providers?

The privacy of Internet users has become an extremely hot topic this year, largely thanks to the revelations of whistleblower Edward Snowden. This has resulted…

October 23, 2013, 21:22 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

YouTube MP3 Converter Loses Court Battle But The Music Plays On

One of the world's largest sites dedicated to converting YouTube videos to downloadable MP3s has lost a court battle with representatives from the music industry.…

October 23, 2013, 12:55 by Andy Maxwell

Pirate Bay Downloaders Trolled By Movie Director’s Shaven Balls

One of the oldest tricks in the file-sharing world is to relabel material as something else in order to annoy downloaders. While many tactics have…

October 22, 2013, 21:38 by Andy Maxwell

Pirate Bay Founder Urges Sweden to Stop His Extradition (Updated)

Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm has sent an open letter to the Swedish Government urging it not to extradite him to Denmark next week. The…

October 22, 2013, 15:59 by Ernesto Van der Sar

VPN Provider Shuts Down After Lavabit Case Undermines Security

A VPN provider says that concerns it may be forced to hand over its encryption keys to United States authorities have led it to take…

October 22, 2013, 09:48 by Andy Maxwell

Piracy

isoHunt Shuts Down Early to Block Backup Plan

Torrent search engine isoHunt has prematurely and permanently shutdown today. To prevent the ArchiveTeam from making a full backup of the site, isoHunt decided to…

October 21, 2013, 22:29 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

Getting Sampled by Girl Talk Boosts Sales, Research Finds

An extensive study of the music sales of more than 350 tracks sampled on Girl Talk's album All Day suggests that "unauthorized" use actually boosts…

October 21, 2013, 16:23 by Ernesto Van der Sar

File-Sharing Site Was A Year-Long Pirate Honeypot

How NSA-Proof Are VPN Service Providers?

YouTube MP3 Converter Loses Court Battle But The Music Plays On

Pirate Bay Downloaders Trolled By Movie Director’s Shaven Balls

Pirate Bay Founder Urges Sweden to Stop His Extradition (Updated)

VPN Provider Shuts Down After Lavabit Case Undermines Security

isoHunt Shuts Down Early to Block Backup Plan

Getting Sampled by Girl Talk Boosts Sales, Research Finds

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