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NEWS ABOUT: BitTorrent

BitTorrent stories: 14 news summaries

New Software Can Delete Emails Permanently

Software scatters encryption keys among temporary BitTorrent nodes

Aug 5, 09 6:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Email is inherently insecure, because it has a long shelf-life—even deleted messages can be stored infinitely on the email service of the sender or recipient. Now a team of scientists is poised to unveil software later this month to make them disappear for keeps, reports the Economist. “Vanish”... More »

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email • BitTorrent • Internet security • computer security • P2P • mall security • encryption • message

Music Industry Hunts for Cash in Pirate Bay Sale

Trade group wants its chunk of $7.8M acquisition

Jul 16, 09 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The music industry wants its money back from those copyright vigilantes at Pirate Bay, and now it sees a decent chance to get it, reports CNET. An industry trade group plans to go after the $3.6 million in damages awarded by a Swedish court now that a software company... More »

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music industry • copyright • acquisition • Sweden • BitTorrent • The Pirate Bay • punitive damages

(Newser) - Last week’s guilty verdict against the Swedes behind the Pirate Bay filesharing site not only hasn’t shuttered the operation—it’s boosted support for the cause of free information, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The affiliated Pirate Party, which advocates for copyright reform, has doubled its membership just... More »

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Internet • political party • piracy • copyright • Sweden • BitTorrent • The Pirate Bay • ruling • Internet privacy

 Pirate Bay Founders Get 
 Jail, Fines for File Sharing 

File-sharing site team gets year in jail, must pay $3.6M to firms

Apr 17, 09 6:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a big win for the movie and music business, four men behind the file-sharing service The Pirate Bay, including its two founders, have been found guilty of making copyrighted files available for downloading, CNET reports. A Swedish court sentenced each to a year in jail; the men must also... More »

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entertainment • Sweden • BitTorrent • The Pirate Bay • torrents • copyright infringement

Pirate Bay Treasure: Total Web Encryption for Privacy

Project could protect all data exchanged between computers from prying eyes

Jul 10, 08 2:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The founders of hugely popular torrent site Pirate Bay have announced ambitious plans to develop technology to encrypt all web traffic to ensure users absolute privacy, reports NewTeeVee. "Transparent end-to-end encryption for the internet"—or IPETEE—would protect all information sent from or received by a PC, including... More »

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Internet • file sharing • BitTorrent • data • The Pirate Bay • encryption • Internet privacy

Swedish Police Crack Down on
File Sharing Site

But defiant Pirate Bay owners vow that
nothing will change

Feb 3, 08 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Swedish authorities have taken action to sink Pirate Bay, one of the world's most popular file-sharing site, by leveling charges of copyright infringement against four of its administrators, DailyTech reports. Prosecutors allege the site, which boasts almost 15 million users, exploits copyrighted material like music and movies by collecting some... More »

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Sweden • BitTorrent • The Pirate Bay • copyright infringement • Peter Sunde

FCC to Test 'Net Neutrality' in Comcast Case

Service provider faces investigation over claims of traffic-blocking

Jan 9, 08 12:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The Federal Communications Commission will investigate allegations Comcast hinders file sharing by blocking internet traffic for some users, the AP reports. Reports last year showed Comcast interfered with popular BitTorrent file-transfer protocol. Comcast has denied blocking data, rather claiming it delays such transfers to maximize network efficiency for all users.... More »

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Internet • investigation • Comcast • FCC • file sharing • BitTorrent • ISP • probe

Top 10 Startups to Watch In 2008

From a DNA decoder to mini-Googles

Dec 25, 07 6:46 AM CST
(Newser) - A web startup that checks your DNA for predisposition to a spectrum of disease - and finds you a date (23andMe); a GPS system that can thread its way around traffic (Dash);  A P2P download service that may revolutionize online video (BitTorrent); social networking designed for the workplace (LinkedIn);... More »

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BitTorrent • LinkedIn • Basecamp • Ruby on Rails • AdMob • Dash • Fon • Powerset • Slide • Spock • web traffic

Prince vs.
the Internet:
Round 2?

Pirate Bay admins, hounded by lawyers and tails, 'not worried'

Nov 19, 07 3:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Things are heating up for BitTorrent search site The Pirate Bay, as lawyers for Prince pressure advertisers to drop it and a Swedish prosecutor promises to sue site administrators. One admin tells Ars Technica that investigators driving cars with Danish license plates are following and photographing Pirate Bay operators --... More »

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music downloads • file sharing • BitTorrent • Prince • The Pirate Bay

FCC Put to Test Over Net Neutrality

Consumer groups lodge complaint against Comcast file sharing interference

Nov 1, 07 4:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Consumer groups and legal scholars filed a complaint with the FCC today asking the agency to fine Comcast for interfering with subscribers' file transfers. The case will be the first major indication of the FCC's actual stance on Net Neutrality. The petitions call on the FCC to fine Comcast $195,... More »

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Comcast • FCC • net neutrality • BitTorrent • ISP • Internet service providers

Comcast Blocking Lotus Notes

Oct 22, 07 11:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cable and Internet service giant Comcast is disrupting more than just BitTorrent traffic, reports Ars Technica. Tests by the Electronic Frontier Foundation show that Comcast customers using a growing list of apps may find their Net access slowed or denied. A Lotus Notes engineer, for example, discovered Notes emails sent... More »

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Comcast • file sharing • net neutrality • BitTorrent • P2P • Gnutella • Lotus Notes • Electronic Frontier Foundation • Public Knowledge

Cable, Telcos Killing US
Web Success
Says Pundit

Sees broadband providers' Luddite attitudes stifling growth, innovation

Oct 22, 07 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comcast’s recent disabling of big file uploads could lay waste to Silicon Valley’s media complex, says SiliconValleyWatcher’s Tom Foremski, injuring or killing Web 2.0 companies like YouTube or Facebook. Comcast's insistence that it isn’t contractually obligated to provide those companies’ services, he argues, is the... More »

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Google • YouTube • Comcast • cable TV • broadband Internet • Facebook • digital downloads • telecom • net neutrality • BitTorrent • telecommunications • web services

Comcast Blocks P2P File-Sharing

Company doesn't admit it, but AP tests show file-sharing deliberately slowed

Oct 20, 07 5:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comcast is deliberately preventing its customers from using file-sharing services like BitTorrent, eDonkey, and Gnutella, the AP reports. Thecountry's second-largest Internet service provider claims that it does not block "access" to P2P apps; that may be technically true. Tests by the AP showed that while downloads were unaffected, attempts... More »

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Comcast • file sharing • net neutrality • BitTorrent • P2P • peer to peer • eDonkey • Gnutella

File-sharing Felon Forced to Use Windows

Man must either ditch Linux or ditch his computer

Aug 24, 07 6:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - An individual convicted of operating an illegal BitTorrent site shut down by the FBI will be forced to either make the switch from Linux to Windows or give up his computer altogether, ZDNet reports. Scott McCausland had previously been a user of the Ubuntu OS, a popular open-source Linux variant,... More »

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Windows • file sharing • BitTorrent • Linux • Scott McCausland • Ubuntu OS • felon

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