Archive for the ‘BitTorrent’ Category

Never heard of Httpshare? Now you have, thanks to the IFPI.

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

The IFPI, the RIAA of the UK, has convinced a judge to have Httpshare.com -- a torrent tracking site -- shut down. The site is located in Israel, and doesn't appear to be breaking any Israeli laws. Like many other sites, this site is simply a torrent search engine and ...

The Pirate Bay

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

The Pirate Bay is well-known for their BitTorrent tracking and is a very popular place for people to share music, movies, software, etc. In May of 2006, The Pirate Bay's Stockhole were raided and their servers were seized. The MPAA considered it a major victory and made sure everyone knew about ...

MediaDefender

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

As posted on SlashDot: "It looks like MediaDefender, in an effort to quell the explosion of negative publicity over its leaked email archive, has instead done the opposite and spread it even more widely. Ars Technica is reporting that MediaDefender has sent scary-lawyer letters to two popular BitTorrent sites, MegaNova and ...