uTorrent 2.0 To Elimininate The Need For ISP Throttling
torrentfreak.com 27 days ago — ISPs have been throttling BitTorrent traffic for years already. Although the true reasons for this are not always clear, some ISPs have argued that a high number of BitTorrent connections are slowing down other applications and traffic. In early ...

IFPI: 2.8 Million File-Sharers Break Law Daily In Sweden
torrentfreak.com 10/13/2009 — There can be little doubt that Sweden is one of the most file-sharing aware countries in the world. The dramas surrounding The Pirate Bay and other file-sharing operations, coupled with the dramatic successes of the Pirate Party, means that there can ...

BitTorrent May Kill Zombieland Sequel, Writer Claims
torrentfreak.com 17 days ago — Yesterday we wrote about the makers of the film Ink, who thanked piracy for promoting their film. “We’ve embraced the piracy and are just happy Ink is getting unprecedented exposure,” they said. Ink was downloaded more than 400,000 ...

RIAA Anti-Piracy Partner Clueless About BitTorrent
torrentfreak.com 30 days ago — In January we introduced DtecNet as the RIAA’s new evidence collecting outfit, replacing MediaSentry whose evidence gathering techniques have been highly criticized by experts. The Danish company is not limiting its services to the RIAA ...

TaffyBox Combines BitTorrent Search And Web Download
techcrunch.com 10/26/2009 — An email announcing TaffyBox hit our inbox this morning. It’s yet-another-BitTorrent service, but there’s a hook that makes it a really nice choice for the casual BitTorrent user – easy search combined with a Java applet BitTorrent ...

File-sharers in the UK may be cut off from web | Electronista
macnn.com 9/15/2009 — The UK government has introduced new measures in its Digital Britain report that could see individuals who illegally share copyrighted files have their Internet service cut off, says a Tuesday report . These proposed changed would give regulator ...

BBC NEWS | Technology | UK file-sharers to be 'cut off'
news.bbc.co.uk 8/25/2009 — The government has published new measures that could see people who illegally download films and music cut off from the net. The amendment to the Digital Britain report would see regulator Ofcom given greater powers to tackle pirates. The technical ...

The Pirate Bay Tracker Shuts Down for Good
torrentfreak.com 12 days ago — In the fall of 2003, a group of friends from Sweden decided to launch a BitTorrent tracker named ‘ The Pirate Bay ’. It soon became one of the largest BitTorrent trackers on the Internet, coordinating the downloads of more than 25 million peers at its height. Despite this success, The Pirate ...

uTorrent Userbase Grows, Vuze takes a Dive
torrentfreak.com 10/19/2009 — BitTorrent is by far the leading file-sharing technology, with millions of people using the protocol every day. Every two months we take a look at the market share of various BitTorrent clients to see if there are interesting trends emerging.  ...

Bram Cohen To Deliver BitTorrent Live Streaming
torrentfreak.com 9/17/2009 — The online video streaming revolution has hugely increased the use of bandwidth by individual consumers. At the same time it’s also resulting in huge bandwidth bills for streaming sites such as YouTube. Thus far the demand for video continues ...