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Military Intelligence Used to Shutdown BitTorrent Site
Written on 8 Jun, 2009 at 13:05 in Featured, Technology | viewed 179 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
This week police and anti-piracy groups moved to close down a very large BitTorrent tracker. With 250,000 users, Snowtigers was possibly the largest French tracker. According to reports, police arrested 10 members of staff and seized more than 20 servers, after the military assisted in locating the operators. SnowTigers had other servers located outside France, namely at LeaseWeb in The Netherlands and Netelligent in Canada. The status of those servers is unclear. Full Story : TorrentFreak.com…
Hackers Target Pirate Bay Prosecution Law Firm
Written on 30 Apr, 2009 at 0:55 in Featured, Technology | viewed 289 views times and users have made 1 comment so far
During the Pirate Bay trial Monique Wadsted represented several major movie studios and called for a “very significant” prison sentence for the defendants. This didn’t go down particularly well with some Pirate Bay supporters and now, in a retaliatory move, a few of them have now taken down her law firm’s website. Full Story : Torrentfreak.com…..
Pirate Bay Judge Accused of Bias, Calls for a Retrial
Written on 23 Apr, 2009 at 10:59 in Featured, Technology | viewed 179 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
One of the biggest cases in file-sharing history ended last week with The Pirate Bay Four sentenced to huge fines and jail time. Today it is revealed that far from being impartial, the judge in the case is a member of pro-copyright groups - along with Henrik Pontén, Monique Wadsted and Peter Danowsky. There are loud calls for a retrial. Full Story : Torrentfreak.com……
Court jails Pirate Bay founders
Written on 17 Apr, 2009 at 12:25 in Featured, Technology | viewed 195 views times and users have made 1 comment so far
A court in Sweden has jailed four men behind The Pirate Bay (TPB), the world’s most high-profile file-sharing website, in a landmark case. They were also ordered to pay $4.5m (£3m) in damages. The damages were awarded to a number of entertainment companies, including Warner Bros, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI, and Columbia Pictures. Full Story : BBC.co.uk…
Mininova Adds Another Billion Torrent Downloads
Written on 12 Apr, 2009 at 19:36 in Featured, Technology | viewed 466 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Mininova, one of the world’s most visited BitTorrent sites, broke another download record today. Just a few hours ago the download counter displayed a staggering 8,000,000,000 downloads. That’s enough for everyone on planet earth to have one - and then some. Full Story : Torrentfreak.com………