The-RealWorld Removes eDonkey2000 Links - August 24, 2005 The-RealWorld, an eDonkey2000 indexing site, has been forced offline for the time being. Sony Frees Entire Music Catalog on PlayLouder ISP - August 23, 2005 Sony OKs the free and unrestricted distribution of its entire catalog on PlayLouder's ISP broadband network - but there's just one small catch. Piracy and the Workplace - August 22, 2005 Over half of college and university graduates feel it’s OK to download copyrighted material at the workplace. | Skype Surges Forward - August 21, 2005 The P2P telephony network continues to grow in popularity. DVD Shrink Discontinued - Sort of - August 17, 2005 The website hosting DVD Shrink has posted an ominous message regarding the fate of this popular utility. OpenNap – A Domain of P2P Community - August 16, 2005 If you're wondering what P2P was like in during the "good ol' days", a venture into OpenNap can easily provide this experience. Music Industry: Small Furry Animals Biggest Threat - August 15, 2005 Seemingly unable to figure out exactly what is causing people to dislike CDs, our dear forest friends are now the latest music industry targets. Peer Imact Brings Balance - August 11, 2005 Peer Impact, one of the many emerging "legal" P2P networks, will increase payments to independent artists to match the major labels. eDonkey2000 Dethrones BitTorrent for Video Distribution - August 10, 2005 BitTorrent's days as the eminent king of the P2P appears in transition, according to a new study by CacheLogic. |
| Studios mine P2P logs to sue swappers - August 25 - Hollywood studios filed a new round of lawsuits against file swappers on Thursday, for the first time using peer-to-peer companies' own data to track down individuals accused of trading movies online. ZDNet - 12 responses Pearl Jam to offer 'bootleg' downloads - August 25 - Hours after their completion, full concerts from the group's fall tour will be available for $9.99 as DRM-free 192K MP3s, whose bit rate is almost 50 percent higher than the standard. News.com - 2 responses Sixty Chinese Internet Companies to Curb Music Piracy - August 25 - More than 230 Chinese Internet companies have received letters of intent on infringement of music copyright, after cases of online music piracy were filed this year. ChinaKnowledge.com - 1 response HP preps pirate-fighting projector - August 25 - Hewlett-Packard is developing a projection technology designed to foil camcorder-outfitted pirates in movie theaters, according to a board member. News.com - 10 responses Just enough piracy - August 25 - Reflections on why the quest to eliminate piracy may be misguided at its core. The Long Tail - 5 responses Movies plan move on pirates - August 24 - The movie industry may consider prosecuting internet users who download pirated copies of Hollywood blockbusters, warning it will take pirates to court if consumers "migrate to illegal downloads en masse". Australian IT - 15 responses | BitTorrent Moves Infrastructure to 365 Main's Data Center - August 24 - 365 Main, the Bay Area's safest, most secure and reliable data center, today announced BitTorrent, a Bay Area content distribution company, had chosen 365 Main's data center to host its company infrastructure. BitTorrent chose 365 Main for its accessible location, quality of service and intelligently designed building structure. MarketWire - 1 response UsenetServer Statistics... - August 23 - Here some fun news for you. Ever wanted to know how much UsenetServer transfered during the last weekend of July in which they opened a public test account? Well UsenetServer gave us some pretty cool statistics.... Filesplit.org - Discuss in Forums Windows Got Ya Down? Try a Remix - August 23 - Remixed versions of Windows abound on file-sharing networks, supercharged with the latest security patches, tools and applications. Pirated copies of Microsoft's OS have existed as long as chintzy PC owners themselves. But now pirates are doing more than just cracking Windows -- they claim to be improving it. Wired News - 14 responses Sony, Toshiba give up on unified DVD format-paper - August 23 - Groups headed by Toshiba Corp. and Sony Corp. offering competing technologies for next-generation DVDs have given up efforts to develop a unified format, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Tuesday. Reuters Business Channel - 3 responses Ask Jeeves Interested in Grouper File Sharing - August 23 - Om Malik spills the beans that Ask Jeeves is looking into acquiring Grouper the peer to peer file sharing social network. Om sees the acquisition as a channel for Ask Jeeves to bundle its download offerings as well as show its new sponsored search advertisements. Search Engine Journal - 1 response Warner Music readies CD-free 'e-label' - August 22 - Warner Music Group is creating a new music-distribution mechanism that will rely on digital downloads instead of compact discs. Edgar Bronfman Jr., Warner Music's chairman and CEO, said Monday that the new mechanism will be called an "e-label," in which artists will release music in clusters of three songs every few months rather than a CD every few years. News.com - 2 responses |
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