RIAA Profits Nearly $100 Million by Suing P2P Users
As of today, an estimated 18,337 Internet users have had suit filed against them by the RIAA for the alleged distribution of copyrighted materials.
I get these figures from a Janurary 2006 article at Slyck.com, in which Slyck states that as of January 31st there have been 16,837. Since then, in the month of February and [...]
Universal Media Disc ‘another Sony bomb’
Exactly a year after it was launched in the United States, the Sony PlayStation Portable’s days as a handheld movie-viewing device might be numbered.
Disappointing sales have slowed the flow of movies on the proprietary Universal Media Disc to a mere trickle. At least two major studios have completely stopped releasing movies on UMD, while others [...]
TorrentSpy Files Motion to Dismiss
TorrentSpy, as its name suggests, is a BitTorrent indexing site. Considering much of the terminology associated with file-sharing is rooted in little more than colloquialisms, the exact function of a “BitTorrent indexing site” is generally considered a “catalog” of available files – including movies. An indexer shouldn’t be confused with a tracker, which hosts the [...]
Germans face 2 years for p2p activity
GERMANS risk two years in prison if they illegally download films and music for private use under a new law agreed yesterday. Anybody who downloads films for commercial use could be jailed for up to five years.
The measures, some of the toughest in Europe, were announced after an aggressive campaign by the film industry in [...]
The Magic of Tribler – Social Networking
This is the second in a three part series of Tribler, a revolutionary new BitTorrent client servers to grace the BitTorrent community. The first story dealt with it’s installation and setup, and this is to cover what sets it apart from all others.
SOCIAL NETWORKING
COOPERATIVE DOWNLOADING
USER GROUPS
SOCIAL NETWORKING
What first [...]
Idea: AIM and P2P
In addition to writing for Zeropaid, I manage a project called IMCourier, a free plug-in that lets AIM and ICQ users check their away messages from the web. (Shameless plug, I know, but there’s a point to this.) We were contacted by AOL executives about a month before the release of Open AIM, a series [...]
Getting Started with Tribler
The BitTorrent community has watched numerous client servers come and go, each falling victim to people’s desire for the “latest and greatest” that comes along. It’s never because of some new revolutionizing feature or ability that causes people to choose another, but rather it’s usually for more simplistic reasons like memory usage or ease of [...]
BT Cracks Down on ‘Heavy Downloaders’
BT is cracking down on heavy Internet users who are habitually breaking its monthly download limit, suggesting that they either pay more or shop elsewhere for their Internet access.
BT has agreements in place with users of its ADSL broadband service that limit them to up to 40GB of downloads per month. However, although the incumbent [...]
StreamCast files RICO suit against Skype, KaZaA, and everyone inbetween
Anyone can sue anybody, and a lawsuit does not imply guilt but I’ve been informed that in documents fled in the U.S. District Court’s CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (Western Division – Los Angeles) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 2:06-cv-00391-FMC-E that back on January 20th StreamCast Networks, best known for their Peer to Peer technology, called [...]
Cnet compares Apple Cinema Display vs. Dell UltraSharp 3007WFP
A 17-inch LCD monitor is big enough for most people’s everyday computing needs. But for others, 17 inches simply will not do–nor will 19, 20, or 24 inches. Until recently, if you wanted a large screen to use with your computer, you’d have to buy a television that doubled as a monitor. That’s fine for [...]
