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Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

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Wikipedia DVD Released on BitTorrent

TorrentFreak - Oct 24, 2008

Today, the latest edition of the Wikipedia school edition has been released by SOS Children’s Villages, a charity organization that aims to help orphans and vulnerable children worldwide. The 08/09 edition can be …

Tagged: wikipedia, bittorrent, web stuff, hot off the press, sos children

Sweden to Introduce Controversial Anti-Piracy Law

TorrentFreak - Oct 23, 2008

Sweden, home of The Pirate Bay and the most active pro-piracy lobbyists and politicians, is drafting a new law that would make it easier to go after individuals who share copyrighted files on filesharing networks such …

Tagged: piracy, bittorrent, sweden, copyright issues, anti piracy gangs, hot off the press, politics and ideology

How to Bring Dead Torrents Back to Life

TorrentFreak - Oct 23, 2008

Eventually, particularly when trying to download old torrents, most BitTorrent users find themselves with a transfer which stops due to the swarm having no seeds, not enough peers to cover the full release, or the …

Tagged: bittorrent, tutorial and 038 how to, bittorrent tracker, p2p and filesharing, dead torrents, btreannouncer

Tackling College Piracy: At What Cost?

TorrentFreak - Oct 22, 2008

The Higher Education Opportunity (HEO) Act of 2008 requires US Universities and Colleges to undertake measures to reduce piracy, and go after students who use filesharing networks to share copyrighted files. A recent …

Tagged: education, study, legal issues, cost, all, copyright issues, hot off the press, tackling college piracy

‘Shocking’ 61% of all Upstream Internet Traffic is P2P

TorrentFreak - Oct 21, 2008

Sandvine, best known for manufacturing the hardware that slowed down BitTorrent users on Comcast, has released an Internet traffic trends report today. The report shows that, on average, P2P traffic is responsible for …

Tagged: p2p, bittorrent, traffic shaping, tor rant, sandvine