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File-sharing is now recognized as an official religion in Sweden. The Church of Kopimism has been approved by authorities after several attempts to do so.A group of pirates in Sweden have been trying to get official status in the hope that it will make copying, as in distributing, modifying and sharing content freely... |
5 January 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Martin S., a 27-year-old man, the one considered to be the “main admin” of the defunct Kino.to movie streaming portal, was sentenced to 3 years in jail, the authorities confiscating his house, a car and bank accounts.
Many individuals were arrested, some of which were already imprisoned, for running the ... |
12 December 2011
07:50 GMT |
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Law enforcement officials from Germany, Switzerland and Hungary raided a few locations that they believed to belong to a couple of piracy groups that were known to leak as many as 2,600 motion pictures, some of which even before they were officially released.
CRUCiAL and iNSPiRED are the gangs targeted by the intern... |
8 December 2011
10:25 GMT |
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The file-sharing world came under a bit of a shock last week when LimeWire effectively shut down. While the move should have come as no surprise to anyone, LimeWire has lost several lawsuits and was ordered to shut down previously, the story proved quite popular. The fact that millions of users suddenly found themsel... |
1 November 2010
11:05 GMT |
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According to the Boy Genius Report, iPhone OS 4.0 has a new File Sharing feature that allows one to transfer and sync files directly between the iPhone and a computer. Other new findings are detailed in the report, including media player widgets, some changes to multitasking, and an orientation lock built in the soft... |
6 May 2010
03:01 GMT |
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Officially introduced yesterday, Dropbox Anywhere features support for new mobile devices and platforms, as well as new developer capabilities, the app's creators have announced. Dropbox Anywhere makes documents and media available across the entire set of devices a given user accesses in the course of a day. W... |
5 May 2010
06:29 GMT |
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Originally developed by Eric Petit, Transmission is a BitTorrent client similar to the popular Vuze. The peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing application has select code licensed under the liberal MIT License, but is generally licensed under the GNU General Public License. The program boasts a simple, intuitive interface ... |
21 January 2010
05:04 GMT |
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Online illegal file-sharing is always a hot topic and the big media companies are doing their best to keep it in the spotlight. But for all their talk of protecting their business and the artists' rights, their anti-piracy fight boils down to what can only be described as a form of extortion. And after the prac... |
28 November 2009
07:56 GMT |
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LimeWire X is a free P2P file-sharing program that uses the Java platform to locate files, as well as share files. It is one of the few solutions of its kind for the Mac, and it’s compatible with all major platforms. The program’s open source code was developed (in part) by a devoted programmer community.... |
13 November 2009
06:45 GMT |
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Lime Wire LLC has released a new version of what the company calls “the fastest P2P program on the planet.” The 5.4.0 release is a major one, with tons of new features (Mac-specific too), as well as various tweaks and bug fixes well worth the savvy user’s attention. So, here’s the full breakdo... |
30 October 2009
08:04 GMT |
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FileZilla, the fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client, has received an update recently. Version 3.2.7 for Mac OS X is freely available for download right here on Softpedia. Among the enhancements included with this release, version 3.2.7 makes external address resolver IPv6-aware, and resolves cor... |
14 August 2009
04:25 GMT |
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A second trial of RIAA's case against single mother Jammie Thomas-Rasset has concluded today with the jury awarding record statutory damages of $1.92 million for 24 songs she made available over the file-sharing network Kazaa. The sum amounts to $80,000 per song and the woman has stated that she has no intention... |
19 June 2009
10:35 GMT |
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There have been several proposed solutions to piracy in Europe and none of them have been met with too much enthusiasm either from users or experts. A “three strikes” system has been talked about and even introduced in France but the UK government said recently that it had “all but ruled [it] out,&r... |
5 June 2009
07:30 GMT |
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IFPI, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, makes new efforts in its fight against illegal file-sharing services announcing that it plans to sue a Swedish ISP which refused to support its move. Unfortunately, the name of the ISP was not disclosed. TorrentFreak reports that one of the local Intern... |
5 May 2008
06:53 GMT |
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As part of their efforts to stop illegal file-sharing, the Motion Picture Association and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry have announced a new campaign that would attempt to convince the Chinese users that illegal file-sharing must be avoided. The two organizations will distribute 300,000 bo... |
25 April 2008
07:33 GMT |
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