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File Sharing

Get a gift from BitTorrent for the holidays

These days, it seems like we're hearing less about torrents, but the technology is still alive and well, despite making less news. The company hopes to change that over the next couple of weeks as the holidays swiftly approach us.  The company made a very short announcement, letting everyone know about different packages of BitTorrent and uTorrent going for one

Shared.com Gives 100 GB of Storage Space

Shared Media have announced a new service where you can share files with others instantly - up to 100 GB in the freemium model with 2 GB upload cap.

BitTorrent Introduces Share at CES 2012

BitTorrent was original created to allow people to share large files over the Internet efficiently. In the last couple of years more and more people are sharing their digital media over the Internet with friends and family. Unfortunately because of the way things are currently setup they often have to compromise on quality. BitTorrent is attempting to solve this problem.

ACS Law Boss Fined By ICO

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office today announced that it was fining Andrew Crossley of the now defunct ACS Law £1,000 for failing to keep secure sensitive personal information about 6,000 people. The Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, was particularly critical saying, "The security measures ACS Law had in place were barely fit for purpose in a person’s home environment, let alone

The Limewire Shutdown Is Not The End Of the RIAA’s Problems

As you may have heard recently, Limewire has been ordered to finally shut its digital doors.  Yesterday, a federal judge granted the shutdown request from the RIAA after a ruling in their favor several months ago.  All searches, uploads and downloads through the client were ordered to stop.  It was, no doubt, quite a shock to users when they fired

Swiss Court Stops IP Gathering By Anti-Piracy Outfits

On September 8th Switzerland's Federal Supreme Court handed down a ruling which could shake up copyright holders around the world and probably scared the heck out of such outfits as the RIAA and MPAA. In a nutshell, the Federal Supreme Court ruled that IP addresses are personal information, and therefore, fall under the country's strict privacy laws, and may not