Tag: file sharing

File Sharing Company Caffeinated Mind, Acquired By Facebook
Facebook has acquired Caffeinated Mind, a company that makes a P2P file transfer system called Sendroid. The company says it does so by "making transferring any size file between t...
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The Pirate Bay Has Officially Switched To Magnet Links
The Pirate Bay has been planning on moving from torrent files to magnet files for a while now. The chang...
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The Pirate Bay: RIAA Is Kid Screaming For Candy
The RIAA and The Pirate Bay are at it again. Both groups have fired at each other over blogs that paint each other in a negative light. Let’s watch the fireworks, shall we? Mit...
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Study: Piracy Does Not Harm U.S. Box Office Sales
Despite the claims of the MPAA and other supporters of SOPA and PIPA, file-sharing does not negatively impact box office sales in the U.S., according to a new study conducted by ec...
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Piracy Still Rampant After MegaUpload Takedown
Did anybody seriously think that the take down of MegaUpload would deter people from piracy? I didn’t...
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Ukraine File-Sharing Site Taken Down By Authorities
Authorities have taken down another popular file-sharing site that you’ve never heard of - it’s in the Ukraine....
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More Voters Worry About Censorship Than Piracy
In the midst of the ongoing controversy surrounding SOPA and PIPA, it may be wise to take a step back and see what the average voter thinks about issues like piracy and internet ce...
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Anonymous Creates MegaUpload Replacement
After the MegaUpload shut down and every other file sharing service...
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MegaUpload Take Down Affecting Other File Lockers
The MegaUpload take down and resulting all out Internet war with...
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SOPA and PIPA Bills Lack Common Sense
Did you know that a majority of new laws passed on our books in this country get passed via the efforts of special interest groups and lobbyists? What does that mean? It means a sm...
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NinjaVideo Founder Sentenced to 14 Months
The Department of Justice is on a roll - First MegaUpload, now NinjaVideo’s founder. Of course, as...
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SOPA Blackout: TorrentFreak ******s Its ******* In Protest
TorrentFreak is joining the, well, torrent of websites that are blacking out in protest of SOPA today. While some, like...
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EMI Sues Ireland For Not Blocking Pirates
EMI, one of the three big music companies and a vocal supporter of SOPA, has filed suit against the Republic of Ireland for fai...
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Piracy Uncovered At French President’s Palace
A new Russian website continues to prove a source of embarrassment for high-level opponents of music and movie downloading. The site, Yo...
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Megaupload Sues Universal Over Takedown of Viral Video
Popular file hosting site Megaupload has filed suit against Universal Music Group today over claims that UMG abused YouTube’s automated copyright infringement reporting system to t...
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