Hollywood Wants BitTorrent Dead
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Hollywood movie studios on Tuesday launched new legal action against operators of sites that help connect people to movies on two major peer-to-peer filesharing networks.
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BitTorrent is a wonderful way to download files with greater reliability than other conventional means, but of course that means that it is used greatly for piracy... apparently.
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StreamCast has formally asked the US Supreme Court to reject the request made by the Motion Picture Ass. of America (MPAA) and Recording Industry Ass.
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A new device capable of detecting and throttling encrypted BitTorrent traffic hits the shelves. The game of cat and mouse between ISPs and BitTorrent users continues. In Monkey Bites.
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In its continuing effort to move away from its roots as a popular method for the decentralized transfer of pirated content, BitTorrent said Monday it had launched a new content network with the help of several television and movie studios.
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KaZaa is still finding themselves in court, explaining what&#39;s going on, and Hollywood is already finding a new target: BitTorrent.
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Major movies studios to announce fresh crackdown on illegal downloads, according to a news report. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The Motion Picture Association of America is expected to announce a new campaign aimed
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While Congresspeople have recently been quite vocal about their opposition to file sharing services, at least one has presented a contrarian view: Fair use promoter Rep. Rick Boucher (D - Va.) said in a CNET interview that Comcast should lay off BitTorrent.
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Use of a peer-to-peer program called BitTorrent is way up--and that could be bad news for opponents of file sharing.
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LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) - Taking a cue from the recording industry, Hollywood film studios said Thursday they would start suing those who pirate their movies online.
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Contracts my dear boy, contracts One of the key benefits for BitTorrrent users around the world, was the parity that it achieved in bringing US content to a global audience, albeit mostly in pirated works. Now the new legal BitTorrent service, launched with fanfare this week, received an almost unanimous thumbs down for being unoriginal and unexciting, and that key benefit has been at least temporarily removed.â¦
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House-arrest Ubuntu fan left staring at Windows A BitTorrent admin convicted of uploading movie files is being forced to ditch Linux if he wants to use his PC.â¦
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Hollywood movie studios on Tuesday stepped up their fight against internet piracy by pursuing lawsuits against people in the US and Europe who operate servers that relay
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Last week, BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen was rumored to be leaving the company he co-founded -- just as it landed big distribution deals with Hollywood. Can the rumors be true? What's in store for online file-sharing? Michael Calore snags an exclusive interview.
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In the latest volley of the file-sharing wars, the movie and music industries have filed a petition asking the US Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court decision that favored Grokster and StreamCast Networks, the makers of software that allow
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Those who illegally download movies and music could have their Internet service cut off under a forthcoming recommendation that could be used to craft legislation.
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Two major torrent sites have announced plans to start filtering their search results in an effort to block copyrighted content, and to avoid the need to shut down their services.