Studios Attack BitTorrent
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The Motion Picture Association of America is retargeting its legal battle against file swappers by launching attacks against the server operators behind the BitTorrent and eDonkey services.
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The company behind BitTorrent is partnering with more movie studios today, in an effort to make its service commercially viable. Meanwhile, its CEO Bram Cohen states he's not leaving the company, contrary to rumors.
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In a surprise move this week, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has launched a multi-pronged legal attack on movie downloaders.
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As Comcast ignores reality The arm's race continues. Unhappy that Comcast is busting BitTorrents, BitTorrent has decided to bust this BitTorrent busting.â¦
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A judge ruled against the BitTorrent site in its case against the MPAA this week, accusing it of tampering with evidence.
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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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Technology News, A trade group representing seven major movie studios filed a first wave of lawsuits against individuals they say are offering pirated copies of films using peer-to-peer file-sharing programs.
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Draconian actions from Hollywood and the recording industry have tech in its crosshairs, says Network World's Mark Gibbs. And if you think their efforts only target so-called pirates, you're just not paying attention.
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LOS ANGELES - Movie studios have expanded their fight against illegal downloading, suing more than 100 US and European-based computer services that transmit movie files across Internet file-sharing networks.
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SourceForge complies with a DMCA notice to remove open-source software designed to help you rip HD DVDs. But was it really infringing copyright? In 27Bstroke6.
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Founders of TorrentSpy, a BitTorrent search-engine and tracker-hosting site currently under legal assault from Hollywood studios, have launched a new company called FileRights designed to help copyright owners keep their content from being shared or indexed online, the new company announced Monday.
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The file-sharing software company  has a new platform for crystal-clear, high-definition videos over BitTorrent. Those blurry, pixelated videos on YouTube may soon be a relic of the past. By Michael Calore.
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The file swapping network BitTorrent has lost most, if not all, of its Hub connections. The quick change in status is believed to be directly correlated with the MPAA threats of legal action if the network continued to operate.
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The Motion Picture Ass. of America (MPAA) will today launch a legal attack on BitTorrent users in a bid to prevent ripped DVDs being shared across the network.
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BitTorrent, the popular file-sharing system, announced several deals on Wednesday with major movie studios and content producers, moving the service still to mainstream acceptance.
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A London security analyst working with the open source group GNUCitizen has discovered a potentially serious exploit that could affect users of the Firefox browser and Apple's QuickTime movie and music player - especially iTunes customers - on Windows XP-based machines. BetaNews tested and verified the severity of the exploit.
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The update for the popular Windows BitTorrent client includes serious bug fixes, new encryption options and handy bandwidth controls. In Monkey Bites.