IsoHunt announces a partnership with Jamendo
Popular torrent search service IsoHunt has announced a collaboration with Jamendo.
Jamendo specializes in providing access to Creative Commons licensed music.
This deal has resulted in IsoHunt now offering more than 10,000 albums.
Laurent Kratz, CEO of Jamendo spoke about their collaboration with IsoHunt: Jamendo uses the Creative Commons licensing scheme to keep [...]
TorrentSpy.com told to pay $111 million to media companies
Motion Picture Association of America has now won a major lawsuit against the torrent search engine service TorrentSpy.com.
Incidentally, TorrentSpy has already closed their operations.
The service has been told to pay $30,000 per violation for nearly 3,700 illegal movies and TV show downloads.
MPAA said that this judgment would [...]
Demonoid is back online!
The popular BitTorrent service Demonoid is back online.
The service has been down since the last couple of months after it faced legal pressures in the country it was hosted.
The administrator of the service recently handled over the charge to another member who is now managing the service.
A message on the service stated:
The [...]
Comcast to remove file sharing control mechanisms
Comcast Corp. has now said that they would collaborate with BitTorrent to improve file sharing on their networks.
The internet service provider has been under a lot of pressure after it was revealed that they were tempering with some forms of internet traffic.
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin spoke about this new [...]
TorrentSpy closes down torrent search engine service
TorrentSpy has been one of the most popular search engine services for finding torrent files.
The people behind TorrentSpy have now announced that they are closing down the operations of the service globally.
A message on the website now states:
We have decided on our own, not due to any court order [...]
The Cult of Mac and The Cult of iPod now on BitTorrent
“The Cult of Mac” and “The Cult of iPod” are now available as a free download on the BitTorrent networks.
The torrent files were uploaded on the The Pirate Bay service by No Starch Press’ Bill Pollock. He said in a statement: “I think that [...]
Nine Inch Nails makes available their music for free
Nine Inch Nails has launched their latest album online. It is being provided as a free download.
They are encouraging their fans to share their music with their friends and relatives without worrying about committing piracy.
Their latest album is named Ghosts and it has been released under [...]
FCC to take action against ISPs tempering with internet usage
Federal regulators in the USA have said that they are now going to take action against the internet service providers who temper with the internet usage by their customers.
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said in a statement: “The commission is ready, willing and able to step in [...]
Mininova introduces streaming music from torrents
One of the largest torrent search engine out there Mininova has now launched a new feature which would enable the user to listen to music torrents through streaming.
They are using the technology provided by BitLet and it would work with any Java compatible web browser.
The service said that this new [...]
Sweden could charge the team running Pirate Bay
The Swedish government could charge the team behind the torrent search service Pirate Bay. The charges are related to being accessories in breaking copyright law.
Swedish Public prosecutor Hakan Roswall said in a statement that he would charge the service with accessory and conspiracy to break copyright law.
These [...]
