Mininova goes legit. Remove all pirated media torrents!

Mininova goes legit. Remove all pirated media torrents!
Mininova has been one of the most popular torrent search engines on the web.

This is going to change now.
Mininova has removed all torrents related to pirated digital media content from their website.
The service is now hosting legitimate torrent files.
They had to take this drastic step after they [...]

The Pirate Bay is back in Google Search Engine

The Pirate Bay is back in Google Search Engine
Google has admitted that The Pirate Bay website was removed from their index because of their own mistake.
The search engine giant said in a statement: “Google received a (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) take-down request that erroneously listed Thepiratebay.org, and as a result, this URL was [...]

The Pirate Bay homepage disappears from Google SERPS

The Pirate Bay homepage disappears from Google SERPS
Google has apparently removed some of the front-end pages of the torrent search engine The Pirate Bay from their search engine.
The company did this to comply with a DMCA complaint.
However, inner pages of the Pirate Bay can still be discovered using Google search.

Google had this [...]

Pirate Party of Canada launches Captain Tracker!

Pirate Party of Canada launches Captain Tracker!
Pirate Party of Canada has announced the launch of their own private tracker.
They are using this tracker to promote artists who wants to release their content through creative commons.
The aim of this tracker is to show that the bittorrent technology is not just used for online [...]

Blank: A movie that premiers for free online

Blank: A movie that premiers for free online
Blank is a new movie that is creating news. The movie is being released for free online.
Blank is directed by Rick L. Winters. It would also be available on sale on DVD in the market at a later stage.
The movie has been made by Annodam [...]

Google launches internet testing tools at Measurementlab.net

Google launches internet testing tools at Measurementlab.net
Search engine giant Google has announced their involvement in a project that helps the user to find out whether their ISP is interfering with their web connectivity.
The company is providing a variety of tools which can be used to diagnose your network connection.
These tools are available on [...]

Netgear Internet TV Player is an interesting device

Netgear Internet TV Player is an interesting device
Networking hardware manufacturer Netgear has announced their latest product named Internet TV Player.
Netgear Internet TV Player is a set top box attachment for television sets. It is designed to play streaming media content from the web.
It support video sharing services like YouTube, Google Video and [...]

China blocked access to torrent sites for sometime?

China blocked access to torrent sites for sometime?
TorrentFreak is reporting that China blocked local traffic to torrent sites in the country.
The users trying to visit the BitTorrent sites were redirected to a popular search engine Baidu.com.
Some of the sites which were affected include: VeryCD, Mininova, isoHunt and The Pirate Bay.
The problem seems to be fixed [...]

isoHunt sues Canadian Recording Industry Association over legality of torrent search

isoHunt sues Canadian Recording Industry Association over legality of torrent search
isoHunt is one of the largest BitTorrent file search engine on the web.
The people behind this web service have now filed a lawsuit against the CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association).
They aim to find out the court’s point of view regarding the legality of torrent [...]

Britain to get strict with file sharing internet users

Britain to get strict with file sharing internet users
Six of the biggest internet service providers are joining hands with the music and movie industry to tackle internet piracy in Britain.
The ISPs would now send warning letters to the customers who are involved in illegal file sharing on the web.
Analysts claim that as many as [...]

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