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MegaUpload's storage providers could wipe user data on Thursday
- The data of around 50 million MegaUpload users stored on servers from third party storage providers could be erased as early as Thursday, despite claims by the file sharing company’s lawyers that doing so would compromise their ability to defend…
The Pirate Bay: you'll download your own shoes in 20 years
- The Pirate Bay has been a thorn in the side of big media companies for years, and though there's no end in sight for their battles over piracy, the controversial site is already looking at the next frontier of copying…
Witcher 2 developer apologizes for pay-or-else scheme
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More than a year after announcing its legal assault against pirates of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, developer CD Projekt Red is rethinking its approach. In November 2010, the studio said it was prepared to track and threaten folks allegedly caught torrenting The Witcher 2...
BitTorrent launches free personal file-swapping service
- BitTorrent just released a new cloud storage and file-sharing service that's set to rival YouSendIt, MegaUpload and the like. Simply called "Share", the new service combines BitTorrent peer-to-peer technology with Amazon's EC2 and S3 to store any type of file…
File sharing recognized as an official religion in Sweden
- File sharing has officially been recognized as a religion by the Swedish government agency Kammarkollegiet. The Church of Kopimism reportedly applied for religious status three times over the course of more than a year before finally succeeding just before Christmas,…
Court upholds missing Pirate Bay founder's prison sentence, fine
- Pirate Bay cofounder Gottfrid Svartholm will face the Stockholm District Court's original punishment after failing to appeal its decision. In 2009, the Swedish court slapped the four founders with one-year prison sentences and a collective $4.4 million fine. Last November,…
First BitTorrent certified TV announced, more devices coming
- Turkish HDTV manufacturer Vestel has announced the world's first Bittorrent certified HDTV, which will allow users to download, share and playback media files directly from their Internet connected television set. Not much is known about the device itself, except that…
Over 200,000 BitTorrent users sued for file sharing in the U.S.
- The number of copyright infringement lawsuits in the United States against BitTorrent users seems to be accelerating at a phenomenal pace. In January we reported that almost 100,000 users were being targeted using the pay-up-or-else scheme, but a new statistic…
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