Pirate Bay Documentary Reaches Fundraising Goal
Posted on: September 01, 2010
Pirate Bay on screen
Posted on: September 01, 2010
Pirate Bay will become a documentary subject in the idea of a Swedish filmmaker. ??Simon Klose wants to create a documentary called TPB AFK about the three founders of the site, and their reactions to being found guilty of being accessory to crime against copyright law and fined about $3.6 million.
The director has already begun to record and with the help of Kickstarter in three days, he raised nearly $30,000 on to pay for a professional editor and use of an editing suite in putting together what he described as a “complex story”.
The documentary’s name is a reference to how the site’s founders had to confront reality: “AFK is computer slang for being offline, so TPB AFK is the story about a group of people in a?digital community?who, at times, are forced to leave the internets and deal with life offline — away from keyboard.”
The movie will be released once the appeal is over with the conclusion of the story of the Pirate Bay’s lawsuit, however it ends. Although it’ll be mostly in Swedish, there’ll be subtitles openly available for people who want to translate them. It’ll be available free in Ogg Theora on BitTorrent, and it’ll also be purchasable on DVD for, Klose says, “people who wish to support the filmmakers”.
http://www.p2pon.com/2010/09/01/pirate-bay-on-screen/ Post LinkA New Textbook Torrent Site
Posted on: August 31, 2010
TorrentMyBook, dedicated to sharing knowledge in the form of textbooks, ims to become the world’s largest BitTorrent index of textbooks, following in the footsteps of the late TextBookTorrents.
As it can been seen from its own description,? Torrent My Books is „a torrent search engine and indexer for all things relating to books. Our goal is to become the number one source for providing users with an endless supply of digital books”.
The main difference with the late TextBookTorrents is that the site doesn’t have a tracker. It just provides an index of book related torrents where users can add to and download from.
The appearance and feature set of the site is similar to many other sites. Visitors can browse through the different sections, and the homepage of the site shows the more recent titles added to the various categories. TorrentMyBooks currently lists just over hundred torrents, but the founders hope there will be thousands of titles available soon.
http://www.p2pon.com/2010/08/31/a-new-textbook-torrent-site/ Post LinkHDBT Celebrates 2nd Birthday – Signups Open (Polish HD Tracker)
Posted on: August 31, 2010With the rising popularity of Blu Ray disks along with high definition video formats, dedicated HD torrent trackers have become some of the most sought after torrent sites within the BitTorrent community. No matter how many different HD trackers we feature on this blog – it simply does not seem to be enough to meet the demand :p For those of you who are looking to be part of a new private tracker with high definition video content, here’s another decent choice; HDBT. HDBT is a Polish HD tracker...
College Starts With a Fresh Textbook Torrent Site
Posted on: August 30, 2010Nicely timed at the start of the new college year, a new BitTorrent site dedicated to sharing knowledge in the form of textbooks has surfaced. Torrent My Book - a project run by two college students - aims to become the world’s largest BitTorrent index of textbooks, following in the footsteps of the late TextBookTorrents.
At the start of the college year in 2008 tens of thousands of students were flocking to TextBookTorrents. Their goal? To save hundreds of dollars on expensive books.
At its height the site had more than 70,000 members, with over 20,000 peers trading files at any given point in time.
The site managed to fly under the radar for a long time, but as it expanded the press and book publishers started to take notice. This unwanted attention led to numerous takedown requests and legal threats were also directed at the owner of the site, who saw no other option than to turn the final page in October 2008.
After it closed, students were left with no other option than to buy their books or to find other sources where they could share them. Oddly enough, the gap left by TextBookTorrents was never filled in the two years since its demise, despite the fact that eBooks have become mainstream and eReaders more affordable. This absence didn't go unnoticed to a duo of college students, who launched the site Torrent My Books a few days ago.
“We were disheartened when we heard that TextbookTorrents was shutting down way back when, and since we did not see any sites coming up to replace it, we decided to take it upon ourselves to do something,” one of the founders explained to TorrentFreak.
The purpose of TorrentMyBooks is to be a place where people can share books freely, not just textbooks, although that is the main focus. The main difference with the late TextBookTorrents is that the site doesn't have a tracker. It just provides an index of book related torrents where users can add to and download from.
The appearance and feature set of the site is similar to many other sites. Visitors can browse through the different sections, and the homepage of the site shows the more recent titles added to the various categories. TorrentMyBooks currently lists just over hundred torrents, but the founders hope there will be thousands of titles available soon.
Science Books on Torrent My Books
“The motivation for creating the site is based on a personal experience of mine in college,” half of the duo told TorrentFreak. “One semester I needed to take an Art History class and it required the students to buy a textbook which cost roughly $150 USD. Fast forward to the end of the semester, I go to the school book store to sell back the book. I am told flat out that it is out of date and they cannot buy the book.”
“I was appalled that an art HISTORY book goes out of date. How does a book about the history of art change so much that you need a new edition? The only reason I can think of is that publishers have a monopoly and are able to force students to buy a new edition,” TorrentMyBook's co-founder says.
It is pretty clear where the motivation of the site's founders come from, but then there's always the follow up question that deals with the morality of the operation. Here, the site's co-founder – annex textbook vigilante – pictures himself on the right side of the argument as well.
“The morality of torrenting books is not clearly defined. You can't really put a price on sharing knowledge such as books. That's why most libraries are free. I also do not mind paying for books but publishers like to take advantage of students which does not seem right to me. Also, as a student, I do notice that people are looking for a cheaper alternative to books.”
Then there's one hurdle left, the legality of the operation. Considering the history of TextBookTorrents and the piracy paranoia among book publishers as of late, the founders of TorrentMyBooks can expect plenty of DMCA notices, or worse. This is something they considered before starting the site, but nonetheless they will carry out their ambitions.
“One must be worried about the legal implications. However, we are going to be diligent in creating the number one source for books,” we were told.
Article from: TorrentFreak.
http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~3/n3mYI83DNz8/ Post LinkS Dakota ISP Refuses to Comply With “Hurt Locker” Lawsuits
Posted on: August 30, 2010
Are You An Accidental Movie and TV Show Pirate?
Posted on: August 30, 2010Another day, another anti-piracy campaign. This one, from the MPA and AFACT-backed Intellectual Property Awareness Foundation, is trying a slightly different approach. Instead of accusing people outright of being movie and TV show pirates, it cuts them some slack and treats them like children instead. It seems that some people just don't know they are pirates.
The relatively new Intellectual Property Awareness Foundation (IPAF) was created by the Australian movie and TV industries to “promote the value of the industry by raising awareness, understanding and appreciation of intellectual property, and its role and value in society.”
Members of IPAF include Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT), Motion Picture Association (MPA), Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia, Australian Visual Software Distributors Association and various cinema owners and DVD rental outlets such as Blockbuster.
Last year IPAF embarked on a campaign to educate Australia's children on the evils of copyright infringement in an attempt to “motivate a change in attitudes and behavior to reduce public demand for illegal copies of film and television programs.”
While many anti-piracy groups take a fairly aggressive angle when sending their message, IPAF take a more softly-softly approach. If AFACT is bad cop, IPAF is his gentler, more reasonable-sounding counterpart.
Good cop has just launched his new nationwide anti-piracy campaign with the unusual title of ‘Accidental Pirate'.
“New research, released just today, revealed that 34% of Aussies see piracy as stealing or theft but then regularly do it by burning, buying or downloading illegal or unauthorised copies of films or TV programs,” explains IPAF. “In other words, 1 in 3 of us do something that we don’t agree with. So to describe this disconnection between actions and beliefs, we coined the phrase ‘Accidental Pirate’.”
Right. So people know piracy is ‘wrong' but because they still carry on it's an ‘accident'? That doesn't seem to fit very well does it?
You can see what IPAF are trying to do though, it's just badly executed. If you're going to educate people on the premise that they didn't know that their actions were ‘wrong' in the first place (so as not to immediately antagonize them), at least don't patronize them. “There, there, you know it's wrong but let's just pretend it was an accident, eh?” Please.
So what does the campaign have to say. Well, it's pretty much standard stuff. The campaign's homepage is running a Flash questionnaire with five questions that readers have the chance to answer. Getting a question right gets a round of applause from the assembled cinema audience, but getting one wrong gets a big X and a short lesson in copyright.
Questions 2, 3 and 5 all involve copying or buying pirated copies of real DVDs and the legalities of that. People don't ‘accidentally' believe that pirate DVDs are legal – do they?
Questions 1 and 4 involve file-sharing but if the industry IPAF claims to protect would simply get their act together, these questions wouldn't even be necessary.
Question 1: Your favorite TV show has just aired overseas. It won't be shown here for months. While browsing the web you notice it's available for download for free. Do you download it?
Every time TV-show downloaders in Australia are asked why they do what they do, one of the top answers is always because they are treated like second-class citizens when it comes to release dates. Why do their favorite series take months to appear officially down under? Whatever the reason, it's a very, very poor one, and no surprise people turn to BitTorrent.
Question 4: You're browsing the Internet and come across a free download site. You notice a movie that's just hit the cinemas here. Do you download it?
If people find those then, yes, they probably would. The movie industry is always very clear – if you see a brand new movie on the Internet it's illegal, because we (stubbornly) don't offer this service. This type of piracy could be all but wiped out by offering people a legal alternative at a reasonable price in their own homes.
Quiz aside, it's all pretty much standard stuff. Movie industry people and actors rolled out to make ‘accidental' pirates feel sorry for the little guy in the film-making world.
You can take the questionnaire for yourself. If you get any ‘wrong' move directly to the back of the class, put you hands on your head and please try to do better in the future. And stop accidentally downloading torrents. The movie industry depends on it.
Article from: TorrentFreak.
http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~3/fgVJdZvSauI/ Post LinkLawyer Offers Self Help To Sued BitTorrent Users
Posted on: August 29, 2010In recent months thousands of US BitTorrent users have been sued for allegedly having shared movies such as The Hurt Locker and Far Cry. Because the settlement amount proposed by the copyright holders is less than hiring a defense lawyer, many defendants have not sought legal representation. Acknowledging this injustice, attorney Graham Syfert is now offering a cheap solution to the problem.
The U.S. Copyright Group (USCG) has been all over the news in recent months. The lawyer group sued thousands of BitTorrent users who allegedly file-shared motion pictures belonging to their clients, including the Oscar-winning Hurt Locker and more obscure titles such as Far Cry and Call of the Wild.
On behalf of the copyright holders, USCG has already sent settlement offers to many affected BitTorrent users. To settle the case the alleged copyright infringers have to pay up to $2,500 or face the risk of higher penalties in a full-blown court case.
The problem with this scheme is that defendants have few viable options to defend their rights. Hiring an attorney often costs more than the settlement amount, and ignoring the settlement offer might lead to an even worse outcome.
Two months ago the EFF published a list of attorneys that could help advise and possibly represent subpoena targets. Although this is a great pointer for individuals who don't know where to get decent legal representation, all the listed attorneys still ask hundreds of dollars or more for their services.
Attorney Graham Syfert of the Affinity Law Firm is one of the lawyers listed by the EFF, and like the others he has been contacted numerous times by those targeted by USCG. Although Syfert is willing to help them all, for many the costs of hiring an attorney are simply too high.
“One of the major problems that people encounter when trying to hire me on these cases, is that a settlement is approximately what an attorney would need to even begin a defense,” Syfert told TorrentFreak.
To address this issue, Syfert decided to prepare several documents that allow defendants to represent themselves. The forms for pro se (self help) representation include a Motion to Quash, Motion to Dismiss, Affidavit in Support and a Motion for Protective Support. All forms are fillable and are accompanied with detailed instructions of how they should be used.
In preparing the documents, Syfert collaborated with other attorney's listed on EFF's website, and he has high hopes that they will be sufficient to dismantle USCG's ‘pay-up-or-else' scheme.
“My dream would be to have 10,000-20,000 people file all three documents to the lawyers and severely cripple the entire process and show them that you shouldn't be allowed to join so many defendants,” Syfert informed TorrentFreak.
Two of the many defenses listed in the documents
However, as is often the case when dealing with lawyers, there is a catch. When first contacting TorrentFreak, Syfert was offering the documents for sale, priced at $99.00. Although that's still much cheaper than hiring an attorney, we voiced concerns that it looks like another attempt to make a few bucks off the lawsuits.
Luckily, these words didn't go completely unnoticed to Syfert. “I decided to make it $9.99 instead of $99.00, probably for the next 5 days. Still cheaper than a DVD,” he told us after he slashed the price. Defendants can now buy the full package for under 10 bucks. To our best knowledge that is the cheapest solution to counter USCG's threats thus far.
Even at the low price of $9.99, considering the target group of these cases it probably won't take long for ‘pirated' versions of these documents to appear on torrent and other file-sharing sites. Those tempted should keep in mind though that sharing copyrighted material without consent can sometimes lead to trouble, but it's highly probable they know that already.
Article from: TorrentFreak.
http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~3/7u6AutJDMek/ Post LinkPrivate Tracker Open Signup Update – September 2010 (15 BitTorrent Sites)
Posted on: August 28, 2010As the end of another month draws nearer, our routine monthly open signup update is here. This post is a recap of private torrent trackers we discussed on this blog in the last 1-2 months. It lists summarized information, up to date statistics and signup URLs of 15 private BitTorrent communities that are currently open to the public and are accepting new members. Most of the trackers featured in this article specialize in certain niches such as Cartoons, Games, Movies, High Definition Video,...
New uTorrent Release due to Windows DLL Vulnerability
Posted on: August 28, 2010
A DLL load hijacking vulnerability in the Windows operating system, has affected dozens of applications which become quickly a target for remote hijack exploits. Since Microsoft refuses to patch Windows, the developers of the affected applications have to take measures on their own.
The list of vulnerable programs contains familiar names such as Firefox, Adobe Photoshop, VLC and also the popular BitTorrent client uTorrent. Upon hearing the news the uTorrent developer team didn’t sit still and yesterday an essential update was released that should fix the DLL vulnerability.
“There is a DLL vulnerability in all versions of Windows affecting a great deal of software applications. Subsequently, attack code targeting the uTorrent client surfaced on a third-party website, and while so far no attacks have been reported to us, we have released uTorrent 2.0.4 to fix this vulnerability” uTorrent Community Manager explained.
The new version disables loading of DLLs from the current working directory and prevents this exploit from functioning.
Therefore, all uTorrent users must update their clients to the most recent version.
http://www.p2pon.com/2010/08/27/new-utorrent-release-due-to-windows-dll-vulnerability/ Post LinkPirate Bay The Movie To Be Funded By Peers
Posted on: August 27, 2010TPB-AFK, the upcoming documentary about The Pirate Bay and its founders, is expected to be released during the fall of 2011. To complete the project, Swedish filmmaker Simon Klose is starting a campaign tomorrow through which he hopes to crowdsource the funding. True to BitTorrent's nature, peers are asked to contribute to the project.
The Pirate Bay has left its mark on the Internet in recent years, and continues to do so as the most visited torrent site of all time. As a result of their battles with Hollywood and other copyright holders, the people who founded the site have become Internet celebrities, celebrities that will soon have their own film credit.
To document the events that happen surrounding the Pirate Bay, Swedish filmmaker and producer Simon Klose started making a documentary about the site titled ‘TPB-AFK'. For the film, Klose followed the defendants both during the Pirate Bay trial of last year and after, and he will also be present at the upcoming appeal next month.
The film will eventually document all the events from a fly-on-the-wall perspective. To complete the documentary, however, Klose needs funding and he hopes to achieve that by asking people who believe in the project to contribute through donations. The official website of the project will be launched tomorrow, along with a discussion forum and a Kickstarter campaign where people can pledge funds.
“I want to prove that people who claim that the network is threatening cultural creation are wrong, and I will ask the Internet for help,” filmmaker Simon Klose said, commenting on his choice to crowdsource the film's funding.
TorrentFreak contacted Peter Sunde, former Pirate Bay spokesperson and one of the film's subjects, to ask him about his experiences thus far. “We're happy with it, as long as the end result is good. So far it looks very good and Simon know that we are cautious, so he listens,” he explained.
Sunde further stressed that other than allowing the filmmaker into their lives, the Pirate Bay co-founders are not affiliated with the project in any way. “It is his project, we don't own or direct anything. We just help by giving him our time,” he said.
Last year, some early TPB-AFK footage already found its way onto the Internet. The material shows the crew working out how much money they have earned from the site. More evil plans and true motivations of the former site owners are expected to be unfolded in the final release.
“leaked” TPB-AFK footage
Article from: TorrentFreak.
http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~3/wL0tXbPZSzI/ Post LinkuTorrent Quickly Patches Windows DLL Vulnerability
Posted on: August 26, 2010A critical Windows DLL vulnerability that makes several widely used programs targets for remote hijacks surfaced in the news this week. Among the affected applications are Firefox, Adobe Photoshop and uTorrent. Since the news broke dozens of exploits have already surfaced. Luckily uTorrent was one of the first to fix the vulnerability and now all users are encouraged to update their client.
Due to a DLL load hijacking vulnerability in the Windows operating system, dozens of applications have become a target for remote hijack exploits. Since Microsoft refuses to patch Windows, the developers of the affected applications have to take measures on their own.
After the news about the vulnerability became public earlier this week, several pieces of exploit code surfaced, attacks that allow outsiders to take control over the PCs of users who run the affected applications.
Included in the list of vulnerable programs are familiar names such as Firefox, Adobe Photoshop, VLC and also the popular BitTorrent client uTorrent. Upon hearing the news the uTorrent developer team didn't sit still and yesterday an essential update was released that should fix the DLL vulnerability.
“There is a DLL vulnerability in all versions of Windows affecting a great deal of software applications. Subsequently, attack code targeting the uTorrent client surfaced on a third-party website, and while so far no attacks have been reported to us, we have released uTorrent 2.0.4 to fix this vulnerability,” uTorrent Community Manager ‘Firon‘ explained.
“The new client disables loading of DLLs from the current working directory and prevents this exploit from functioning,” Firon said, adding an ensuring message for uTorrent users. “We take our user's security very seriously, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience.”
It is needless to say that all uTorrent users are encouraged to update their clients to the most recent version. With a userbase of more than 50 million monthly users uTorrent is a major target for exploits, so it's good to see that BitTorrent Inc. takes these security threats seriously.
Article from: TorrentFreak.
http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~3/DbQvw5YaWd0/ Post LinkP2P Community Welcomes a New Meta-Search Engine: TorrentFuse
Posted on: August 25, 2010
TorrentFuse is a brand new p2p meta-index site that has an impressive database of torrent links. Clean and with a nice layout, TorrentFuse currently supports 33 popular file sharing sites including Alivetorrents, The Piratebay, Kickasstorrents, Extratorrent, Btmon, Torrentdownloads, Bitsnoop etc (you can check out the entire list of torrent site at the end of the post).
A feature appreciated by any downloader is the fact that the guys at TorrentFuse verify their torrents so that no fake ones make their way to your computer (“We have bots constantly checking Piratebay for takedowns so if it's down on their site it's down on ours”).
In their own words:
“With our automated TV Recommendations System you will never lose track of which season/episode you are watching. When you login your episode downloads are tracked (to your account) so we can present you with a list of episodes you've not downloaded yet. This is also great for a quick check to see the latest releases of TV shows.”
Your searches fall under 8 categories – TV shows, movies, music, software, games, anime, books, adult. Some torrents also have short previews of the content you might want to download and there’s a huge Download from recommended site button on top of all the search results from various sites (from what I verified, invariably The Pirate Bay).
While the tag cloud displays the most popular searches of the last 7 days you can click for a larger search cloud.
TorrentFuse joins the rich list of BitTorrent search engines extending the range of torrents indexed on the Web.
Steam Gamers Are Avid BitTorrent Users
Posted on: August 24, 2010With an interesting addition to its survey of customer hardware, Valve has now published its first set of stats detailing which software is installed on the computers of those using its Steam client. While Flash, Acrobat and Firefox dominate the listings, BitTorrent clients also make a significant appearance. uTorrent is installed on almost as many systems as iTunes.
For quite some time, video game developer and digital distribution company Valve has been collecting data from users of its Steam client. Up until now the only information gathered has related to the hardware they have installed in their machines, but now the company has made an interesting addition.
Starting July, Valve – which is believed to control around 70% of the digital distribution market for video games – also began collecting data about the software installed on the machines of its customer base. Although participation is voluntary, the sampling potential is significant since the company is believed to service around 25 million users.
Valve has just published the results of its data harvesting for July from its Windows users and the stats make interesting reading. With 100% install rate, the top position is understandably dominated by the Steam client itself. In second place with a 96.79% install rate is Adobe's Flash Player, with Acrobat (73.18%), Firefox (63.05%) and Office (57.26%) completing the top five places. Eight Microsoft packages pad out the rest of the top 20 along with just one product from Apple – Quicktime.
While Steam is the most famous official game delivery platform around, Apple's iTunes takes that accolade in the music sector. According to the survey it is installed on 30.73% of respondents' machines, a fairly impressive result.
Perhaps even more significant though is the achievement of the package sitting directly below iTunes – the tiny but mighty uTorrent. The BitTorrent Inc. client is installed on the machines of 29.41% of Steam users and is the most popular file-sharing client in the entire list.
uTorrent nearly as popular as iTunes among Steam users
This high percentage of uTorrent users even beats the market share of the client among all BitTorrent users worldwide. According to data gathered in December 2009 from 357 million BitTorrent peer IDs, uTorrent was the client of choice for 25.77% of all BitTorrent users.
The Mainline BitTorrent client, which is in use by 4.81% of all torrent users worldwide, is installed on 5.28% of Steam user's machines.
The Vuze client, also known by its previous label Azureus, is the client of choice for 4.37% of Steam customers. When taking a worldwide perspective Vuze does considerably better and is installed on the machines of around 24% of BitTorrent users, but unlike the Steam survey this data was not limited to Windows users.
The 5th most popular client with all BitTorrent users worldwide is BitComet. Overall it has a 4.01% market share, which betters its 2.44% install rate among Steam users.
It is safe to conclude that more than a third of all Steam users are also BitTorrent users, with the vast majority preferring the uTorrent application over others. Compared to average Internet users, Steam gamers are undoubtedly avid BitTorrent users.
Nonetheless, the Steam survey also shows that having access to free games doesn't hold these users back from paying for games on Steam.
The full survey results can be found here.
Article from: TorrentFreak.
http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~3/wKBj7w6uYQM/ Post LinkHalo: Reach Leaked to BitTorrent Sites
Posted on: August 24, 2010
GGF Now Plans to Buy Demonoid?
Posted on: August 23, 2010
uTorrent’s New Privacy Settings Cause Confusion
Posted on: August 23, 2010A few days ago the uTorrent team updated the 3.0 release with several privacy features. Due to some unfortunate wording, the new feature caused confusion among users. One of the new options, "do not share your IP with peers", led some to believe that uTorrent had implemented a new feature that makes BitTorrent transfers anonymous.
A day before we published an article on how BitTorrent users can hide their identities from the outside world , the uTorrent development team released build 21340 of the uTorrent 3.0 client.
Aside from the usual changes and fixes, there was also a new feature listed in the changelog that piqued the interest of several uTorrent users who were looking for increased privacy.
In the last days multiple TorrentFreak readers informed us about this new feature that could, according to their understanding, make BitTorrent transfers completely anonymous. If true, this would be a breakthrough for BitTorrent and render our earlier article useless.
In the changelog the new feature is listed as “added privacy options to BitTorrent settings” and the screenshot below shows three options under the new privacy heading. The first one reads “do not share your IP with peers”, which does indeed suggest some form of anonymity.
uTorrent's new privacy settings.
Unfortunately the reality is not as exciting as the wording of the new option suggests. After conducting some tests it seems that for regular BitTorrent users this option does very little. When downloading a torrent file, other people in the swarm still get to see the IP-address of users who have this option enabled.
From our testing it seemed that the option was only effective for peer-to-peer communications that go beyond the downloading process, such as DHT and PEX. The new privacy features do not eliminate the need for an anonymizing proxy, on the contrary, they are specifically there for people using proxies.
This was confirmed by BitTorrent’s VP of Product Management Simon Morris, who told TorrentFreak. “This is actually related to not ‘over-communicating' IP-addresses with other peers – for example when connecting to clients using a proxy, peers might have a habit of forwarding on their IPv6 address.
“This option is intended to simplify privacy settings in some edge cases. Actually I’d agree its not ideally worded right now – we’ll probably clarify the label shortly,” Morris added, noting that the new feature is only implemented in the 3.0 ‘alpha' client, so it doesn't affect the largest part of uTorrent's users.
For those who do use the latest 3.0 version of uTorrent and those who plan to use it in the future, please be aware that “don't share your IP with peers” doesn't equal anonymity. For those who already use anonymizing software, the new options prevent their real IP-address from leaking, for all others the new options should be left untouched.
Article from: TorrentFreak.
http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~3/758IWWiq2u8/ Post LinkThe Most Popular Torrent Sites Of The Last Five Years
Posted on: August 22, 2010In a few months TorrentFreak turns five, and leading up to that milestone we will occasionally look back at how the BitTorrent landscape has changed over the years. Although there is no doubt that BitTorrent has more than quintupled its user base since 2005, there have been only a handful of sites serving a large slice of the masses.
Despite many legal battles and pressure from anti-piracy outfits, the lists of the most visited torrent sites through the years show very little change. In fact, in half a decade only five torrent sites have taken a spot in the top three, and all of these sites were founded before TorrentFreak launched back in 2005.
This suggests that the ecosystem is more stable and conservative than most think it is. Up to a certain degree this is true, but it's not entirely invincible. Four out of the five websites have been dragged to court and two of them have suffered serious damage.
TorrentSpy was closed by its owner in 2008 after it lost a court case where it was ordered to hand over details of US-based users to the MPAA. Last year, Mininova decided to delete over a million torrents and restrict new uploads to pre-approved publishers following a court decision where it was ordered to filter content. Two other sites, The Pirate Bay and isoHunt, are still battling in court but continue to operate as of today.
Although only 5 sites have dominated the BitTorrent landscape in the last years, there is still room for new sites to move up. Founded in 2009, the relative newcomer KickassTorrents has already gained a spot in the top 5. If it continues to grow at the same pace as it has in the last few months, it might end up in the top 3 at the end of this year.
Below we've listed the top three BitTorrent sites of each year since we started following them. The rankings are based on the number of daily visitors each site had at the end of each year. The Pirate Bay is the only site that appears in all rankings. The 2010 list is reported as of today, and might change before the year is over.
2005
1. TorrentSpy
2. The Pirate Bay
3. Mininova
2006
1. TorrentSpy
2. Mininova
3. The Pirate Bay
2007
1. Mininova
2. isoHunt
3. The Pirate Bay
2008
1. The Pirate Bay
2. Mininova
3. isoHunt
2009
1. The Pirate Bay
2. Torrentz.com
3. isoHunt
2010?
1. The Pirate Bay
2. Torrentz.com
3. isoHunt
Article from: TorrentFreak.
http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~3/DIQqRKqOvGU/ Post LinkInternet Piracy Paranoia and the New Award Winning Thriller
Posted on: August 21, 2010After huge FBI busts in 2004, paranoia in secret piracy circles was riding high. A year later and even the general public were becoming attracted to this shadowy and uncertain world. Following primitive attempts to dramatize the piracy scene in 2005, an award-winning short film has just received its online premiere, combining movie piracy, risk-taking, paranoia and sex to reach its target audience.
In January 2005, perhaps inspired by the previous year's Operation Fastlink FBI raids, Wired ran a now-famous article titled The Shadow Internet. The article was one of the first attempts to publicly document ‘The Scene', the shadowy collection of individuals at the top of the so-called ‘piracy pyramid'.
A major contributor to the article was Bruce Forest who described himself as an “elder statesman” in the piracy scene. But Forest had a big secret. While maintaining his identity in the Scene, he was also working for movie companies, informing them of what was happening on the dark side. He claimed he never ratted anyone out but feelings of paranoia were certainly reinforced once everyone saw how easily and publicly security could be compromised.
Paranoia is a somewhat interesting commodity in online piracy circles. No Scene topsite, FTP server, private BitTorrent tracker or Direct Connect hub exists without it. While the atmosphere is more often than not outwardly relaxed, everyone in a position of authority is looking over their shoulder to a certain extent. While things may seem calm, there's always the possibility that something is going on under the surface, that otherwise trusted people who may not be who they say they are.
While paranoia is a destructive force, it's paradoxically linked to the excitement that drives pirates on. That element of uncertainty that makes more intensive online piracy so attractive and in some cases, very dangerous. And of widening interest.
Almost too perfectly timed just after the EliteTorrents and yet more Scene busts in 2005, a new Internet-only TV series appeared. ‘Welcome To The Scene” from Jun Group had a cult following and while it was mocked and well-received in equal quantities, it had secrets which fueled paranoia.
One day a long-since-gone post appeared on the NFOrce release site message boards from a guy called Droopus. He was ‘casually' promoting the new TV series (“Hey guys, look what I just stumbled across”) but ended up arguing with site regulars instead. They maintained he was connected with the show. They were right.
Droopus turned out to be working with Welcome To The Scene's creators, Jun Group, a company connected with Sony through the show's producer who worked for the media giant. Indeed, a whole episode of the show was filmed in a Sony-owned building.
Droopus turned out to be none other than the elder statesman himself – Bruce Forest.
Needless to say, once this became known just about every episode of the series was picked over by fans, especially when similarities with the recent FBI busts became apparent. The paranoia was contagious – it was even affecting the show's viewers – especially when some events in the show seemed to mirror real-life events which didn't actually happen until after episodes aired.
In the end the entire series was built on paranoia and people looking over their shoulders, with the stars of the show wondering if they could trust their contacts as they went about their business trying to get first run movies onto the web.
Fast forward five years and ‘elite' online piracy and its inherent paranoia has been committed to celluloid again, this time in the form of a short movie created by John V. Knowles. ‘Shadow.net' was inspired by the Wired article ‘The Shadow Internet' and received a number of awards on the festival circuit last year. The story follows Greg McKenna, aka Deckard, and fellow members of a release group known as DMG (Damage).
Tired of being bested by other groups with access to the latest stolen films, Greg jumps at the chance to raise DMG's rep with a huge score of Marvel's latest release. Though the other members of DMG are wary of this risky endeavor, Greg reassures them that his source — brought to his attention by his online girlfriend, MOLLY — is reliable, and that they can trust him. But when three men show up at Greg's door the night of the release, it appears the source was a set-up by the feds...or was it?
Before you enjoy the show which is embedded below (HD version available here), readers might be interested to hear what happened in the Bruce Forest story. Fittingly, it has a very strange ending.
On March 24th 2006 it was reported by WFSB that police seized 12 computers from Forest's house, although not in connection with online piracy. Forest was arrested for setting off explosives and was held on a $2 million bond.
Strangely, all official reports of his arrest appear to have disappeared from the Internet and when someone claiming to be Forest contacted me several months ago he told me that I shouldn't believe anything i've read about him online. It really seems that you can't trust anyone these days.....
Enjoy the show......
Shadow.net
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Posted on: August 20, 2010
Pirate Bay Typo Squatter Trying To Seize Site Trademark
Posted on: August 20, 2010This Wednesday a security blog reported that several rogue sites are in operation which aim to pull in people who were aiming to reach The Pirate Bay, but accidentally entered the URL with typos. While this kind of activity is nothing new, there is a more interesting detail being overlooked. One of the companies behind the scheme is trying to register the Pirate Bay trademark in the United States.
For as long as illicit file-sharing has been around there have been entrepreneurs targeting those out for a free lunch – or a free movie or song. Since many thousands of people new to the downloading game are aware that what they are doing could land them in a little hot water, these individuals are perfect targets for scammers.
Rogue file-sharing sites have been flourishing for years and keeping up with them all is an impossible task. What most of them have in common though is that generally users don't get what they expected from their visit. In some cases they do get what they want but end up paying, often quite high prices too through shady small print or confusing terms and conditions.
These days more often than not they get what they were looking for but also get something unexpected on top – such as some nasty malware.
Since victims are visiting the file-sharing equivalent of a clip joint, in many cases they find themselves with no legal recourse, meaning these sites run and run.
There are probably a dozen methods of pulling people into these sites, but the main technique is to utilize established file-sharing brands and themes. There are hundreds of scammy sites with ‘MP3 download' in the title and countless others which play on the LimeWire, BitTorrent and eDonkey/eMule brands.
Yesterday the Sunbelt Blog reported on a scam, actually several different scams, which in part target two very well known brands, eMule and The Pirate Bay. The method of drawing people in relies on them typing in The Pirate Bay's domain name incorrectly. A small typo here or there takes the victim to a fake domain which results in them downloading a piece of malware. All pretty standard stuff for file-sharing scammers.
However, while researching the companies and individuals behind the dozen or so domains, one particular name stood out. Several of the domains are registered to a company called Pioneer Enterprises and many have their true owners obscured by a privacy service. But a few, and indeed others not listed by Sunbelt, are registered to one Craig Pratka of Yaphank, New York.
Pratka appears to be behind a company called BladeBook, LLC which is the registrant of dozens of other domains. Nothing particularly unusual about that except that BladeBook seem to be branching out into a new area – trademarks.
June 30th 2009 was a pretty exciting day. Sweden's Global Gaming Factory shocked the world by announcing that it would buy The Pirate Bay for $7.8 million in the hope that it could turn the site into a cash cow.
This event didn't go unnoticed by BladeBook, LLC. According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Pratka filed a U.S. federal trademark registration for PirateBay (Serial 77770964) on that same day, later going on to file registration for PiratesBay for good measure.
While both of those applications have now expired with the statement “Abandoned” others are in the pipeline.
On Thursday May 6th 2010, BladeBook filed trademark registrations for Pirate Bay (Serial 85032017) and Pirates Bay (Serial 85032022). The description given by BladeBook for ‘their' business is as follows;
Provision of telecommunications access and links to computer databases, computer networks and the Internet, namely, providing users online access via a website to third party websites featuring downloadable audio-visual media content in the nature of full-length, partial-length, and clips from motion pictures, television programming, sports events, videos, music videos, music, and interactive games. FIRST USE: 20020611. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20070111
Last year Sweden-based Englishman and alcohol entrepreneur Colin Scragg registered The Pirate Bay (Serial 77787908) so that he could put the site's famous logo on bottles of rum. That registration is now listed as “opposition pending”.
At the time of publication, Craig Pratka has not responded to our requests for comment.
Article from: TorrentFreak.
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Posted on: August 20, 2010Global Gaming Factory’s planned acquisition of The Pirate Bay last summer surprised BitTorrent’s friends and foes alike. Eventually the deal didn't go through due to financial problems, but after a few months of silence the company's CEO returns to the stage. This time around there's a new target for his ambitious plans, Demonoid, the largest semi-private BitTorrent community.
When Global Gaming Factory (GGF) announced that it would take over The Pirate Bay, the company bombarded the press with optimistic plans which indicated the site would become the largest online media store. The attention later shifted to the troublesome financial position of its CEO, but all along the company had confidence in its plans for the new and ‘legal’ Pirate Bay.
A few months after the announcement the deal eventually bounced. Although GGF’s shareholders agreed to the acquisition, the company failed to come up with the required $7.8m (SEK 60 million). What followed was mostly silence and the deadline for the acquisition eventually passed without an official response from the company.
Many thought that the company had abandoned its BitTorrent plans for good, but behind the scenes it was preparing for a second shockwave. In the last month GGF CEO Hans Pandeya has been continuing his plans to acquire one or more torrent sites to start an industry approved entertainment platform. One of the prime targets for a takeover at the moment is the popular BitTorrent site Demonoid, but other sites have been approached as well.
“I have finally managed to get some funds in place and want to acquire Demonoid and some other sites to execute my plans,” Pandeya told TorrentFreak. “I lost a year and a fortune due to Aktietorget's [the equity marketplace] acrobatics during my attempt to acquire The Pirate Bay in 2009 but I think it is still not too late to acquire and convert torrent sites.”
Whether Demonoid is open for an acquisition by GGF remains to be seen. The site's owner has not commented on the proposal yet but Pandeya hopes there will be a favorable response to his plans.
It has never been a secret that GGF was interested in buying more than one torrent site to build its entertainment empire. Last year, when all eyes were pointed at GGF's takeover of The Pirate Bay, the company also put in a 20 million euro behind-the-scenes offer for fellow BitTorrent site Mininova. Even today, Pandeya is still interested in reactivating the deal with The Pirate Bay.
“The Pirate Bay and Isohunt are on my Most Wanted list of course but I have to take one step at a time. I hope it is going to work this time. There is a positive attitude towards out-of-the-box thinking in the US which seems to be essential for this project so keep your fingers crossed.”
It is questionable how realistic Pandeya's most wanted list is in terms of takeover potential. TorrentFreak contacted representatives of The Pirate Bay and isoHunt who both assured us that they are not interested in a deal with GGF at the moment, not least because they doubt Pandeya actually has any money to splash around.
The owner of Demonoid, the prime target of GGF at the moment, was contacted for a comment but we haven't heard back at the time of publication. Despite all the skepticism, Pandeya firmly believes in his plans to transform torrent sites into ‘legal' music and movie stores, and there is little doubt that this won't be the last we hear of it.
“My plan is doable,” Pandeya said.
Update: Demonoid's owner got back to us. We were told that he has no intention to sell the site to Global Gaming Factory. This means that Pandeya has to find another candidate to carry out his plans. Demonoid will remain as it is.
Article from: TorrentFreak.
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Posted on: August 20, 2010
StarCraft 2 and Blizzard's BitTorrent Paradox
Posted on: August 19, 2010 |
StarCraft 2 will probably be remembered as the top pirated game of 2010, and also the top legally downloaded game using BitTorrent technology. The reason for this paradox is that Blizzard uses BitTorrent to distribute the game to paying customers. |
5 Ways To Download Torrents Anonymously
Posted on: August 19, 2010With anti-piracy outfits and dubious law-firms policing BitTorrent swarms at an increasing rate, many Bittorrent users are looking for ways to hide their identities from the outside world. To accommodate this demand we'll give an overview of 5 widely used privacy services.
With an increasing number of BitTorrent users seeking solutions to hide their identities from the outside world, privacy services have seen a spike in customers recently. Below we've listed some of the most-used services that allow BitTorrent users to hide their IP-addresses from the public.
The services discussed in this post range from totally free to costing several dollars a month. The general rule is that free services are generally slower or have other restrictions, while paid ones can get you the same speeds as your regular connection would.
VPN (paid / free)
Hundreds and thousands of BitTorrent users have already discovered that a VPN is a good way to ensure privacy while using BitTorrent. For a few dollars a month VPNs route all your traffic through their servers, hiding your IP address from the public. Some VPNs also offer a free plan, but these are significantly slower and not really suited for more demanding BitTorrent users.
Unlike the other services listed in this article, VPNs are not limited to just BitTorrent traffic, they will also conceal the source of all the other traffic on your connection too. Ipredator, Itshidden and StrongVPN are popular among BitTorrent users, but a Google search should find dozens more. It is recommended to ask beforehand if BitTorrent traffic is permitted on the service of your choice.
BTGuard (paid)
BTGuard is a proxy service that hides the IP-addresses of its users from the public. The service works on Windows, Mac, Linux and as the name already suggests, it is set up specifically with BitTorrent users in mind. Besides using the pre-configured client, users can also set up their own client to work with BTGuard. It works with all clients that support “Socks V5″ proxies including uTorrent and Vuze. In addition, BTGuard also includes encryption tunnel software for the real security purists.
After these words of praise we're obligated to disclose that BTGuard is operated by friends of TorrentFreak, but we think that should be interpreted as a recommendation.
TorrentPrivacy (paid)
Torrentprivacy is another proxy service for BitTorrent users, very similar to that of BTGuard. It offers a modified uTorrent client that has all the necessary settings pre-configured. The downside to this approach is that it is limited to users on Windows platforms. TorrentPrivacy is operated by the TorrentReactor.net team and has been in business for more than two years.
Anomos (free)
“Anomos is a pseudonymous, encrypted multi-peer-to-peer file distribution protocol. It is based on the peer/tracker concept of BitTorrent in combination with an onion routing anonymization layer, with the added benefit of end-to-end encryption,” is how the Anomos team describes its project.
Anomos is one of the few free multi-platform solutions for BitTorrent users to hide their IP-addresses. The downside is that it's not fully compatible with regular torrent files as Anomos uses its own atorrent format. Another drawback is that the download speeds are generally lower than regular BitTorrent transfers.
On the uTorrent Idea Bank, more than 1,600 people have asked for the Anomos protocol to be built in to a future uTorrent build, making it the second most-popular suggestion overall.
Seedbox (paid)
A seedbox is BitTorrent jargon for a dedicated high-speed server, used exclusively for torrent transfers. With a seedbox users generally get very high download speeds while their IP-addresses are not shared with the public. Once a download is finished users can download the files to their PC through a fast http connection. FileShareFreak periodically reviews several good seedbox providers.
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http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~3/BHMmX-rPpw8/ Post LinkuTorrent Promotes Hip-Hop Artist through Downloads
Posted on: August 18, 2010
Over the last two years, releasing music albums and even movies via BitTorrent has become almost a trend. Whether they created their own websites to give away their works for free or used different file sharing sites and specialized music portals as distributing platforms, artists have definitely embraced new views of perceiving music distribution and ways to do it, probably inconceivable for many a decade ago.
With some previous successful examples such as The Pirate Bay and BitTorrent distribution platform Vodo which were a genuine source of inspiration in terms of marketing, BitTorrent Inc. has decided to make this step itself launching its own marketing campaign through which to help aspiring artists to distribute their music via its platform. Therefore uTorrent is now promoting the mixtape debut of PAZ, titled Young Broke & Fameless.
“We want to continue to build on the successes that we have already seen with Pioneer One and the Yes Men. In both cases, their creations were wildly downloaded and consumers showed their enthusiasm by opening their wallets and donating to these creators so that they can continue to make future content,” TorrentFreak quotes BitTorrent Inc. spokesperson Jenna Broughton.
With PAZ as the first musician to benefit from uTorrent’s promotion service, BitTorrent Inc. hopes to make way for a series of future fruitful collaborations.
While some artists choose this way of distributing their works to reach a broader audience, for most of them who decide on using BitTorrent to release their material, this could be their best shot at gaining recognition.
Download PAZ’s Young Broke & Fameless (“a cocktail of rock, hip-hop and dance”)
(via TorrentFreak)
http://www.p2pon.com/2010/08/18/utorrent-promotes-hip-hop-artist-through-downloads/ Post LinkMore File Sharers Get Sued by Lucas Entertainment
Posted on: August 18, 2010
Last month we reported about adult movie company Lucas Entertainment’s determination to start a battle against illegal file sharers by suing 65 John Doe infringers who allegedly used Bittorrent site gay-torrents.net to make the film Kings of New York available for free download.
Meanwhile, understanding perhaps that in file sharing lawsuits the number is all that matters, Lucas Entertainment added 132 new John Does on the list of alleged copyright infringers in an amended complaint filed on Monday.
The case was passed on from a district court judge to Magistrate Judge Jeff Kaplan who shortly after granted August 13th's motion for discovery of (at that time) the file sharing suspects.
We’ll keep you posted with the unfolding of the story.
http://www.p2pon.com/2010/08/17/more-file-sharers-get-sued-by-lucas-entertainment/ Post LinkPiracy Is Promotion, Says CEO of Porn Multinational
Posted on: August 18, 2010Adult entertainment and piracy go hand in hand, so to speak. While some players in the industry use legal tools to bring piracy to a halt, others are not bothered about unauthorized sharing. In a recent video interview the CEO of one of the largest porn distributors said that the more people pirate his company's work, the better.
Private Media Group, one of the largest adult entertainment companies and the first one that's publicly traded on NASDAQ, has seen many new opportunities appear with the emergence of the Internet. However, it also has to deal with the many streaming and torrent sites where their material is shared freely.
Unlike other adult entertainment companies that sue individual downloaders or site operators, Private Media Group CEO Berth Milton is not going to put up a fight. On the contrary, he believes that piracy is a good thing as it serves as a promotional tool.
“We will be extremely happy the more people are pirating our content and the more they look at it,” Milton said in a recent interview with NewTeeVee.
An unusual comment for someone who heads one of the largest adult entertainment multinationals, but not a complete surprise considering the history of the company. In 2002, Private Media Group was the owner of Napster for a short while, before it was taken over by Roxio which turned it into a legal pay service.
Milton believes that entertainment companies should look beyond piracy, and explore alternatives business models as the battle against piracy is one that can't be won.
“I think it’s a lost battle,” Milton said, adding: “I look at my own kids, because that’s the best way to know where the market is going. It doesn’t matter if I tell them that it is illegal to download. As soon as they close the door to their room, they download.”
“They are not afraid of someone who's tracking their IP-address. They just don't care, Milton said. “It's a new world and we have to accept it.”
According to Private's CEO, companies like his should use the enormous amount of traffic piracy generates. Give everything away for free and sell goods to those visitors that are harder to pirate.
In the video Milton says that his company will focus more on selling the ‘private lifestyle' which includes luxurious vacations with an adult theme, and toys and tools that may come in handy while reenacting pirated videos.
With slow progress on human cloning and the 3D-printer, Milton's bet on selling the sex ‘experience' rather than videos seems to be a safe one for now.
Berth Milton
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Posted on: August 18, 2010In May this year the BitTorrent Inc. added a section to their site which enabled the community to vote for new features they would like to see included in uTorrent. Voting has been furious and dozens of new tweaks and additions have been made. Here's the next eight major additions uTorrent users can look forward to.
uTorrent is one of the most widely used pieces of BitTorrent software and is the client of choice for more than 50 million users worldwide.
In May, BitTorrent Inc. introduced its Idea Bank section, which allows uTorrent users to submit and vote for features, tweaks and ideas they would like to see implemented in their favorite client.
Since its introduction hundreds of suggestions have been submitted to the Idea Bank and these have been voted on by thousands of users. Already nearly 60 proposals have been accepted and implemented by the team and many more are pending. Below is an explanation of the Top 8 most voted-for-and-accepted additions coming to a uTorrent client near you soon.
1. uTorrent for Linux
As reported in June, uTorrent for Linux is finally on the way. With more than 5300 votes, this is the most popular suggestion received thus far.
“We're making good progress on the Linux client,” reports site admin Firon. “Sit tight and we'll have a client out soon enough.”
2. More detailed priorities for multiple files in torrent downloads
For torrents that contain multiple files, such as one for a music album with 10 tracks, at the moment it's possible to force uTorrent to prioritize the download of those tracks, albeit primitively. Currently there are just three settings – low, medium and high.
“We'll either add up to 16 priorities or have a per-torrent option to auto-prioritize the files in order,” explains Firon. “Though not the pieces, so we'll still do rarest first.”
3. Send an email when a download completes
With increasing bandwidth and users increasing their set up knowledge, BitTorrent downloads are completing faster than ever before. However, with increased speeds comes an increased appetite for higher quality and therefore larger downloads, xvid versus DVD-size videos for example. Inevitably this means that users will be away from their machines when certain downloads complete. With email notifications, completion will be reported immediately.
“The current plan to implement this is to simply have a generalized, global option to auto-run an app after the torrent completes,” says Firon. “We'll add a few variables to the existing run after function and make it global, so you can script it to your heart's content.”
4. Only share files while the computer is idle
While some users will be sharing files all the time, many will want to use their full bandwidth for other duties while they're sat at their desk. Inevitably full-scale BitTorrent up and downloading will affect performance unless the client is carefully configured. This solution will mean that only when a user is finished his work will file-sharing kick in. Firon reports that the feature will likely include a configurable idle period.
5. Scan for viruses when a download completes
Although there is less chance of picking up a virus when using uTorrent combined with a reputable torrent indexing site than other protocols, no method of file-sharing is immune to these threats. An automatic virus check will ensure that nothing slips through the net.
“The current plan to implement this is to simply have a generalized, global option to auto-run an app after the torrent completes,” says Firon. “We'll add a few variables to the existing run after function and make it global, so you can script it to your heart's content.”
6. Password lock uTorrent
Anyone with a shared computer or one within reach of an inquisitive child will be familiar with the fear associated with potential download interference. With the use of a password, torrent transfers can continue unabated and in privacy, no matter who is at the machine.
“This will be integrated with the boss key functionality, so you can use the boss key to ‘lock' ?Torrent,” explains Firon. “When you press it again, it will ask you for a password.”
7. Move torrent files and data with one click
Anyone who has needed to move their downloaded .torrent files and the associated data to a new place on their computer will know what a drawn out manual procedure it can become when lots of files are involved.
“Yes, managing files kinda sucks in ?Torrent right now,” admits Firon. “We'll try to get this done for 2.2 as well to make it easier. Set download location will probably be renamed and will move the content for you, all in one step. Oh, and we'll make ‘Relocate' on the Files tab work the same way.”
8. UNRAR and move files support
Anyone downloading large files split into multiple .RARs will be familiar with the associated unpacking, deleting and moving procedures. This new feature will allow those who don't want this manual distraction to streamline the process.
“The current plan to implement this is to simply have a generalized, global option to auto-run an app after the torrent completes,” says Firon. “We'll add a few variables to the existing run after function and make it global, so you can script it to your heart's content.”
9. uTorrent will become Open Source!!
BitTorrent Inc. are certainly listening to their users and the Idea Bank is a great idea in itself, but don't expect every suggestion to be implemented. Especially this one....
Article from: TorrentFreak.
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Posted on: August 17, 2010
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