BitTorrent directory now with Trends

Posted on: March 09, 2010
File Sharing News Image The FileSharingZ.com BitTorrent directory has been upgraded with a number of new features and many improvements. You can now follow the worldwide BitTorrent evolution, as well as see individual tracker growth.
http://filesharingz.com/news/185234/BitTorrent_directory_now_with_Trends.html
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LimeWire Adds AVG Protection to Its P2P Client (Pro Version)

Posted on: March 09, 2010

LimeWire is trying? its best to keep its popularity, legit appearance and relevance in the business. The company has recently announced their plans to secure their network.

Says the press release: "LimeWire Pro users will see the 'Protected by AVG' assurance whenever a downloaded file is safely scanned and cleaned." It's great to see a developer taking a proactive approach. Plenty of P2P users don't understand the risks associated with what they're downloading, so I appreciate LimeWire doing something to mitigate that risk.

As expected, the new protection feature will only be included on LimeWire's pro version (the one you pay for) probably to make it more appealing for people who really want to spend money on file sharing apps.

Jason Herskowitz, VP Product Management for LimeWire, states "LimeWire is committed to providing peer-to-peer's best user experience and we are vigilant about user security." He continues, "We are always looking for ways to improve, and with AVG's seamless integration into LimeWire, we will be providing users with peer-to-peer's most secure technology."

http://www.p2pon.com/2010/03/08/limewire-adds-avg-protection-to-its-p2p-client-pro-version/
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Ubisoft's Uber DRM Cracked Within a Day

Posted on: March 09, 2010
File Sharing News Image Ubisoft's new DRM designed to prevent piracy was cracked within hours of its release. The new DRM restricts and hinders legitimate customers even more, but in turn Ubisoft promises extra content for them. Any real impact on piracy remains to be seen.
http://filesharingz.com/news/185196/Ubisoft_s_Uber_DRM_Cracked_Within_a_Day.html
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STUDY: 40% Unable to Name Legal Online Music Service

Posted on: March 09, 2010

Consumer Focus also says that 85% can only name two, iTunes and Amazon, but UK music industry, in typical fashion, emphasizes that more than 35 exist and touts own study that found 96% awareness of iTunes and Amazon.

Consumer Focus, the UK govt-backed consumer advocacy group, has long tried to illustrate the deficiency of the country's copyright laws and the dramatic learning gap consumers have of them.

In fact, just last month it found that almost 3/4 of the population doesn’t know what they’re legally allowed to copy or record, and that's practically impossible to not infringe copyright laws as part of their daily lives unless they don't use digital technology.

Part of the problem has always been the music industry's reluctance to offer consumers viable, legal alternatives as a means to fight online copyright infringement, but as it's slowly begun to roll them out over the years new research from Consumer Focus shows how the music industry is failing to properly promote them.

Their research found that a staggering 20% are unable to name a single legal online music service at all, and that 85% could name only two – iTunes and Amazon.

“The music industry is shooting itself in the foot by not promoting legal online music services,” said Jill Johnstone, the group's International Director. “If file sharing is causing the damage the music industry claims, why aren’t they putting more effort in to promoting the legal alternatives? Before we go down the enforcement road it is only fair to ask the music industry to do more to make people aware of the legal options.”

Consumer Focus, in addition to recommending reform of the country's copyright laws, is also calling for reform of its copyright licensing system in order to make it easier to create more legal online music services with streaming, “all you can eat”, micropayment, advertisement or subscription based models.

The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) counters that claims of low brand awareness are a “fallacy,” pointing out that survey could've included people who don’t even have an Internet connection or interest in music.

This argument makes sense, but the BPI goes on to remind people that there are more than 35 legal online digital music services in the UK. That may be so, and I challenge even die-hard music fans to name more than 6, but it doesn't mean they're offering consumers what they want.

It also cites its own study from last November that found 96% of the Internet users surveyed knew of iTunes and Amazon among others (not stated is the actual number per individual).

“It’s just not credible to suggest that people who are downloading illegally haven’t heard of iTunes, Amazon or other legal music services,” countered Geoff Taylor, BPI's Chief Executive. “Our much larger, more recent and targeted online survey shows that awareness of legal music services among internet users is almost universal. The measures in the Digital Economy Bill are precisely what is needed to encourage illegal downloaders to move across to those legal services.”

By “encourage” he means disconnecting households from the Internet via a “three-strikes” graduated response system proposed as part of the emerging Digital Britain Bill. So rather than figuring out what they actually want, or even conducting surveys to that end, it instead is focusing on a removing digital music customers altogether (disconnection), banning open Wi-Fi, and a proactive ban on websites suspected of infringing copyright.

These certainly aren't very effectives way to “encourage” people to become new customers, especially since “illegal downloaders” are most likely already adept at avoiding detection by copyright holders (VPNs/Usenet).

Finding out what they want and offering it to them, the mark of any good business, is the only solution.

Stay tuned.

jared@zeropaid.com

http://www.zeropaid.com/news/88310/study-40-unable-to-name-legal-online-music-service/
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SXSW Gives Away 3.35 GB of Free Music via P2P Networks

Posted on: March 08, 2010

The South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival, regarded as one of the largest and most popular in the US, has released its latest DRM-free, file sharing-safe collection of songs. Thanks to BitTorrent (and TorrentFreak which first reported the event), the comprehensive song selection has once again been included in a single torrent file, which is now available for download free of charge.

With this latest edition, SXSW music festival continues its much-acclaimed convention of publishing free tracks from participating artists, accounting for the distribution of thousands of quality songs since 2005. On multiple occasions in recent years, SXSW itself has been involved in encompassing festival song collections into single torrents for simplicity purposes and uploading them online. Since 2008, however, the public was asked to contribute in fulfilling this task.

Although the song list is quite extensive, setting up the torrent and uploading it online can be handled by one person alone, as all of the MP3 files are all gathered on SXSW’s website. While in 2008 this assignment was completed entirely by Greg Hewgill, Ben Stolt volunteered to do the same for the following song editions, in 2009 and 2010, respectively. So far, torrents created through the courtesy of SXSW have registered a huge success among online file sharers, accounting for more than 100,000 downloads.

The great thing about the tracks is that the artists themselves have approved them for distribution, which means that they can be downloaded without the risk of raising suspicions from the RIAA. This year’s first release comprises 646 tracks totaling 3.35 GB, but SXSW have promised to top that by making an additional 200 tracks available in the near future.

The torrent includes quality festival performances from all kinds of artists in a wide scope of music genres. If you are a music enthusiast looking for a free fix, then you should definitely give it a try.

This year’s highly anticipated SXSW music festival is scheduled to take place between March 17-21 in Austin Texas, so plan ahead and make sure you don’t miss it!

http://www.p2pon.com/2010/03/07/sxsw-gives-away-3-35-gb-of-free-music-via-p2p-networks/
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Law Firm Accused of Bullying Alleged File Sharers

Posted on: March 08, 2010

The tables turn – Atari and other major game publishers have chosen Davenport Lyons to represent them numerous times and the law firm quickly made a reputation for hunting alleged copyright infringers. However, according to GI.biz, the firm is now being investigated for harassment and bullying by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, an industry watchdog.

It’s been two years since the consumer group Which? started to point to the wrongdoings of the firm which had adopted the policy of sending out letters accusing people of illegal file sharing.

The letters relied very much on intimidation, demanding a ?300 damage fee or risk being be taken to court. This caused Which? to dub the warnings as "excessive" and "bullying". The group in a recent statement said that "Davenport Lyons was making incorrect assertions about the nature of copyright infringement and ignoring evidence presented in defence. It added that the letters incorrectly claimed their recipients were legally responsible for ensuring their internet connections were properly secured."

The investigation which blows a little wind of change in the system was hailed by Adds Deborah Prince, head of legal affairs at Which? who said: "We're pleased to see some action at last from the SRA and hope the tide is finally turning in favour of consumers. We now want to see some decisive action to stop these bully-boy tactics."

http://www.p2pon.com/2010/03/07/law-firm-accused-of-bullying-alleged-file-sharers/
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FrostWire Torrent Joint - Powered By Azureuz BitTorrent Technology

Posted on: March 07, 2010
FirstWire, the popular free LimeWire alternative, is one of the best clients that support Gnutella, a decentralized file sharing network. Although unnoticed by many, FrostWire can also handle torrent files as it comes with built in support for BitTorrent protocol. However dedicated torrent clients such as Vuze and uTorrent  sued to pwn FrostWire’s BT engine which was based on legacy LimeWire technology. However the FW team announced a major change to the software recently, dubbed...
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Web-Lockers Next in Line on UK Politicians’ Black List

Posted on: March 07, 2010

Engaged in an overwhelming battle against online piracy they are planning to win, the UK government has not been taking the best decisions lately as we already noted in a previous post this week.

After the politicians’ intention to alter the Digital Economy Bill by introducing a regulation that empowered judges to block access to a specific website if suspected to promote copyright infringement caused a wave of public discontentment, the UK government tried to fix things but only managed to come up with yet another outrageous solution. In fact, the “reassessed” proposal announced by politicians may have an even more pronounced negative impact on perfectly legitimate online resources, as Cory Doctorow describes in his write up in The Guardian:

“As our routine media files have increased in size – multi-megapixel images, home videos, audio recordings of meetings and so on – it's become increasingly difficult to use email to share data privately with family, friends and colleagues, because most email servers croak over really big files. For example, the sound editor for my podcasts uses a web locker to send me the mastered audiofiles for my review (and he's not the only audio person who relies on this; many's the time I've had an audiobook publisher send me an MP3 of an audiobook for review through a web locker).

There are plenty of personal uses too: my parents live in Canada and are always hungry for video of their granddaughter, but I don't want to make our home movies available on the public internet, so web lockers save the day for us. And when my immigration attorneys needed a mountain of scanned bank statements sent to their office for my application for permanent residence in the UK, a web locker made it easy to convey an encrypted archive to them. There's no way to square this need for private file sharing with the entertainment industry's demand that all files be placed in the public sphere, where they can be inspected for infringement.”

In addition, Doctorow explains that the restraints put forward by the government aren’t likely to succeed in stopping illegal file sharing anyway. He believes that politicians’ measures will only work in the detriment of legitimate Internet users whose activities depend on such technology, while also placing these people at risk of privacy violations.

Politicians seem to have strayed far from the right track in their effort to stop copyright infringement and are now missing important aspects of the overall picture. They have associated technology with piracy, and are now trying to block the latter indirectly by constraining access to various resources on the Web, whether for legitimate use or not. UK authorities could surely use a change of perspective in their current approach.

http://www.p2pon.com/2010/03/06/web-lockers-next-in-line-on-uk-politicians%e2%80%99-black-list/
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RIAA after Tenenbaum’s Lawyer

Posted on: March 06, 2010

The RIAA looks more determined than ever to profit over people’s mistakes, seizing every opportunity that comes along to drag them through courtrooms. RIAA’s case filed against Joel Tenenbaum stands out as most suggestive of this fact.

Faced with the prospects that Joel Tenenbaum, defendant in the copyright infringement case filed by the RIAA, may be off the hook regarding payment of the demanded $675,000 in damages, the music industry has now turned against a member of Tenenbaum’s legal team, hoping to speculate the lawyer’s legal conduct flaws and use these in its favor.

Because of RIAA’s efforts invested in revealing some of the errors committed by the defendant’s legal team, both Tenenbaum and Harvard Law's Charles Nesson are now liable for part of the fees incurred by the Recording Industry Association throughout the legal proceedings. The RIAA may not have won the big prize, but it definitely aims to walk away with something or at least recover some of the legal expenses.

However, the defending legal team’s maneuver left everyone puzzled out. They left the door open for RIAA to file claims after unexpectedly posting the songs at issue in the trial on the Web, and Nesson posted a public link on his blog, thus allowing anyone to download them. Because Nesson refused to give any reasons for his actions, the record labels filed a "motion to compel" the information.

Attorneys who win a "motion to compel" have the right to request cost reimbursement for that particular motion. The labels managed to convince judge Gertner that these fees should be covered entirely by the defense, which means Tenenbaum and his legal team will have to split the motion’s costs between them.

Nesson, who agreed to represent Tenenbaum in court free of charge, is now close to paying out of his own pocket due to his inexplicable course of action. I hope that the RIAA will stop here; otherwise, Nesson risks stepping in his client’s footsteps and be the next person placed against the wall under the claim of illegal file sharing.

(via ArsTechnica)


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Spanish Indie Labels Threaten Govt with Lawsuit for Condoning File Sharing

Posted on: March 05, 2010

Not complying with the directions of the entertaining industries may turn you into the enemy of some insatiable moguls who unfortunately know and are able to work the system in their favor.

This is the case with Spain – one of the few countries that had a legal system which dealt with copyright issues a bit differently rejecting the three strikes legislation, considering broadband a basic right and (what really angered the record labels) declaring personal file sharing legal (some "anti-piracy" organizations have been even fined for "bad faith actions"). This system may change as Spain started to be seen as dangerous by the industry through the model and example it has set.

Where does that lead us? Well, to industry lobbyists pressuring the government to come up with new copyright laws.

Recently, a number of labels among which Blanco y Negro Music, Discmedi, PIAS Records Spain, Popstock, K-Industrial Cultural and Picap, have contracted Barcelona legal firm Roca Junyent to represent them later this month in case the government fails to respond their demands, Billboard reports.

While the inter-ministerial commission proposal to block or close file sharing sites has been adopted by the culture ministry as part of a future Sustainable Economy Law (which could be debated in parliament within a year), the measure doesn’t even come close to satisfying record companies.

The measure would not resolve the most relevant problem, which is the actual impossibility of us taking civil action against those final users who appropriate music without paying, and systematically violate intellectual property rights," said Gerardo Carton, director of PIAS Records Spain and spokesman for about 20 labels.

"We think the Administration is responsible for our plight. We demand that the government take effective measures imminently to protect the rights and interests of the record industry, as well as the intellectual property rights of the agents that intervene in the creative musical process within Internet," he added.

It’s such a pity to see a healthy system going bad because indie labels instead of getting themselves busy with attracting new fans and keeping the loyal ones through new business models – that would, for a change, embrace the current technology (which can’t be suppressed, anyway) – are putting all their efforts into gaining the power to sue their fans. Simply sad!

http://www.p2pon.com/2010/03/04/spanish-indie-labels-threaten-govt-with-lawsuit-for-condoning-file-sharing/
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Student Must Pay $27K to RIAA for Sharing 37 Songs

Posted on: March 04, 2010

Whitney Harper, the student accused of downloading and sharing 37 songs protected by copyright will have to pay the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) a settlement of $27,750.

The initial decision from a Texas federal court required Harper to pay just $7,400 in damage awards ($200 per song), but of course the mighty RIAA was not satisfied with the verdict and filed an appeal.

Although the Copyright Act sets awards of $750 per individual track, the student received a smaller fine after declaring she was unaware that her actions placed her in violation of the law. As specified in legal documents, Harper was convinced that downloading music was no different from radio streaming, and she unsuspectingly fell into the trap of committing copyright infringement.

The Appeals Court, however, rejected Harper’s argument under the claim that music CDs provide copyright disclaimers, which clearly specify the terms of the Copyright Act and should be sufficient in discouraging infringement attempts.

However, the authorities’ assumption that they can fine people $750 per song because they didn’t pay attention to indications printed on CDs seems a bit far-fetched. Rather than pursue an endless number of lawsuits, the RIAA should have at least considered the idea of properly educating teenagers about the pitfalls of copyright infringement.

The RIAA has promised a long time ago the adoption of a new plan for discouraging copyright infringement. Now they announced it again. According to voices in the industry, the new policy has shifted focus from the pursuit of individual file sharers to the empowering of ISPs to monitor the activity of their clients. If ISPs manage to discover infringement attempts in time, they will issue warnings or disconnect users engaged in illegal file sharing from their services.

This strategy should minimize damages caused to the RIAA, and at the same time, lead to a reduction of infringement cases settled out in court, thus protecting individuals from having to pay exaggerated fines following litigation.

Meanwhile few are those who are still able to associate RIAA with some credibility and respect for consumers so it remains to be seen how these plans will work out.

http://www.p2pon.com/2010/03/04/student-must-pay-27k-to-riaa-for-sharing-37-songs/
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ISPs to Be Forced to Block File Sharing Sites

Posted on: March 03, 2010

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Digital Economy Bill – three words we’ve been using so much over the past few months we’re developing an allergy to.

The latest news related to the three magic words involve two Lords who have tabled an amendment to the Digital Economy Bill whose purpose is to force Internet service providers to block sites accused of copyright infringement.

The two Lords we’re talking about are Conservative peer Lord Howard of Rising and the Liberal Democrats' Lord Clement Jones and through this amendment courts would be granted the power to "prevent access to specified online locations for the prevention of online copyright infringement." Along with the amendment comes a stipulation according to which courts, prior to blocking sites based on copyright infringement, must first investigate whether a "substantial proportion of the content accessible at or via each specified online location infringes copyright" and check if the site's owner has adopted some required measures to prevent infringement.

Of course, criticism was quick to emerge – the amendment was called "dangerous" by civil liberties campaigners who fear (and they’re right in doing so) such an addition would lead to a very risky imbalance of power in favour of copyright owners.

"Individuals and small businesses would be open to massive 'copyright attacks' that could shut them down, just by the threat of action.This is exactly how libel law works today: suppressing free speech by the unwarranted threat of legal action. The expense and the threat are enough to create a 'chilling effect'," writes the Open Rights Group's executive director Jim Killock on the ORG blog.

http://www.p2pon.com/2010/03/03/isps-to-be-forced-to-block-file-sharing-sites/
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File Sharing Finds Love in France

Posted on: March 02, 2010

If you want to make something desirable, ban it first!

This is probably what happened with file sharing in France. Ever since the government has obediently imposed the laws that the music and film industries have desperately asked for, claiming they are losing so much money because of the illegal downloading, the phenomenon has become even more popular.

It seems that French find swapping files illegally online pretty cool and who can really blame them – in a socially turbulent 21st century too much effort is put to stop something that is announcing the need for a real change and instead to little effort is spend on other crucial issues we don’t want to discuss here.

As The Times reports, studies point to 42 per cent of software programs being pirated in France, compared with 26 per cent in Britain and 27 per cent in Germany.

File sharing has become a "national sport", thinks Cerise Club, a French Internet company, and that is kind of ironical since the French copyright law in this country is one of the most severe in the world.

"The French take a sly pleasure in getting round all the systems put in place, and it's very difficult to persuade them to do otherwise," quoted the Times.

http://www.p2pon.com/2010/03/01/file-sharing-finds-love-in-france/
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Digital Economy Bill Could Make Another Victim – Open Wireless Services

Posted on: March 02, 2010

Free wireless services liable for illegal file-sharing?

The UK Government seems to go from one bad decision to another – after being criticized for the Digital Economy Bill and its plans to impose the three strikes legislation, it decided that providers of free wi-fi access will not be given an exemption for measures intended as means to end illegal file sharing.

As ZDNet underlines, this move would translate as the end of the provision of free internet access as well as they would be exposed to the same disconnection legislation individual users will be subjected.

“This is going to be a very unfortunate measure for small businesses, particularly in a recession, many of whom are using open free wi-fi very effectively as a way to get the punters in,” ZDNet quotes Sheffield University professor of internet law Lilian Edwards.

“Even if they password protect, they then have two options — to pay someone like The Cloud to manage it for them, or take responsibility themselves for becoming an ISP effectively, and keep records for everyone they assign connections to, which is an impossible burden for a small café.”

http://www.p2pon.com/2010/03/01/digital-economy-bill-could-make-another-victim-open-wireless-services/
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New Zealand Proposes Internet Suspension, $15,000 Fine for File-Sharers

Posted on: March 02, 2010

Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment would provide new enforcement measures against the unauthorized sharing of copyright material on the Internet, including suspension of Internet access for up to 6 months and compensation to copyright holders of up to $15,000 ($10,422 USD).

Last week Commerce Minister Simon Power introduced a bill in New Zealand that would amend the Copyright Act of 1994 in order to provide new enforcement measures against the unauthorized sharing of copyright material on the Internet.

The Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill repeals the controversial Section 92A and replaces it with a “three-strikes” regime deter illegal file-sharing.

“This amendment puts in place a fair and balanced process to deal with online copyright infringements occurring via file sharing,” Power says in a press release. “The major feature is the three-notice process, which educates the public about illegal file sharing and provides effective methods for copyright owners to enforce their copyright. It ensures that file sharers are given adequate warnings that unauthorized sharing of copyright works is illegal.”

The legislation includes a “three strikes” regime that would allow copyright holders to seek financial compensation from file-sharers as well as temporary suspension of their Internet connections for up to 6mos.

The former would entail the creation of a Tribunal that copyright holders could petition for compensation awards of up to $15,000 ($10,422 USD), and the latter would require an application against the accused in a District Court.

All penalties follow the standard “three-strikes” regimen of three notifications, detection, warning, and enforcement.

The bill is a marked improvement from the previous section92A now a court order is required to disconnect file-sharers rather than simply allowing ISPs to be judge, jury, and executioner as was the case before.

“The role of judge has now been moved back to the justice system, and the newly repurposed Copyright Tribunal who are actually qualified to understand copyright law,” says the Creative Freedom Foundation, a New Zealand digital rights advocacy organization.

However, the group is still concerned that Internet disconnection is still on the table, be it even a temporary suspension of service.

“The internet has become a core, vital service – you wouldn't terminate someone's right to post a letter,” said the group's director, Bronwyn Holloway-Smith.

She's also concerned that the fines won't be proportionate to the actual losses perceived by copyright holders.

“We've yet to see what scale they will be basing their fines on,” she said. “We want something proportionate.”

Another flaw, as pointed out by InternetNZ, a New Zealand non-profit group that promotes “high performance and unfettered (Internet) access for all,” is that people with suspended accounts could simply switch to another ISP, and that if that's the case there's no point in disconnecting them in the first place.

Either way, at least the bill is much better than the previous Section 92A, or the “guilt upon accusation law.”

Stay tuned.

jared@zeropaid.com

http://www.zeropaid.com/news/88240/new-zealand-proposes-internet-suspesnion-15000-fine-for-file-sharers/
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Search through Multiple File Sharing Sites with Torfinder

Posted on: February 28, 2010

A new meta-search engine has emerged on the p2p file sharing scene. Called Torfinder.com, the site scans through 14 different sites to help you find what you’re looking for and in doing so “will use its smart filter to remove any of the fake and slow torrents that we wouldn't want to download leaving us with high grade download material.”

Any regular downloader knows the usefulness of this sort of service as it easily allows you instant access to sites where you can find and grab the files you want – be they movies, songs, games, ebooks, etc.

While TorFinder is a free service where there are no subscriptions, or products to pay for, it links instead to other popular sites which do require you to buy accounts.

When searching for a title, the results will automatically display detailed info about the file you want: its location (the sites you can go to download the file), its size, the number of seeds and peers, the health of the download. A great feature is that the results are placed into different categories – when I entered Metallica, for example, I was given results under various such categories – from music and games (Guitar Hero – Metallica) to movies and eBooks (Best of Metallica – [Piano-Vocal-Chords]).

torfinder screenshot

Currently, TorFinder supports the following filesharing sites: TorrentReactor, isoHunt, FullDls, Fenopy, BTJunkie, TorrentBit, Extratorrent, KickAssTorrents, SuprNova, Monova, NewTorrents, SeedPeer, TorrentBox, ExtreamNova so there’s plenty of chances to find what you’re looking for. It also offers you the ability to tick off all these sites or just the ones you prefer in your searching and view 50 most recent searches.

As a final treat, on the homepage you will also be kept posted about what’s going on in the file sharing world with the latest information from specialized file sharing news sites.

http://www.p2pon.com/2010/02/28/search-through-multiple-file-sharing-sites-with-torfinder/
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Police Closes Russia's Most Popular Torrent Site

Posted on: February 27, 2010

Russia's largest file sharing website has been shut down by police for copyright infringement.

While this is not the first legal operation against such a site the premiere consists in being the first shutdown operation and it caused a torrent of protests. Part from this, an increasing number of users (currently more than a thousand) have started formed their own protest movement.

However, its owners wasted no time and in spite of impending legal charges, and registered torrents.ru under a different domain name, saving their database and clients.
“This out-of-the-blue decision is proof of the incompetence of our police. What was done was utterly illegal – you have to have a decision from the court before you can just cut off a website,” commented editor of Hacker magazine, Nikita Kislitsyn.

Emphasizing the danger of creating such a precedent Yury Romanov from the Community for Legal Exchange of Information said: “This is an alarm bell. Today it has happened to a torrent website, but tomorrow it could be anyone.”

Of course views upon the issue are split – one of Russia's leading film directors, Yury Grymov, for example, hailed the news:

“Piracy takes away ninety percent of our profits. It has destroyed cinema in this country and we can't finance the films we want as a result. It is high time the government did something about pirates.”

Watch below a video dealing with the shutdown (via RT):

http://www.p2pon.com/2010/02/26/police-closes-russias-most-popular-torrent-site/
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Grabatorrent.com: New Place to Grab Movies & Music

Posted on: February 25, 2010

Grabatorrent.com is a new file sharing website where music and movie buffs can search for and download their favorite artists and flicks or discover new content in terms of entertainment.

The site’s main categories (besides the ones for each of its specific type of files) are: new movies, most popular movies, new albums, most popular albums, new series, most popular series; you can also check out the site’s top most downloaded movies, music albums or series. If you've used another popular site, Coda.fm, before then downloading music with Grabatorrent will be quite familiar.

grabatorrent - music

A nice feature (which is still under development) is the ability to browse content by artists, when searching for music, or by actors, when searching for movies. Each movie comes with a full description of its cast and other useful info. Also quite useful, when clicking a specific genre, the site lists alphabetically all the movies included in that genre.

All the films and music albums the site offers come with the original cover arts. We liked that you get detailed info about artists, album reviews, even the official releasing date, track listing,? and the number of downloads for each album.

We’re waiting more content on Grabatorrent – the site could use some improvements but being at an early stage let’s give it some time: ‘We launched just a while ago, Please, help us grow and build a great community for everyone to enjoy.’

grabatorrent - movies


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FTC Notifies 100 Companies about Leaked Data onto P2P

Posted on: February 24, 2010

On Monday The U.S. Federal Trade Commission launched a warning to nearly 100 organizations, revealing that data from their networks has leaked on p2p (peer-to-peer) file-sharing networks.

Apparently, employees at the institutions, including companies, schools and local governments, accidentally shared online sensitive data (like financial data, social security numbers, and drivers licenses numbers), exposing them to identity theft and other cybercrimes.

"Unfortunately, companies and institutions of all sizes are vulnerable to serious P2P-related breaches, placing consumers' sensitive information at risk. For example, we found health-related information, financial records, and drivers' license and Social Security numbers–the kind of information that could lead to identity theft. Companies that distribute P2P programs, for their part, should ensure that their software design does not contribute to inadvertent file sharing," said FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz.

According to the agency said it has conducted separate investigations of some companies as a result of its file-swapping inquiry, but no names of companies or further details have been given.

"It is your responsibility to protect such information from unauthorized access, including taking steps to control the use of P2P software on your own networks and those of your service providers," the FCC added.

http://www.p2pon.com/2010/02/24/ftc-notifies-100-companies-about-leaked-data-onto-p2p/
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New File-Sharing Legislation in New Zealand

Posted on: February 24, 2010

When the New Zealand Government pushed forward for new legislation to address the problem of illegal file-sharing back in 2008, it received harsh criticism which eventually led to the plans being abandoned since “guilty upon accusation” elements (Section92A) seemed too much.

Yesterday, as TorrentFreak reports, Commerce Minister Simon Power introduced The Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill meant to dismiss Section 92A and implement instead a modified regime which aims at cutting back online piracy.

However, as things often go with politics – changes have been made only in appearances, the essence remains virtually unchanged. While another softer term was found to describe the legislation – “three notice” regime which replaced the notorious “three-strikes (and-you’re-out)” one – the idea is pretty much the same – the bill will allow copyright holders to ask for damages and forward requests to have certain users suspected of illegal file sharing cut off from their internet connection.

Section92A was mostly condemned for not allowing a user who has been accused of infringement the right to reply and, in this sense, improvements have been made – the legislation will extend the jurisdiction of the country’s Copyright Tribunal, which will hear both sides of the argument and will be given power to decide on cases of alleged copyright infringement.

“The major feature is the three-notice process, which educates the public about illegal file sharing and provides effective methods for copyright owners to enforce their copyright,” said Power. “It ensures that file sharers are given adequate warnings that unauthorised sharing of copyright works is illegal.”

He goes on saying: “It’s important that account holders are given a reasonable time to stop infringing before enforcement takes place. The bill prescribes timeframes so account holders have the opportunity to address illegal file sharing activity occurring on their internet connection before enforcement action is taken. They will also have the chance to challenge notices and may request hearings at the Copyright Tribunal to contest infringement claims.”

The Tribunal will also be empowered to order repeat infringers to pay damage compensations up to $15,000 ($10,539 USD) – with the exact amount linked to damages the copyright holders have allegedly suffered – and also order the suspension of Internet subscriptions for six months.

http://www.p2pon.com/2010/02/24/new-file-sharing-legislation-in-new-zealand/
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Illegal Recording of The Dark Knight Costs Man Two Years in Prison

Posted on: February 23, 2010

Since the measures against non-commercial file sharing are getting increasingly drastic one can easily guess the risk involved by recording illegally a film for personal profit.

Missouri man Robert Henderson of Grandview learned that the hard way – after being arrested for camcording The Dark Knight in a theater and selling the flick on DVD, he was given two years in federal prison.

Apart from jail time (which will be followed by three years probation), U.S. District Judge Fernando J. Gaitan also fined Henderson $24,738.

Henderson was caught on July 18, 2008 (opening day for the Warner Bros. blockbuster) using his digital camera illegally and pleaded guilty to criminal copyright infringement.

Of course the MPAA was more than happy with the news as its main occupation is setting examples among copyright infringers:

“This is an appropriate sentence for a very serious crime, and we hope it will serve as a warning to would-be movie thieves that they will face severe consequences for engaging in these activities,” said Mike Robinson, the MPAA's senior vice president of content protection.

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http://www.p2pon.com/2010/02/23/illegal-recording-of-the-dark-knight-costs-man-two-years-in-prison/
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Letter Sent to MPs Asks for Urgent Anti-Piracy Measures

Posted on: February 23, 2010

Simon Cowell making a getsure he is likely to receive himself

The Digital Economy Bill published last November by the British Government and currently passing through the House of Lords has received torrents of criticism for its plans of disconnecting repeat infringers but now big names in music, film and publishing industries are pushing for its passing.

Simon Cowell has become involved in the anti-piracy issue with probably “his first piece of UK political lobbying” as Telegraph reports.

The English music executive joined other important names in the creative industries who converted their concerns with the increasing phenomenon of file sharing into signatures on a letter that urges MPs to hurry with the passing of the Digital Economy Bill.

Among those who signed the letter is English novelist Sir Terry Pratchett (representing the interests of authors), who is confident that the Digital Economy Bill, “will ensure that British creators, entertainment companies and the 1.8 million people who work in and around the cultural sector are respected and rewarded in the future as they have been in the past, and that they are fairly paid when they put their work online.”

From the letter: “Digital entertainment services are really beginning to take off: fans have never had so much choice as to how to enjoy their music, books, TV and films online. But for these new business models to develop, it is critical that more is done to prevent the illegal services providing easy access to free content.”

The Bill’s anti-piracy measures are far from addressing the technical issues implied by a correct identification of an account owner who is indisputably guilty of copyright infringement as pointed out by Deborah Prince, the head of Legal Affairs at Which? and several ISPs with TalkTalk being the most notable with its “Don’t Disconnect Us” campaign.

We’ll keep you posted with upcoming events in the story as always.

http://www.p2pon.com/2010/02/23/letter-sent-to-mps-asks-for-urgent-anti-piracy-measures/
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UK Says ‘No’ To Disconnecting File-Sharers, Sort Of

Posted on: February 23, 2010

In November 2009, details finally became public concerning the UK Digital Economy Bill, which aimed to turn elements of Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report into law.

Part of the proposals indicated that Internet users would face being monitored by the music and movie industries. Their ISPs would then be required to pass on copyright infringement notices based on evidence supplied by anti-piracy tracking companies.

If file-sharing wasn't reduced by 70% in 2 years using these ‘educational' measures, alleged persistent infringers faced the ultimate sanction of being disconnected from the Internet.

The proposals were met with massive opposition, with ISP TalkTalk going as far as threatening legal action over what it says amounts to a breach of human rights.

Adding to the pressure, a petition against the proposals was launched on the Number 10 website demanding;

“We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to abandon Lord Mandelson’s plans to ban individuals from the internet based on their use of ‘peer to peer’ file sharing.”

The Government has now responded, and for TalkTalk and the countless others who share their views, on the surface it seems like good news, but a closer look reveals a somewhat disappointing result.

In its response the Government says that it wants as many citizens as possible to enjoy the benefits of the Internet and recognizes that technology has changed the way people access media content, in some cases “faster than products and services commercially on offer have developed” – an apparent reference to the superior accessibility of unauthorized downloads.

The Government goes on to say that they take the interests of artists and creators very seriously and have been working hard to find solutions to online copyright infringement. Nevertheless, they will not require ISPs to monitor their users to detect infringements and downloaders will be pretty safe, as is the case now, with detection being focused on those who upload material without permission.

On potential disconnections for persistent file-sharers – the key issue for many – the Government goes on to say:

“We will not terminate the accounts of infringers – it is very hard to see how this could be deemed proportionate except in the most extreme – and therefore probably criminal – cases.”

What categorizes an infringement as ‘criminal' is open to interpretation, but is likely to mean very large-scale infringement, infringement for profit, or both. So good news then? Well, not quite.

Despite throwing out absolute permanent disconnections as a measure against file-sharers, the Government is still considering other ‘technical' solutions if the ISP warnings aren't effective including “band width restriction, a daily downloading limit or, as a last resort, temporary account suspension.”

So we're back to disconnections again. In terms of time, ‘temporary' is not defined. Of course, anything less than ‘permanent' fits the wording. A day? A month? A year?

Another part of the response which has been mentioned several times before and still remains puzzling is this section:

“In the cases of the most serious infringers, if a rights holder obtains a court order, the ISP would have to provide information so that the rights holder can take targeted court action.”

As anyone who has followed the activities of Davenport Lyons and ACS:Law will tell you, the personal details of anyone alleged to have shared a single file can easily be obtained by rightsholders.

Sadly, despite the headline-grabbing statements, it seems that little has changed with this response from the Government.

Article from: TorrentFreak, check out our new blog at FreakBits.

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FTC Warns 100 Companies About P2P Data Leaks

Posted on: February 23, 2010

RIAA and MPAA quick to “welcome” news of another story chronicling the “abuse of P2P technology,” and emphasizes the “serious threat” it poses to both consumers as well as copyright holders.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sent letters to almost 100 unnamed companies warning them that personal information, including sensitive data about customers and/or employees, is available in on P2P networks.

The govt agency has also opened “non-public investigations” of other companies whose customer or employee information has also been exposed on P2P networks.

“Unfortunately, companies and institutions of all sizes are vulnerable to serious P2P-related breaches, placing consumers’ sensitive information at risk. For example, we found health-related information, financial records, and drivers’ license and social security numbers–the kind of information that could lead to identity theft,” said FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz in a statement. “Companies should take a hard look at their systems to ensure that there are no unauthorized P2P file-sharing programs and that authorized programs are properly configured and secure. Just as important, companies that distribute P2P programs, for their part, should ensure that their software design does not contribute to inadvertent file sharing.”

The efforts are part of the FTC's overall mandate that it enforce laws requiring companies to take reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect sensitive personal information, and that their failure to prevent such data from being shared on P2P networks may be in violation of such laws.

An excerpt from the warning letter reads:

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is sending you this letter because at least one computer file containing sensitive personal information from or about your customers and/or employees has been shared from your computer network, or the network of one of your service providers, to a peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) network. One such file is ******. The information is now available to users of the P2P network, who could use it to commit identity theft or fraud. Your failure to prevent such information from being shared to a P2P network may violate laws enforced by the Commission.

The RIAA and MPAA were quick to “welcome” the news of another story warning of the dangers of P2P technology and the threat it poses to consumers.

“It's an all-too common refrain: a story of another security breach caused by the abuse of p2p technology,” reads the RIAA's statement. “Countless private citizens, corporations and government systems have been put at risk by entities that design a p2p product knowing that intense exchanging of files on open software programs brings unacceptable risk to others.”

It then tries to entwine the misfortunes of copyright holders with those consumers and businesses whom have been affected by “P2P abuse.”

“What else are we waiting for? Given the significant job losses endured by the creative community and profound evidence that no business or community is immune from the damaging effects of p2p abuse, what will it take to spur meaningful and long-overdue action against those who profit from nefarious use of p2p?”

You have to love it. Leave it to the RIAA to try and take advantage of a sensitive situation and twist it to serve its owen ends. Can't we agree the real problem are the individual users who don't know how to properly configure a P2P program and shouldn't be using one at work in the first place?

The MPAA, god bless it, does the same thing in its response.

“For the millions of men and women working in film, television, music, software and other creative industries, P2P networks have become a serious threat to their livelihoods by serving as a major platform for illegal trafficking in stolen copyrighted material,” said Daniel Mandil, General Counsel & Chief Content Protection Officer for the MPAA. “Today the FTC is also sending out a strong warning that using P2P networks increases the risk that sensitive personal information will fall into the hands of identity thieves. The dangers are real both for business and home users of P2P networks, and we welcome the FTC’s efforts to spread the word about the risks.”

I'm not sure the movie industry has any “threats” being it just had the best year of its life. With ticket sales up 9% to a record breaking total of $10.5 billion the only thing it has to fear is fear itself.

The FTC notices went to both public and private groups, including schools and local governments, and ranged in size from businesses with as few as eight employees to publicly held corporations employing tens of thousands. The letters urged them to review their security practices and, if appropriate, the practices of contractors and vendors, to ensure that they are reasonable, appropriate, and in compliance with the law.

http://www.zeropaid.com/news/88165/ftc-warns-100-companies-abou-p2p-data-leaks/
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New Zealand Introduces File-Sharing Amendment Bill

Posted on: February 23, 2010

In 2008, the New Zealand Government proposed new legislation to deal with illicit file-sharing. Section92A was the subject of widespread protests which eventually caused the Government to scrap their plans and go back to the the drawing board in order to remove the “guilty upon accusation” elements.

Today, Commerce Minister Simon Power will introduce The Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill which will repeal Section 92A and replace it with a modified regime intended to reduce illegal file sharing.

“The major feature is the three-notice process, which educates the public about illegal file sharing and provides effective methods for copyright owners to enforce their copyright,” says Power. “It ensures that file sharers are given adequate warnings that unauthorised sharing of copyright works is illegal.”

Despite the more-gently named “three notice” regime (versus the more commonly used “3 strikes” term) the effects are the same. The bill will enable copyright owners to claim damages and make requests for the Internet subscriptions of infringers to be suspended.

That said, the element most criticized in Section92A was the lack of a right to reply to an accusation, and that appears to have been addressed. The Bill will extend the jurisdiction of the country's Copyright Tribunal, which will hear both sides of the argument and will be empowered to rule on cases of alleged infringement.

“It's important that account holders are given a reasonable time to stop infringing before enforcement takes place. The bill prescribes timeframes so account holders have the opportunity to address illegal file sharing activity occurring on their internet connection before enforcement action is taken,” says Mr Power for the Government, adding, “They will also have the chance to challenge notices and may request hearings at the Copyright Tribunal to contest infringement claims.

Yesterday it was revealed that Peter Dengate-Thrush, a lawyer specializing in Internet and IP law, has been appointed to the three-person Copyright Tribunal.

Dengate-Thrush, who was legal advisor to InternetNZ for 3 years and is the chairman of Internet policy-making body ICANN, will serve on the Tribunal for five years.

“I straddle both camps, in that I have got a history of involvement in developing internet institutions, practices and rules and also my daily practice is as an intellectual property barrister,” he said in a recent interview.

“I make my living out of advising trademark owners and copyright owners and fully appreciate the consequences of infringements. These are bad things for the economy, communities, inventors and creators of good ideas.”

The Tribunal will be able to fine persistent infringers up to $15,000 ($10,539 USD) with the exact amount linked to damages alleged to have been suffered by the copyright owners. It will also be able to order the suspension of Internet accounts for six months.

“[There] will come a time when disconnecting them [repeat infringers] for a period is the right thing,” added Dengate-Thrush.

While welcoming most of the amendments, InternetNZ, the group which oversees the Internet in New Zealand, says the account suspension clause needs to go.

“The only major flaw remaining in the legislation is that its provision for the suspension of people's Internet accounts. Internet users would simply start a new account at another ISP,” says Policy Director Jordan Carter.

“While suspension would require an order of the District Court, it is still unworkable and unnecessary. InternetNZ will argue strongly that suspension be deleted by the Select Committee.”

Article from: TorrentFreak, check out our new blog at FreakBits.

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KickassTorrents – New Features Added!

Posted on: February 21, 2010

Today’s second P2PON post links back to the same file sharing website – Kickasstorents – just a few week from its previous updates about which we reported in another post, the sites comes with new improvements. Read them below:

We already announced some of these features in our community, but for the blog we united the last two updates into one. So this week we have!

- Kickass Fake Finder is now available! It is still a young and fresh beta, but shortly we will add a rule creator and more;

- A “Check Me” button was added for uploaders who want to become verified uploaders;

- Finally we added user reputation;

- We did a small redesign of user page;

- We added a torrent comment filter. From now on you can post the spam websites URLs or spam phrases in our community and we will add it to filter;

- Plugins for uTorrent and iGoogle;

- And numerous minor fixes.

http://www.p2pon.com/2010/02/21/kickasstorrents-new-features-added/
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Manic Street Preachers vs. Radiohead in File Sharing Fight

Posted on: February 20, 2010

The file sharing issue has fired up many conflicts between artists. In September we published a series of articles dealing with the debate placing British singer Lilly Ann (who spoke against file sharing) and fellow artists on opposite positions. Now another wrangle sparked due to the same topic.

Manic Street Preachers' Nicky Wire

During a show last night in Glasgow, Manic Street Preachers bassist, Nicky Wire, attacked verbally Radiohead's guitarist Ed O'Brien calling him a "cunt", NME.com reports.

When Radiohead made their album ‘In Rainbows’ available for free on p2p networks and let the public decide what money it was worth, Wire condemned the move saying it "demeaned music" and suggested the band were hypocrites as their relaxed attitude towards file sharing was only sustained by the millions of pounds they had already made from music. Ed O'Brien allegedly responded.

“Apparently Ed O'Brien called me a wanker, I'm really fucking scared, go back to your boarding school you cunt!” said Wire.

Oh, dear, sharing doesn’t always bring the best in men!

http://www.p2pon.com/2010/02/19/manic-street-preachers-vs-radiohead-in-file-sharing-fight/
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The Ways of P2P & File Sharing

Posted on: February 19, 2010

BitTorrent and P2P networks like Gnutella or Limewire are highly popular among the file-sharing community, but there are myriad other networks and protocols you can choose from, which offer similar transfer speed capabilities and privacy features. With that in mind, let’s have a look at the best alternatives out there, and remember to check our website for more detailed information on the most efficient transfer methods, online networks and download clients.

RapidShare and Megaupload

These web-solutions are always a good option if you are looking to share files with your friends via Facebook, Twitter or forums. To ensure the privacy of your data, all you have to do is utilize a proxy server before initiating any transfers. What’s great about solutions like RapidShare and Megaupload is that they will always have free versions available online, provide good transfer speeds and compete with torrent-using download clients in terms of file availability. When you are unable to find what you want using torrents, you should consider giving these a try, and vice-versa.

Direct Connect Hubs

Probably one of the best alternatives to torrents, Direct Connect hubs are very fast and comprehensive, and provide a highly secure transfer environment. DC hubs are usually localized and provide content descriptions, which means it’s easy to filter through the hub list and aim for the ones who best suit your download needs. Although all hubs are generally renowned for high transfer speeds, elite hubs take speed to the next level, but are also harder to get into. To gain access to the best hubs out there, you need to have a generous Internet connection and share plenty of high-quality content.

3. Forums and other types of private networks

Many BitTorrent users who aren’t satisfied with public sites like The Pirate Bay or EZTV use private forums for sharing files instead. Private networks are huge resources of high-quality data and files, but are also very selective with their users, and sometimes the only way in to such networks is through friends with solid “reputations”. However, if you manage to meet their prerequisites and be accepted, then you’re in download heaven.

http://www.p2pon.com/2010/02/18/the-ways-of-p2p-file-sharing/
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65,000 Irish Download Files Illegally Every Week, Says Study

Posted on: February 18, 2010

I was just wondering how come no p2p survey was published over the last…three weeks (?) when I came across the first “comprehensive survey” of illegal P2P conducted in Ireland and reported by Zeropaid.

Alan Hannaway, the man behind the new study, a researcher at Ireland’s UCD Centre for Cybercrime Investigation (CCI) says that during a single week he found 64,152 IP addresses that were allegedly conducting illegal file sharing over the Internet.

Created in its current form about four years ago, CCI was meant as an institution for training cybercrime investigators and prepare them for the worst in digital criminality. Apparently the worst thing out there are downloaders who don’t even use the content for any commercial gain but for personal use so forget about child pornograpgy, digital theft and other minor cybercrimes. Get those damn file sharers instead!

In a interview to the Irish Times, Hannaway stated that the results obtained through the newly developed software that is “faster and more accurate” than its predecessors follow changes and improvements brought to the original research.

“We took our core research and tweaked it so it would work on these networks and we have a system that can very quickly identify with a certain level of accuracy the peers that are showing these contents at any point in time,” he says. “This was originally a piece of research. We didn’t think that this would have a commercial application, but we have interest from companies that have lost money because of illegal downloading.”

Yet, the new program has something in common with previous software – they share the same shortcoming of not being able to identify the actual individual responsible for the copyright infringement but merely an IP address and since Wi-Fi theft has increased (and will increase even more if ‘three strikes’ law will be further applied or implemented where it’s still pending) it doesn’t prove of much help either. We might even see other cases where the accusing fingers point to an unsuspecting innocent printer (remember the case?)

http://www.p2pon.com/2010/02/17/65000-irish-download-files-illegally-every-week-says-study/
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LeechPack: MultiNetwork File Sharing Service Pack for File Sharing Freaks

Posted on: February 17, 2010

For file sharing enthusiasts, the ongoing search for quality downloads and the best transfer speeds possible through the myriad of dedicated services out there can sometimes become overwhelming and frustrating, not to mention time consuming and expensive. There are times when the drawbacks in the assiduous task of finding the right transfer link, combined with the long periods of lingering in front of the PC until the download is finally completed can be virtually discouraging. Even people who pay big money for premium access to multiple file sharing networks still stumble across some of these problems.

In my opinion, the whole idea behind file sharing should be about availability, cost-efficiency and obtaining what you want through as few steps as possible, so why does it have to be so hard then? Wouldn’t it be great to have someone do all the work for you? Fortunately, now you can have someone manage and assist your downloads all under one comprehensive dedicated service: LeechPack.com.

Designed by downloaders for downloaders, LeechPack is a growing collaborative service that primarily acts as a gateway between the most known file sharing systems. At present, the online service provides support for Rapidshare, Megaupload and BitTorrent, with HotFile, DepositFiles and many more to be added soon. With LeechPack, you can access the most popular file sharing sites from one single account, so you also save a lot of money.

From the user’s perspective, the way LeechPack works is simple: “Basically, you enter a link, or a set of links, in our LeechBox, the servers get it for you and give you a direct download link.You also have access to other downloads in real time and a powerful search engine, among many others kickass features!”, the site reads.

With LeechPack, there are only three steps to follow before you can enjoy the files you are after. First, you have to submit your Rapidshare, Megaupload or Torrent link into the “Links Manager” tool. From there, the site’s servers will handle everything for you and return a direct download link. Finally, you can use your favorite download manager to collect your links and download them straight to your PC.

What’s great about LeechPack is that it works offline, so you don’t need to leave your PC or laptop turned on all night anymore. Other promised features are high transfer speeds and download protection using a 256-bit encrypted connection.

So, how much do you have to spend to enjoy all this? LeechPack charges 9.99 euros for the minimum monthly pack, which includes 30Gb of traffic and 30Gb of space. From there, fees go up to 78.99 for the yearly pack, with 400Gb of traffic in addition to the 30Gb of space.

The downside of the service would be the effort it requires from you to create torrent files but for the file sharing freaks out there I guess that's not such a big problem after all.

Although at first glance, LeechPack’s offer may seem a little pricey, it stands out as a solid alternative to premium accounts on multiple file sharing networks and could prove to be a good investment on the long run judging by the benefits involved.

P2PON will be offering its readers 100 free invites to use LeechPack, and each free account will be capped to 1Gb for both disk and download quota. Once you reach that limit, you will have the option to buy more traffic from the site’s monthly traffic packages. Considering LeechPack is at its very beginning, you now have the possibility to be among the first who use the service, evaluate its pros and cons, send in your feedback and bring your contribution to promoting high quality downloads by helping the site grow.

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http://www.p2pon.com/2010/02/14/leechpack-multinetwork-file-sharing-service-pack-for-file-sharing-freaks/
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