Patents Threaten To Silence A Little Girl, Literally
TechdirtMar 28

World's First Flying File-Sharing Drones in Action
TorrentFreakMar 21

Google Defends Hotfile (and Megaupload) in Court
TorrentFreakMar 20

The Pirate Bay Attacks Censorship With Low Orbit Server Drones
TorrentFreakMar 19

Kim Dotcom: Many Megaupload Users at the US Government
TorrentFreakMar 12

History Shows That Copyright Monopolies Prevent Creativity And Innovation
TorrentFreakMar 06
We all too frequently hear that the copyright monopoly is supposed to encourage creativity and that the patent monopoly is supposed to encourage innovation. Most lawyers whose jobs depend on the belief in these myths even claim that the monopolies fulfill these functions to the letter. But when we look at history, a different pattern emerges.

Let’s start around the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. In that day and age, copyright monopoly laws were in force in the United Kin... (more)
Anonymous, Decentralized and Uncensored File-Sharing is Booming
TorrentFreakMar 04
The file-sharing landscape is slowly adjusting in response to the continued push for more anti-piracy tools, the final Pirate Bay verdict, and the raids and arrests in the Megaupload case. Faced with uncertainty and drastic changes at file-sharing sites, many users are searching for secure, private and uncensored file-sharing clients. Despite the image its name suggests, RetroShare is one such future-proof client.

The avalanche of negative file-sharing news over the past weeks ha... (more)
Kim Dotcom: US Govt Is Protecting An Outdated Monopolistic Business Model
TorrentFreakMar 01
This is the real issue. The closure of Megaupload is the equivalent of the government shutting down Henry Ford for producing cars because it's forcing the horse and buggy industry to adapt. - Chris
The Pirate Bay, Now Without Torrents
TorrentFreakFeb 29

Yahoo turns patent troll, aims to shake down Facebook for fees in run up to IPO
VentureBeatFeb 28

Cyberlocker To Shut Down After PayPal Ban
TorrentFreakFeb 27
Wow, this could kill the industry.
Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom: “We’re Going To Win”
TorrentFreakFeb 27

Scroogle, Privacy-First Search Engine, Shuts Down for Good
BetabeatFeb 23
This really sucks. Startpage is just not as good. - Chris
RIAA Insists That, Really, The Music Industry Is Collapsing; Reality Shows It's Just The RIAA That's Collapsing
TechdirtFeb 21

How Much Is Enough? We've Passed 15 'Anti-Piracy' Laws In The Last 30 Years
TechdirtFeb 15

The Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde: It's evolution, stupid
Wired UKFeb 13

The Pirate Bay Says Goodbye to (Most) Torrents on February 29
TorrentFreakFeb 13

Rhino dies in anti-poaching demo by conservationists
MSNBCFeb 10
You have absolutely got to read the last line of this article!
The Himalayas and nearby peaks have lost no ice in past 10 years, study shows
The GuardianFeb 09

Tribler Makes BitTorrent Impossible to Shut Down
TorrentFreakFeb 08

Paulo Coelho calls on readers to pirate books
The GuardianFeb 02

How Patents Have Held Back 3D Printing
TechdirtFeb 01
The purpose of the intellectual property system that we have is to promote the progress. When there is strong evidence that certain elements of it hold back the progress, it seems like something that should be explored. Glyn recently wrote about the plans to make 3D object plan files available on the Pirate Bay. In that post, he pointed to a great interview with M... (more)
What Piracy? The Entertainment Industry is BOOMING!
TorrentFreakJan 31

The Pirate Bay Wants You To Really Download A Car
TorrentFreakJan 24

Remain Diligent: SOPA and PIPA Must Be Squashed, Not Changed
Fast CompanyJan 15

German Hackers Are Building a DIY Space Program to Put Their Own Uncensored Internet into Space
Popular ScienceJan 09

Environmentalists Are Bad for the Environment
CEI.orgJan 08
A few weeks ago, I was walking the streets of Washington, D.C. when I happened to look up and catch the eye of a red-faced young man wearing the two things which cause me dread -- the naive optimism of youth and a shirt that read "Go Green!"

He had a clipboard, too. Never a good sign. Nor was he alone -- his green-shirted cohorts swarmed the sidewalk, accosting every passersby whose attention they could capture with: "Do you have a moment for the environment?"

Fortu... (more)
15 Percent of US File-Sharers Hide Their IP-Address, More to Folllow
TorrentFreakDec 30


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