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    The Quickest Way to Investigate a Fake BitTorrent Tracker 

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    Published on 09-07-2013 09:10 AM   
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    Anti-piracy groups and malware spreaders have been seeding fake files on BitTorrent for a long time now. They use a mix of open and public BitTorrent trackers and some also decide to set up their own trackers. Here we’ll be looking at the easiest way to find out more information about them.

    As you may have been aware we’ve covered a few pieces on how malware and fake files are spread through torrent. We have showed how they get users to install programs such as DomPlayer.

    After receiving an email yesterday from a user of ours who pointed out a problem with a torrent for the “Wolfman DVD rip” we decided to check it out and dig a little deeper into this obvious fake torrent. When looking at the file we discovered it was tracked using many trackers but one caught our attention straight away. ...
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    Due to FACT threats Torrent Damage Shuts Down 

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    Published on 09-05-2013 08:34 AM   
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    In Europe, the Federation Against Copyright Theft is fast becoming the main agency in fighting piracy in light of another Torrent site being shut down.

    The agency that is more commonly known by its abbreviation FACT, has issued warnings and threats to a number of sites in the recent months. Even though the agency is based in the UK there is no geographical boundary for them with many reports of warnings being issued to sites all around the world. In the last week alone the Hollywood backed group shut down another site.

    In 2005 the site Torrent-Damage was established, and with its 9-year tenor it was an old school player in the torrent scene. However following a threat issued by FACT the owners of Torrent-Damage have decided to shut down the site to cut their losses. ...
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    BitTorrent Claims They Don’t Deal In Pirated Content 

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    Published on 09-03-2013 08:46 AM   
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    It is common knowledge that torrents are used for downloading pirate movies, music, games and much more. Despite this BitTorrent wants to make the world aware that they are not involved in any of the above.

    Their vice president Matt Mason wrote a blog post last week stating that their open-source, peer to peer technology is used to share content, but they do not endorse any form of piracy whatsoever.

    "We don't host infringing content. We don't point to it. It's literally impossible to 'illegally download something on BitTorrent,'" Mason wrote. "To pirate stuff, you need more than a protocol. You need search, a pirate content site, and a content manager. We offer none of those things. If you're using BitTorrent for piracy, you're doing it wrong." ...
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    Google Refuses to Delete Pirate Websites From Its Search Results 

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    Published on 09-02-2013 09:39 AM   
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    The on-going argument between Google and the copyright industry looks set to continue in public and privately. The point of disagreement lies within Google refusing to remove pirate websites from its search results with Eric Schmidt from Google enforcing this stance. He goes on to state that Google is in the process of making changes to decrease piracy, although deleting websites and monitoring the web goes against Google’s primary principles and philosophy. ...
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    France Backtracks On Its Piracy Policy 

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    Published on 08-30-2013 10:48 AM   
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    France has finally revoked a legislation it put in place years ago after many debates and opposition. The new decree will now ensure file-sharers will not have their internet connection terminated for copyright infringement. Now, if they are caught by copyright holders they will face a system of automated fines.
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    BitTorrent Monitoring of File-Sharers! New study now out! 

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    Published on 08-27-2013 10:31 PM   
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    In light of new research carried out by a UK research team it is believed that people using BitTorrent to download music or films is likely to be monitored.

    The research team from the University of Birmingham claims that within 3 hours of a user downloading a media file it will be logged by a monitoring firm. When the team was asked about the level of monitoring they all unanimously expressed their “surprise”. The information monitored could be used by copyright holders to bring to an end the high levels of illegal download. The team of computer scientists carried out the research over a three year period by developing software which impersonated a BitTorrent file-sharing client and then logged all the connections made to it. ...
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    HBO's Bizarre Takedown Request to Google for VLC Player 

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    Rather funny thing happened to VLC player. Not so long time ago HBO sent a copyright removal request to Google where they included a download link for VLC player located on domain torrentportal.com.

    VideoLan is one of the most popular video players today for viewing of all types of files from PC without additional codecs needed. The software doesn't store any real files somewhere on their servers or offer any features to access copyrighted content.

    Mentioned takedown notice is more a false reporting as planned action against the player. It shows well that Google seems not to check reported URLs after they were submitted. On the other side it's understandable that Google is not able to check every link. Monthly about 15 million will be reported, which is a very huge amount for manual check. ...
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    MPAA Recruits ‘Internet Analyst’ to Spy on Social Networks and Forums 

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    Published on 08-04-2013 08:33 PM   
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    In its ongoing war against online piracy, the MPAA is currently recruiting new soldiers. One of the open positions that caught our eye recently is that of an “Internet Analyst,” tasked with manipulating media files and monitoring social networks, communities and forums. For those still in school the MPAA also has a job opening for an unpaid summer intern to assist with various “content protection” projects. ...
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    Top 5 Bittorrent Clients for Windows and Mac 

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    Published on 08-02-2013 10:15 AM   
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    Bittorrent protocol is one of the most used technologies to share files online. Millions of users use it daily to upload and download content between peers. Using torrents is very simple and doesn't require any special computer knowlegde. All you need is a Bittorrent download client and a source with provided .torrent files.

    Below is a list of most popular and convenient clients for Windows PC and Mac OS: ...
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    The Pirate Bay Founder Speaks About It's Shut Down 

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    Published on 08-01-2013 10:49 AM   
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    The Pirate Bay is surely one of the most popular torrent sites all over the world. Even more, it's not only any site with torrents - it's a part of international sharing culture. Millions of users use the site daily and like it very much.

    The Pirate Bay was grounded by the organisation called "Piratbyrån" located in Sweden. The members of Piratbyrån were political activists, hackers and well-knowledged programmers. The main aim of the site was to show the society their moral and political views as also to be able to manage the social developement all over the world. The Pirate Bay owners are not motivated by millions of dollars, they are motivated by the idea. ...
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    Torrents vs Usenet - Technologies Compared 

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    Published on 07-31-2013 11:50 AM   
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    The big discussion about strengths and weaknesses of Bittorrent toward Usenet already takes place for longer time. Both technologies are very popular and have huge fans community. Nonetheless both networks have advantages and disadvantages if you take a closer look at it. ...
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    5 Ways To Increase Your Torrent Download Speed 

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    Well known that download speed for torrent files depends on seeders and leechers amount. If the file is popular then it can be transfered very fast, torrents with low peers need much more time to be downloaded. But there are stil some factors that can increase your speed if you follow them. ...
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    Judge sides with porn P2P plaintiff, setting up legal showdown 

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    Appeals court to decide if rightsholders can subpoena 1,058 people in one case.

    In recent months we've seen growing judicial skepticism of mass copyright lawsuits. Many judges have concluded that plaintiffs—often pornography publishers—have no interest in actually litigating cases and instead hope to use the threat of ruinous legal bills (not to mention the embarrassment of public association with pornography) to extract four-figure cash settlements from defendants. ...
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