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A European team developing technology aimed at migrating TV to the net using peer-to-peer technology has developed a beta version of the software and is seeking thousands of volunteers to sign up and test the ...

24 Jul 2008 12:42am GMT

Free Press tells FCC Comcast waived arguments against commission's jurisdiction; Comcast says network-management practices not discriminatory.

23 Jul 2008 2:25pm GMT

Examine the Latest Peer to Peer Networks: Including 7 Different Market Segments and How Modern P2P CDNs Work 2008-07-22 23:24:06 - www.researchandmarkets.com - Research and Markets has announced the addition of ...

23 Jul 2008 6:22am GMT

Statement says that it's angry that its "fans" aren't able to "have any news songs first," but may be the first time a relatively obscure band is angry over a track leak that could well stimulate interest for the entire album. Buckcherry, the Grammy-nominated hard rock band from Los Angeles, Ca, is apparently upset that a copy of the track "Too Drunk..." from its upcoming "Black Butterfly" album leaked to BitTorrent well ahead of its scheduled September 16th release date.

23 Jul 2008 4:02am GMT

Testers are being sought for technology that may help TV migrate to the net. The P2P Next project has created a trial, or beta, version of software that can stream video across a file-sharing network.

22 Jul 2008 10:05pm GMT

The Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement known for being a 'Pirate Bay Killer' trade agreement is scheduled to be negotiated further next week. While ACTA is known for many things (most of which negative) it's, above all, known to be very secretive. We reported on ACTA about two months ago when it made its first appearance as a 'Pirate Bay Killer' agreement. At the time, the agreement had to be leaked online before any real transparency could be established. For American corporate interests, it is effectively another way to stop The Pirate Bay's operations.

22 Jul 2008 6:58pm GMT

European research project aims to build a next-generation P2P content delivery platform that the team hopes will become a Europe-wide standard for broadcasters. The P2P Next consortium have developed a BitTorrent client called SwarmPlayer that can stream video and are looking for folks to help test out the system. This trial is part of the P2P Next project. P2P Next is a European research project funded by the EU FP7 framework. The P2P Next project aims to build a next-generation P2P content delivery platform, to be designed, developed, and applied jointly by a consortium consisting of high-profile academic and industrial partners with proven track records in innovation and commercial success.

22 Jul 2008 6:01pm GMT

The number of confirmed reports of child pornography and the severity of the illegal content rose in 2007, according to figures released today by an online reporting service.

22 Jul 2008 1:47pm GMT

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission needs to take steps to keep the Internet free of interference from broadband providers, such as the slowing of peer-to-peer traffic and the tracking of subscribers' ...

22 Jul 2008 5:15am GMT

File-sharing program offers live on-demand streams for more than 3,000 movies and TV shows, a Live Radio feature offering more than 1,000 live radio stations, and a Game Player providing access to more than 1,000 games, all while downloading content. Not all of us are on the BitTorrent bandwagon. Many still use direct connect type programs for their simplicity and ease of use. MP3 Rocket is one of those programs and it's arguably head and shoulders above many out there thanks to its numerous options and features that make the P2P application a one-stop entertainment destination. It has the standard file-sharing capacity for downloading videos, music, etc.

22 Jul 2008 1:00am GMT

eMule users may have been wondering why they haven't been able to connect to the Razorback 3 servers all week this week. ZeroPaid has learned that anti-piracy organization BREIN was responsible. The eDonkey 2000 community suffered another casualty on their network last week. It seems that the Dutch Anti-piracy organization BREIN has shut down "the last of the Razorback servers" This is according to a press release (Google translated) the organization issued last week. Of course, this doesn't mean the eDonkey2000 network has been shut down - far from it.

21 Jul 2008 9:51pm GMT

Attorney Generals' Office gets ISP to terminate hub's internet connection, but reports are oddly devoid of any charges being filed. A DirectConnect Hub, identified as "Sunnydale", has been shut down by Mexican authorities. A hub is a computer server primarily dedicated to facilitating the exchange of copyright infringing content by indexing the files available on network participants' computers. The Mexican Attorney Generals' Office (PGR) acted on information supplied by the local industry anti-piracy group (APCM Mexico). The PGR asked the hub's ISP to terminate it's Internet connection and it apparently complied without legal challenge.

21 Jul 2008 9:51pm GMT

Mobile peer-to-peer applications allow a team or group to create new levels of ad hoc co-operation and collaboration around a specific, real-time goal.

21 Jul 2008 4:50pm GMT

A group called the P2P -Next Consortium is testing what they're calling "a next generation Peer-to-Peer content delivery platform." They're hoping to develop software capable of offering P2P-based streaming , ...

21 Jul 2008 8:16am GMT

Maybe it was a sign that the dude who turned me onto Napster back in its heyday was the laziest guy in the office.

21 Jul 2008 12:01am GMT

China , U.S.A. Topics: Diaspora , Education , Film , Law , Science , International Relations , Language Languages: Chinese , English Full Category List Excerpt "...the first few days with the cast were really ...

20 Jul 2008 3:59pm GMT

In the United States, warrantless wiretapping has effectively become legalized for now. In Canada on the other hand, a wiretap without court approval is virtually unheard of. This is precisely what happened during a protest. In a dramatic turn of events, it has been revealed that a wiretap was issued on several protestors of the Mohawk tribe in Canada who were protesting poverty. The news story was leaked yesterday on Wikileaks in part because of a media ban on the subject.

20 Jul 2008 7:30am GMT

It's been widely reported that American ISPs are being pressured to drop their UseNet service by the New York Attorney General. Since ISPs are "voluntarily" bowing to political pressure, the EFF suggests that this effort is circumventing the first amendment. By now, most American ISPs have dropped their UseNet services. These services typical come free when customers pay for internet access. The first ISPs to fold in the wake of political pressure from New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo were Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable.

19 Jul 2008 9:15pm GMT

Security Management Zone Security management is the process of developing a comprehensive data protection plan.

19 Jul 2008 3:48pm GMT

A new kind of malicious software could pose a danger to Windows users who download music files on peer-to-peer networks.

18 Jul 2008 3:27pm GMT

Site displays results returned from 10 different BitTorrent tracker sites in a manner that's user friendly and easy to read. The BitTorrent community loves search engines, and every so often a new one enters the scene and shakes things up for the better. Such is the case with Speckly, a newly launched BitTorrent tracker search engine that pours over 10 different sites for desired content. It covers all the main public sites including: Mininova, The Pirate Bay, ISOHunt, SeedPeer, Monova, Fulldls, TorrentReactor, BTJunkie, LegitTorrents, and Vuze. What makes it unique is that the search results are displayed in an easy to read and user friendly manner similar to that of Google.

18 Jul 2008 2:33pm GMT

Evidence used to "prove" P2P users guilty of copyright infringement has been called into question a number of times recently, as the argument about whether "making available" music and movies counts as ...

18 Jul 2008 2:15am GMT

The world's first Web 2.0 wishing well part of a bigger strategy of Giving 2.0 CALGARY, July 16 /CNW/ - Cambrian House Inc.

17 Jul 2008 1:54am GMT

P2P:- Is Bell Canada deliberately trying to confuse watchers of the bandwidth throttling, net neutrality, debate by comparing what it does on the retail side, Sympatico, with what it's obliged to do by ...

16 Jul 2008 5:47pm GMT

New initiative lengthens copyright protections so that artists receive royalties further into retirement, but also lengthens it for record producers so that they have additional time to "adapt to the rapidly changing business environment."c Today the the European Commission formally adopted several initiatives that drastically alter the copyright protection landscape and sadly bring it into line with the US. The Commission proposed to equalize the copyright protection term for performers with that of composers in a bid to bridge the "income gap that performers face toward(s) the end of their lives." This means that the term of protection for recorded performances and the record itself will be lengthened from 50 to 95 years. "In this way, the proposal would benefit both the performer and the record producer," says a press release from the Commission.

16 Jul 2008 4:26pm GMT

Kung Fu Panda is doing a great job for Paramount this summer. As of today, the movie has grossed $196,680,294. It is still playing on 3,347 screens nationwide and after five weeks in release it is still number ...

16 Jul 2008 9:36am GMT

There is generally little coverage over what is going on in India with regards to digital rights in North American news outlets. That may change thanks to pressure exerted onto the country from the world Intellectual Property Organization. India is said to have the second fastest growing emerging economies in the world. With such a rich and diverse economy, one might assume the entertainment industry is doing well. This is not the case according to WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) According to a The Hindu: The WIPO Copyrights Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, collectively termed as Internet Treaties, were negotiated in 1996 under the auspices of WIPO.

16 Jul 2008 7:59am GMT

Burning a CD or a DVD may be an extraordinary convenience for many, but the very way royalties are calculated before being collected in France may change - and it won't be based on alleged piracy. There are a number of countries that have implemented a blank media levy on portable media. The idea, when one boils it down, seems simple and straight forward. There are those that record or burn copyrighted material without authorization, therefore copyright holders should have a system of compensation. In Canada, for instance, royalties collected on CDs are collected by an organization known as the CPCC.

15 Jul 2008 8:10am GMT

Law firm representing it may also have plans to sue thousands more. Topware Interactive, a game software house located in Paradise, Nevada, has hired UK-based law firm Davenport Lyons to go after 100 people in the UK for alleged illegal file-sharing of Dream Pinball 3D with perhaps thousands more to be targeted by year's end. "There is no difference between stealing a DVD from a high street retailer and downloading it from a peer-to-peer network," said David Gore, the lead barrister in the case. "We hope that it will act as a deterrent. There is a hard core of file-sharers who are just interested in getting something for nothing.

15 Jul 2008 4:41am GMT

Scores hollow blow against the BitTorrent tracker site after the site's owner agrees to close it down due to lack of financial resources to fight copyright infringement claims in court. The Canadian entertainment industry managed to shutdown BitTorrent tracker site Quebec Torrents late last week. ADISQ, which represents music artists, APFTQ, which represents a "majority of independent film and TV production companies in Quebec," and the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) had filed suit against the site for copyright infringement and had asked Quebec Superior Court Justice Pierre Tessier to impose a permanent injunction until it resolves the claims. Site owner Sébastien Brûlotte of St. Jérôme decided that the with limited financial resources available to argue his case in court as well as time to mount a proper defense, to instead agree to permanently shutdown the site.

14 Jul 2008 4:25pm GMT

After about a week of being offline, one of the largest Drum N' Bass private BitTorrent websites is finally back online. The news comes as relief to many fans of the music genre who use the site. The week started off as any other typical week for the members of Deep Bass Nine, hanging out and chatting in the community. But right away, something happened - many users were getting connection timeouts and couldn't connect to the site. It was as if the website was simply unreachable.

13 Jul 2008 8:12am GMT