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The New Pirate Bay Will Decentralize Its Operations June 29, 2009 The new Pirate Bay owner plans to take down all its trackers and torrents. The new and yet to be revealed Peerialism technology will replace the old infrastructure. In addition it will also allow publishers to be compensated. |
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The Pirate Bay Sold To Software Company June 28, 2009 Global Gaming Factory X (GGF), a company listed on the Swedish stock market, has bought The Pirate Bay for almost 8 million dollars. In addition, they have also bought Peerialism, a new P2P technology they are developing to replace BitTorrent. |
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Court Orders Rapidshare To Proactively Filter Content June 24, 2009 A German court has ruled that Rapidshare must filter out 34 million dollars worth of music tracks a lot better. Rapidshare is already filtering and blocking illegal content, however, current measures are deemed insufficient by the court. |
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More BitTorrent Users Go Anonymous June 22, 2009 While the EU, and more specifically the UK government, hopes that piracy warning emails from ISPs will drastically decrease digital piracy, 41% of our readers indicate that they would simply go anonymous. |
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Woman Hit With $1.92 Million Fine in RIAA Case June 18, 2009 A first verdict of $222,000 in 2007 was dismissed because the fine was disproportionate according to the judge in appeal. Now, in the re-trial, $1.92 million in fines has been awarded to the RIAA. |
| ISP Ordered To Hand Over Records of Pirate Customers June 16, 2009 Australia’s Federal Court has ordered the Australian ISP iiNet to hand over the IP addresses and download history of twenty alleged pirate customers. Information that could lead to the identification of the customers must not and will not be shared. |
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Fake aXXo Lures Users to Private Torrent Site June 8, 2009 The mainstream media and documentary makers have already started to show an interest in the famous BitTorrent user aXXo. Now, BitTorrent trackers are pretending to have him onboard to lure visitors. |
| Mininova Must Block The Pirate Bay and aXXo, BREIN Demands June 6, 2009 The Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN demands that Mininova blocks all user accounts found to be uploading infringing torrents, and all public trackers who track infringing torrents. |
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Military Intelligence Used to Shutdown BitTorrent Site June 6, 2009 The French anti-piracy group ALPA, the French police, and the French military worked together to bring down the BitTorrent site Snowtigers. At least 21 servers were taken offline and confiscated. |
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Russian Police Make Arrests In First Ever BitTorrent Raid June 1, 2009 Russia is one of the countries that is considered to be a safe haven to host BitTorrent trackers. However, recently Russian authorities shot into action and executed their first ever BitTorrent raid. |








