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Symantec Points Its Finger at Kazaa Again

Posted in p2p by p2pon 1 hour 20 minutes ago (www.p2pon.com)
Unfunded adware accusations propagated by Symantec threaten to undermine the credibility of popular music subscription service Kazaa Kazaa, now a legitimate online music subscription service that offers users access to an extensive database of licensed songs for a monthly subscription fee is still having difficulties in shedding its past reputation, shadowed by copyright related lawsuits and prom
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ACTA Falling Apart?

Posted in p2p by zerop 3 hours ago (www.zeropaid.com)
ACTA has been called many things over the years since it was first leaked online, but an all around failure was certainly not one of them until until the last few months.The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has been one of the biggest topics of discussion in the realm of internet user rights, intellectual property discussions [...]
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At last - BTN has arrived. Stylist, chic and chock-full of features unseen elsewhere, finally there’s a torrent tracker that actually makes sense of TV releases. After tireless months of coding from an ambitious & highly-skilled team, BTN is built around a highly-customized codebase - making it one of the most original yet functional trackers [...]
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In 2008 Olympic torrents were hugely popular. The opening ceremony was downloaded more than 2 million times in the first week, outraging the International Olympic Committee. With Vancouver 2010 starting later this week, several broadcasters have declared war on Olympic pirates.
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The sky is falling on the music industry - pick the decade can we can tell you what technology is being blamed for killing an industry that by its own accounts should have been dead in 1985. But there is some good news it appears - the Australian music industry, headed by by the ARIA, posted its first successful year since 2003.
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Should copyright holders be allowed to get the identities of Internet users behind an IP-address for private prosecutions, or should that ability be left solely with the police? That's the key question behind a pivotal hit movie camcorder case which is set to move amid an unusual amount of secrecy to Norway's Supreme Court.
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TalkTalk Rises Awareness in WiFi Safety

Posted in p2p by p2pon 1 day 19 minutes ago (www.p2pon.com)
Honoring the invitation from Channel 4 News to participate in a broadcast, security expert Matt Roburgh, member of the team behind Internet service provider TalkTalk, seized the opportunity to educate the public on WiFi safety and the threat posed by WiFi hacking.More on TalkTalk Rises Awareness in WiFi Safety
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Responsible for boosting the popularity and, implicitly, the earnings of independent movie “Ink”(a film P2PON has recommended when it first hit the p2p networks), online piracy is once again into the spotlight; this time, however, for the completely different reasons.More on "Ink": The Proof that BitTorrent Can Help Movie Makers
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Following a lengthy legal procedure the Court of Bergamo has once again ruled that Italian ISPs have to censor their networks and prevent customer access to The Pirate Bay. Millions of Italian Internet users will be denied access to the popular torrent site in an attempt to prevent copyright infringement.
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DigiProtect has shot itself and its business model in the foot during a recent court hearing. The notorious anti-piracy outfit refused to open its books for scrutiny during a case where it claimed compensation against a file-sharer. The judge consequently ruled that the defendant didn't have to pay the majority of the claim against him.
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