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  | Major Corporations Are Downloading Those 100 Million Facebook Profiles off BitTorrent [BitTorrent] Found at 7/29/2010 via gizmodo.com
# bittorrent Remember that torrent yesterday that contained the personal information off of 100 million scraped Facebook profiles? I thought it was strange that the guy didn't sell this information, since many companies would be interested. Turns out they are interested. More > More...
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| Astrazeneca files patent lawsuit against Torrent for blockbuster drug, Crestor Found at 7/27/2010 via www.pharmabiz.com
The UK-based drug major AstraZeneca has filed a Para IV patent infringement law suit against the Gujarat-based Torrent Pharmaceuticals and its US subsidiary for its alleged move to manufacture and sell the generic version of its blockbuster cholestrol-lowering drug, Crestor, before expiry of its patent. More...
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| Torrent community goes to town on ICSL study Found at 7/25/2010 via www.itnews.com.au
Claims of false seed counts. More...
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| Sweden Getting World's First Pirate-Friendly ISP Found at 7/21/2010 via www.fastcompany.com
The new pirate political party in Sweden, which takes a stern anti-copyright stance, and helps out torrent-sharer Pirate Bay , now plans to launch the world's first "pirate ISP." It'll be anonymized, safe, and feed funds to the party itself. The machinations of Sweden-based Pirate Bay have been fascinating to watch unfold--every step seems to challenge laws and accepted norms. Like the latest ... More...
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| Next wave of Far Cry torrent lawsuits incoming Found at 7/19/2010 via arstechnica.com
Looks like that small battalion of attorneys who've agreed to represent accused file sharers of Hurt Locker , Far Cry , other movies had better gird their loins. The Hollywood Reporter says that the law office spearheading these lawsuits has recruited over a dozen smaller firms around the United States to get the actions underway. They'll answer to the US Copyright Group as they go after ... More...
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| Judge refuses to force Dutch ISP to block Pirate Bay Found at 7/19/2010 via www.macworld.co.uk
Dutch anti-piracy foundation Brein has failed in its attempt to force Dutch ISP Ziggo to block access to The Pirate Bay. The famous torrent site will remain accessible for Ziggo subscribers. More...
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| Torrent sites: Here today, gone tomorrow and no one even cares Found at 7/15/2010 via go.theregister.com
Brein orders pirates to 'clog off!', TorrentFreak goes into meltdown Dutch anti-piracy group Brein claimed last week to have closed down 422 torrent sites in the first half of this year, but shockingly* nobody actually noticed until today.? More...
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| Court cuts fine in Tenenbaum torrent filesharing case Found at 7/12/2010 via rss.feedsportal.com
Judge sets $2,250 limit per shared file Even after cutting a damages award in a filesharing case to one-tenth the original sum, a judge said Friday the new fine was still excessive. The Massachusetts judge on Friday reduced to $67,500 an original $675,000 award that a jury had ordered a Boston Ph.D student to pay for illegally sharing music files. More...
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| The Torrent - the Bulgarian's Best Friend Found at 6/23/2010 via www.novinite.com
The recent closing down of the online library Chitanka.info, a piracy website, by the Bulgarian Unit for Combating Organized Crime prompted a mass discussion in the virtual space in Bulgaria. More...
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| uTorrent Adds Great iPhone (and Android) Remote Torrent Control Interface [Utorrent] Found at 6/15/2010 via lifehacker.com
# utorrent With the promise of controlling your torrents from any browser , the exciting uTorrent Web project (also known as "Falcon") has upped the ante even more by customizing its web interface for iPhones , with strong encryption generated from random finger sliding around the screen and a pretty slick interface for adding, stopping, and starting your torrent downloads at home. The iPhone ... More...
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| Legal Firm Plans to Threaten up to 150,000 U.S. Citizens for Film Downloads Found at 6/14/2010 via www.dailytech.com
Torrent users beware, you may soon be receiving legal threats More...
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| Homeowners unhappy with runoff from land where new cemetery will be built Found at 6/13/2010 via www.gillettenewsrecord.com
What began as a few drops of moisture soon sprung into a torrent of mud and water. When it was over, Chris and Shanie Patterson?s rural property on Roundup Drive had become a raging river. More...
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| You could multitask today: iOS 4 Golden Master torrents hit the web Found at 6/9/2010 via www.geek.com
Apple?s upcoming mobile operating system revision has surfaced on a number of torrent sites, including BitTorrent, less than two weeks before its official release. The original MobileCrunch piece that reported on the story has been taken down, probably at Apple?s request. The leaked software is actually a Golden Master version that Apple distributed to developers [...] More...
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| Torrent Blog RLSLOG Taken Down by Web Host Amidst Copyright Infringement Claims Found at 6/7/2010 via www.thewhir.com
June 7, 2010 -- A site that describes itself as a website for "fresh information about new scene releases and also other interesting software and tech news" has been shut down by its Web host due to a copyright complaint. More...
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| U.S. Copyright Group Making Major Bank off P2P Users Found at 6/2/2010 via screencrave.com
It?s no secret that file sharing of music and movies has been a serious thorn in the RIAA and MPAA?s side. They?ve both tried their hardest to put a stop to illegal downloading but they?re always two steps behind the average torrent user. Therefore, the U.S Copyright Group decided to take matters into their own [...] More...
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