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File Sharing Is Now An Official Religion In Sweden

6:00AM January 5, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

Rejoice, brothers! File sharing is now an official religion in Sweden. For real. It took two years, but it’s done: it’s called the Missionary Church of Kopimism and has Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V as its sacred symbols. More »


Online

Pirate Party Launches ‘Facebook For Movies’

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9:00AM September 12, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Something tells me Hollywood isn’t going to ‘like’ this one bit. TorrentFreak reports that the Czech Pirate Party is launching a movie download portal that it describes as a ‘Facebook for Movies’. More »


Online

Is Howard Stern Responsible For BitTorrent Super 8 Release?

6:20AM August 9, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

As many of you know, it’s not uncommon for recent cinema releases to show up on torrent sites. What’s unusual here is that the watermark of the high-quality torrent Super 8 appears to point the finger at US satellite radio shock jock, Howard Stern. More »


Online

Happy 10th Birthday, BitTorrent

9:30AM July 3, 2011 | Kwame Opam

10 years ago today, Bram Cohen loosed BitTorrent upon the world in a public message board. It only got one response. Now it’s a mainstay of the darker and more outspoken corners of the internet. They grow up so fast! More »


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Homeland Security Cracking Down On BitTorrent Sites

11:03AM November 27, 2010 | Casey Chan

The Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is seizing domains of BitTorrent sites and sites associated with counterfeit goods. They’re taking over sites without any prior complaints or notifications from the court. More »


Addonics’ Mini NAS Could Hide Teeny Weeny Torrent Server

2:40PM November 17, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

I haven’t made the jump to setting up network-attached storage. But with the Addonics Mini NAS being the size of a VHS, it’s hard to resist giving up a small corner of my desk. More »


Software

Windows 7 RTM Leaked On BitTorrent

10:20AM July 24, 2009 | Don Nguyen

It should come as no surprise—but Windows 7 Build 7600.16385, which Microsoft deemed the RTM, has been unceremoniously leaked. A Chinese 64-bit version was first posted on torrent sites on July 16th with an English version released later that day. As always, grab at your own risk. [The New York Times]


Software

VLC, The Internet’s Favorite Media Player, Hits Version 1.0

11:34PM July 7, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

With a “many new features,” support for new codecs and formats and a ton of bug fixes, VLC—the most versatile media player around—is officially worth of 1.0 status. Download it here. [VLC - Thanks Chris!]


Software

Torrent IPhone OS 3.0 Naming Guide For IPhone 2G, 3G, IPod Touch

2:00AM June 11, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

If you are still looking for the iPhone OS 3.0 Golden Master in Torrent and you are not sure about what to download, here’s what you should look for (extra bonus: It works with with the iPhone 1st Generation.) More »


Entertainment

Nine’s Underbelly Hits the Internet’s Underbelly

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1:17PM February 14, 2008 | Nick Broughall

In case you missed it, Channel 9′s new crime drama, Underbelly, was banned from being broadcast in Victoria by the Victorian Supreme Court on Monday as it may influence the result of a murder trial currently underway. The show is a “based on the true story” type show about the 10 year gang war in Melbourne.

But what makes this story really interesting is that within 30 minutes of it being aired last night throughout the rest of Australia, the show was popping up on torrent sites for people to download. Including people from Victoria. According to the SMH, “this morning more than 600 people were already downloading the show from one site”.

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