torrents
Music
It’s Still True: Music Pirates Buy More Music
4:00AM Jack Loftus | We’ve been here before, so no long post necessary, but it’s worth mentioning, again, that illegal downloaders, the alleged scourge of the music industry, are really the ones who buy the most music. More »
Entertainment
2:30AM Adam Frucci | Nothing shames internet pirates like internet memes turned real. [Blame it on the Voices via The Daily What]
This Cinema Tells It How It Is
2:30AM Adam Frucci | Nothing shames internet pirates like internet memes turned real. [Blame it on the Voices via The Daily What]
Business
It’s A Terrible Day To Be A Pirate (Bay)
9:40AM John Herrman | It’s bad enough that the Pirate Bay’s prospective buyers are world-class sketchballs — today, we find out that the Pirate Bay’s business dealings are even shadier. Oh, and Google’s culling TBP from their results Things: they don’t look so good. More »
Entertainment
Netgear Digital Entertainer Live Streams PC Media To The Television
3:00AM Mark Wilson | If you don’t have a home theatre PC or a networked console, Netgear’s Digital Entertainer EVA2000 can put all those torrents—along with some YouTube action—onto your TV. More »
Software
µTorrent iPhone App Rejected, Heads Over To Cydia
4:15PM Danny Allen | µMonitor is a little iPhone app that lets you remotely control µTorrent back at your computer. But like Transmission’s Drivetrain app, it’s been banned by Apple on anti-piracy grounds. Usefully, however, Jailbreakers can still pick it up via Cydia. More »
Business
Mininova Ordered To Remove The Only Torrents People Use
3:21AM John Herrman | Hugely popular torrent indexer Mininova has been slapped with a debilitating ruling, in the Netherlands: Within the next three months, the site has to remove all links to infringing torrents, after which it’ll be fined 1000 Euros for each one. This means that Mininova will either a) become the premier torrent indexer for Linux ISOs and public domain FLAC music, or b) die.* More »
Online
How To: Use The Heck Out Of Usenet
4:00AM John Herrman | Usenet: Everyone’s heard of it, nobody uses it. This is ridiculous. Not only is Usenet a fantastic way to download—it’s not that hard to use. Here’s how to kick your torrent habit once and for all, with Usenet More »
Online
Five Pirate Bay BitTorrent Alternatives
5:20AM Matt Buchanan | The Pirate Bay we know and love, though still harbouring torrents for now, is going away. But that doesn’t mean BitTorrent is dead. Far from it. Here are five places to get your torrent on after it closes for good. More »
Music
Arrr! Cloned Pirate Bay Site Sets Sail
6:18PM Danny Allen | Remember that Pirate Bay user who archived the site’s entire torrent index earlier this week? It’s available for all to download, but he’s now used it to create a full replica site. You can check it out at BTArena.net. [TorrentFreak]
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