Have you ever tried to explain BitTorrent to someone who has no clue about P2P? It’s challenging, isn’t it? Things that most of us take for granted really make no sense to users that aren’t all that tech-savvy. Don’t believe me? Just go to a site like Yahoo Answers - and be a...

DDoS attacks are not an unusual event for BitTorrent sites, with smaller sites suffering the effects more often than they’d like. However, to take out one of the big players requires some serious power, and that is exactly what Mininova is up against right now. Mininova co-founder Niek confirm...

In April 2000, Lars Ulrich launched his vocal campaign against file-sharing service Napster. After discovering that Metallica’s entire back catalogue could be found on the service he could hardly contain his anger and by July 2000 he was testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Of cou...

Formerly known as the Democracy player, Miro is an Internet TV player that allows you to automatically download and watch the latest TV shows, video podcasts and more. The application comes with thousands of predefined channels and the latest release also support streaming sites like Hulu. More inte...

The following story revolves around a small private BitTorrent tracker, one that specializes in various sub-genres of urban music. There is no work of mainstream artists at all, so there aren’t really any copyright worries, particularly since many artists and people from labels are active memb...

Eircom, after initially holding out and maintaining its position so strongly, has now capitulated to the wishes of the music industry. It has settled with a group which runs 90% of Ireland’s music market, putting their wishes above the requirements of its own customer base, who of course, they...

Last year we took a look at the excellent research carried out by Waxy’s Andy Baio, as he provided detailed piracy stats for every Oscar-nominated movie since 2003. Andy contacted us to announce that he’s been working hard again in 2009 - we take a look at his findings. For the 2009 Osca...

Ik heb hier al zo vaak mijn standpunt verkondigd over filesharing, p2p-netwerken en piraterij dat ik er bijna niet meer over durf te beginnen. Toch doe ik het, zij het kort en bondig. Marie-José Klaver en Erwin Blom verwijzen naar een onderzoek (PDF) van TNO, SEO Economisch Onderzoek en het Institu...

These two measures are at the core of the government’s new anti-piracy plan for the Internet. According to a report from the Financial Times, Carter’s draft will further call for a new ‘Rights Agency’ to be overlooked by Ofcom, the independent regulator and competition author...

After the unfortunate demise of the mighty Suprnova in December 2004, a large gap appeared in the BitTorrent community. Five Dutchmen - Erik, Jos, Matthijs, Niek and Rob - were inspired by the successes of Suprnova, and on January 15 2005, Mininova was born. Hosted on a basic DSL connection, it coul...