Archive for December, 2007

Limewire installed on one third of world’s PCs

Posted on 13 December 2007 by mike.

Here’s some news that should convince any doubters out there about the status of filesharing as an entity that cannot be contained. Digital Music News and BigChampagne released the findings of a study into filesharing, revealing that one third of all PCs in the world have the filesharing program Limewire installed on them.
It seems that [...]

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free music downloads with bittorrent

Posted on 8 December 2007 by mike.

It’s amazing to think that BitTorrent traffic accounts for almost 50% of the traffic of the entire Internet. BitTorrent has opened up a whole new world of downloading for Internet users. Anyone with an Internet connection and a hard drive can now download entire movies, full seasons of TV shows and more music than you [...]

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New iphone apps for Skype

Posted on 7 December 2007 by mike.

Thid new Im + skype allows you to use skype over iphone exclusively. You can call for cheap using iphone using this application. You can download this from here. This is a great addition to the existing apps and lets you use the skype over iphone. Their has been some issues using it [...]

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Morpheus troubles mean Ares new download king

Posted on 6 December 2007 by mike.

The filesharing service Morpheus has run into a number of problems over the years. After pioneering P2P filesharing in the early 2000s, Morpheus’ reign as the most-used filesharing software in the world has sadly come to an end.
The most recent problem that Morpheus has run into was a court ruling siding with the RIAA in [...]

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Limewire case dismissed by US judge

Posted on 5 December 2007 by mike.

Limewire has run into problems this week after an American federal judge dismissed Limewire’s claims that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) had deliberately attempted to block the filesharing service’s attempts at establishing a legitimate music service.
Limewire had accused the RIAA of a number of infringements, including the fixing of prices, illegally accessing the [...]

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The Pirate Bay sued for offering OJ’s killer confession

Posted on 5 December 2007 by mike.

In a severe blow for another filesharing website, it turns out it isn’t just music that people are protective of – Fred Goldman is suing The Pirate Bay for offering free copies of the OJ Simpson book If I Did It. Goldman is taking The Pirate Bay to court for $150,000 in lost royalties.
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Florida school clamps down on filesharers

Posted on 3 December 2007 by mike.

In a bid to stop further cases of students being sued for filesharing, the University of South Florida in Tampa has announced the implementation of a $75,000 program designed to block illegal filesharing on campus.
The move comes after the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) consistently ranked the university as one of the worst filesharing [...]

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