Posted on 11 June 2008 by mike.
Most users of filesharing services are aware of the dangers involved in downloading files. However, how much thought is actually given to the harm that files can do to your computer? McAfee has announced that the world is currently experiencing the most significant malware outbreak in three years.
There have been half a million detections of [...]
Posted on 1 May 2008 by mike.
Peter Garbriel’s subscription-based service for music downloads launched recently. The music-download club offers users a new album per month with high-quality files that offer CD-quality sound.
The lossless tracks offered for music downloads will be optimized for fast downloading. This music club sounds like a great idea, although it’s unclear at the moment how many people [...]
Posted on 14 April 2008 by mike.
Comcast, America’s largest ISP, has made a move to stop government regulation of the Internet, with the proposal of a filesharing bill of rights.
Despite being under investigation for meddling with users’ connection to filesharing networks, Comcast is keen on the idea of a “bill of rights and responsibilities” for users of filesharing programs like Limewire.
Comcast [...]
Posted on 19 March 2008 by mike.
Be careful what you download with filesharing programs like Limewire or you might end up in trouble like 21-year-old Jennifer Dunham. She was recently arrested for having child porn images on her computer, a claim she has vehemently denied.
It looks like Jennifer may have inadvertently downloaded the files while downloading images through filesharing network Limewire.
It [...]
Posted on 19 March 2008 by mike.
We all know that filesharing can land you in hot water for getting your free music downloads, but I bet you never realized that you could have your identity stolen and lose all your money by using a filesharing program. That’s exactly what happened to users of filesharing program Limewire recently.
Gregory Kopiloff used Limewire to [...]
Posted on 15 March 2008 by mike.
Computer technology has come a long way since the huge, bulky, slow computers of the 60s and 70s and in reality it has come a long way since the computers of the early 2000s! Mobile devices – once dominated by bulky cell phones and the ever popular pager – have now evolved to the extent [...]
Posted on 14 March 2008 by mike.
The reign of the traditional CD shop may sooner be over as MP3 downloads look set to surpass CD sales in 2011. After a number of countries have begun to include music downloads as well as sales when totting up for the national charts this news is perhaps not too surprising: once large companies start [...]
Posted on 22 February 2008 by mike.
In response to the UK government’s attempt to eradicate filesharing, a piece on the Guardian website suggests that the music industry is out of touch with its audience and is pushing for unworkable laws to be put in place to combat filesharing.
Filesharing, according to the article, is the “whipping boy” of the entertainment industry. The [...]
Posted on 22 February 2008 by mike.
There’s an interesting piece on the LA Times website that covers filesharing. It’s good to see major media outlets covering filesharing in this way and putting forward a range of opinions. The article covers a variety of bases, looking at reasons why people think filesharing is theft and why other think filesharing is all right.
The [...]
Posted on 17 February 2008 by mike.
The filesharing world throws up some strange news now and again. This week’s oddest filesharing story is that the Village People are trying to sue the Pirate Bay. Yes, that’s right: those happy campers who brought us “YMCA” are taking on the filesharing service for copyright infringement.
What’s scary is that this means that people actually [...]
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