August 7th, 2012 by Music Ally

Demonoid codes

It's a sign of the tone of the current blogosphere debate around piracy that most sites are running with TorrentFreak's interpretation of the Ukrainian authorities' raid on torrent site Demonoid.

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August 2nd, 2012 by Music Ally

up-dj_shadow

With DJ Shadow releasing his latest album via BitTorrent, we look at the possibilities going forward with major label artists

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July 25th, 2012 by Music Ally

djshadow3

This morning we've got more details on that. In the UK, at least, the partner is RealNetworks, as the official download page notes: "Free, optional RealPlayer software (PC Only)". The bundle also includes...

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May 28th, 2012 by Music Ally

piracy

Another day, another report into the effectiveness or otherwise of anti-piracy legislation. This time, the Cybernormer group at the University of Lund is claiming that the IPRED laws in Sweden are not...

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May 15th, 2012 by Music Ally

counting Crows Bit Torrent

Counting Crows are the latest - and perhaps most high-profile (if this was 1994) - band to use BitTorrent for legal marketing purposes. The band have launched a 'BitTorrent Bundle' of four new tracks,...

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May 8th, 2012 by Music Ally

gyre-utorrent

BitTorrent could be looking to shake off the negative associations of its name by rebranding as Gyre. TorrentFreak has noticed that in the latest version of its uTorrent client, the copyright is ascribed...

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April 16th, 2012 by Music Ally

bittorrent

BitTorrent isn't a dirty word for every major label in 2012. Sony subsidiary Epic Records' signing Death Grips are distributing an exclusive video bundle on BitTorrent.

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March 15th, 2012 by Music Ally

tpb

The Pirate Bay has been claiming that there is a new criminal investigation looking to shut it down, and it seems it may be right.

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February 27th, 2012 by Music Ally

uTorrent

uTorrent is one of most popular BitTorrent clients, with 140m active users. Soon there'll be an app for that. TorrentFreak reports that BitTorrent Inc has a team of developers working on a dedicated Android...

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