History of P2P Networks - Part One

Ah, illegally downloading files, one of the key features of the internet that can suck up bandwidth, right up there with porn. Each different P2P network is full of its own unique culture, It’s own way of gaining infamy, and its own history. P2P networks can be divided up into 3 sections, Chat-Based, Server-Based, and Semi-Decentralized.

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Oversi, RawFlow Team on P2P-Powered Internet TV Delivery

Oversi, a provider of peer-to-peer caching and content delivery services, said on Monday that it has partnered with RawFlow, a provider of live peer-to-peer streaming technologies. The integration of Oversi's caching and RawFlow's ICD (Intelligent Content Distribution) can act as a booster in the network when there is not enough upstream capacity.

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RIAA Organizes P2P "entrapment" Operation

In the ongoing (and totally ineffective) battle against online music piracy, the RIAA has enlisted Media Defender (http://www.mediadefender.com/) to create fake P2P websites. These sites prompt users to download fake software (which is actually spyware in disguise) in order to download illegal tracks from the site

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Open Source, Web 2.0, peer-to-peer, unified communications System

Web2.0, distributed, peer-to-peer, grid computing, unified communications SAAS platform for web, phone, and IM rich media collaboration & conference. This Multipoint VoIP, VVoIP Video service delivery platform is based on C#, WPF, WCF, & .NET 3.5. Latest VMukti (previously known as 1videoConferece) release is open source P2P Web2.0 audio/vide

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Prince’s Planet Earth on P2P networks

To no one’s surprise, Prince’s Planet Earth CD is all over the P2P networks, not to mention eBay.It isn’t scheduled to go on sale officially until July but Prince struck a marketing deal with a UK newspaper and the CD was a giveaway on Sunday.

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UK isps say "we're not responsible for illegal file sharing"

UK Internet Service Providers Association responds to recent Belgian court ruling that an ISP must either block or filter copyrighted material on P2P and file-sharing networks.

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DrunkenDonkey.net To Move Host From Canada Due To AUP Violation

DrunkenDonkey received some bad news this month, Their webhost in Quebec Canada recently told the site owner Known as Dome that DrunkenDonkey.net was in violation of the host’s AUP (Acceptable Use Policy).

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The Original Pirate Bay

Before P2P, we had to resort to :ahem: alternative measures.

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Download mp3, mp4 and videos without p2p client

Download mp3, mp4 and videos without using any p2p client

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Dramatic Prairie Dog Cought using P2P Limewire!

Sooo funny we laughed for hours!

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Leaseweb Gives up Identity of Demonoid.com Owner

BREIN recently issued a cease and desist letter to Demonoid.com's hosting company Leaseweb, demanding they divulge the owner's identity, address and banking details. Leaseweb tried to resist, however today Slyck.com reports they have agreed to divulge all requested information. Demonoid.com has since moved to Canada, will it be enough?

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µTorrent 1.7 Build 3353 Final

µTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. µTorrent was designed to use as little cpu, space and memory as possible while offering all the functionalites expected from advanced clients. With BitTorrent, you can download files faster and contribute by sharing files and bandwidth.

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Dangerous BitTorrent and Mac OS X security

Latest development around BitTorrent and MPAA was a great example for growing insecurity of Mac OS X users.

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Utorrent 1.7+ possilby unsafe

BitTorrent Inc and Utorrent announced a joining of forces. But BitTorrent Inc is directly in partnership with the movie studios/MPAA.(http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-and-mpaa-join-forces/) Could the latest updates of utorrent be influenced by the MPAA?

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iGamingSeek Launches Search and Advertising Dedicated to The Gambling

This week iGamingSeek Ltd a Malta based company with strong links to the iGaming Industry announced the launch of their latest project a search engine, human edited directory and advertising network dedicated to Gambling. iGamingSeek allows webmasters and companies a wide variety of options for promoting their gaming site/business at iGamingSeek su

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Top 5 Worst Websites EVER

As selected by TIME Magazine, these five websites suffer marketing infestation, are in need of an overhaul, are notoriously slow to load, are discriminatory, and are just plain annoying.

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Media Defender Buys P2P.net: Preparing for their Next Scam?

The infamous anti-piracy organization Media Defender recently bought the P2P.net domain. Currently P2Pnet redirects to Google and at this point it is still unclear what their plans are for the domain. However, it is likely that they will use it for one of their pirate traps such as the fake video download service Miivi or..

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Online Radio Is Saved; SoundExchange Will Not Enforce New Royalty Rates

I just spoke with Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora, and he told me a SoundExchange exec just promised -- in front of Congress -- that SoundExchange will not enforce the collection of webcaster royalties under the new rates that would have driven many of them out of business.

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"iTorrent": A BitTorrent Client for your iPhone?

The possibility of file sharing whilst walking down the street is closer than you might think. Carrying a BitTorrent client in your pocket is getting closer, with the release of new high-powered communication tools, such as the much publicized Apple iPhone.

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A Very Cool Bittorrent Search Extension for Firefox

Currently the best bittorrent search extension to date. A must have for any bittorrent user.

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Bittorrent goes mobile

Here's the first Bittorrent client for cellphones.

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The Pirate Bay Interview (Video)

The BitLord show released a special episode in which they interview with Brokep from The Pirate Bay. Brokep talks about TPB’s contribution to the BitTorrent scene, their secret upcoming project, the new anonymous P2P protocol they are working on and much more.

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Media Defender Endorses TorrentFreak’s Great Work

TorrentFreak’s recent articles about Media Defender have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times, surely proving beyond any doubt that they must be an incredibly popular company doing great things for the BitTorrent community. In recognition of our great work, Media Defender has re-directed its p2p.net domain to us.

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Media Defender Buys P2P.net

The infamous anti-piracy organization Media Defender recently bought the P2P.net domain. Currently P2P.net redirects to Google and at this point it is still unclear what their plans are for the domain.

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P2P Worms - File Sharing Worms

P2P is peer-to-peer, or a sharing of files. Kazaa, Limewire, Napster and Morpheus are all P2P networks. People share music files, videos and pictures

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Take a hike, RIAA: US universities

According to multi-billion-dollar record labels Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG, they’re being “devastated” (their word) by P2P file sharers and counterfeiters, whom they lump together as thieves and criminals.

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