October 30th, 2007
Secure-p2p
You know what sucks about BitTorrent ? Well frankly, a lot of stuff, but it’s the best thing we have right now. The fine folks from The Pirate Bay are hard at work designing the next evolutionary step in P2P file sharing, and I for one, could not be happier! Say what you will about copyright, but The Pirate Bay folks have a vision that transcends the petty greed of any MP3 collector or Warez kiddie. I will gladly welcome a P2P system that eludes ISP filtering, speed limits and those sneaky sons of bitches at MediaSentry.
If any of you have any skills or knowledge worth contributing to the project, please jump in. It may not seem like much, but Secure-p2p will likely have a very real impact on the future of the Internet. We’re getting crushed by draconian, corporate-sponsored laws and Canadian dumbasses who were born on the wrong side of the US border (seriously). A little file-sharing program can be a powerful way to get people thinking about their freedoms, about what copyright really means and what laws should and shouldn’t be.
June 9th, 2007
The article at News.com.com.com.com :P
You’ve got to love California and their Hollywood legal system. A federal judge has ordered TorrentSpy.com to start tracking its visitors’ habits, as part of the discovery process in their suit against the MPAA.
It just keeps getting better and better (and by that I mean WORSE). You see, the MPAA doesn’t even have any proof of copyright infringement. They’re asking the defendant to provide self-incriminating evidence, which is a direct violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
This sets one ugly precedent. It’s yet another gross distortion… Read the rest of this entry »
May 15th, 2007
I’m always bitching about bad programmers and how they should be murdered and raped (in that specific order), but I can certainly acknowledge talent when I see it. Today’s example of excellent software is the awesome µTorrent, possibly the best BitTorrent client for Windows… Read the rest of this entry »
May 5th, 2007
In the world of file sharing, BitTorrent is huge. There are dozens of clients for every mainstream operating system, heck there are even gadgets that download torrents without a computer! Everyone’s uploading and downloading all sorts of stuff, good and bad, but there is one thing I feel compelled to address and that is the ‘Super Seeder’ option… Read the rest of this entry »
April 28th, 2007
Trent Reznor, the man behind Nine Inch Nails, released three songs off the latest album “Year Zero” in multitrack format, making it possible for just about anyone with music software to remix the tracks. That in itself is nothing new, he did the same thing two years ago when “With Teeth” was released… Read the rest of this entry »
