Recently, BREIN announced that it will prosecute BitTorrent users by collecting IP addresses and other evidences. The Dutch anti-piracy association said the Dutch Data Protection Authority gave them permission to gather IP addresses of those using BitTorrent. Read more
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First copyright infringement lawsuit in Louisiana
On February 22, Dallas Buyers Club LLC filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Doe-174.64.14.54. The unknown defendant from Louisiana allegedly illegally downloaded and distributed the movie Dallas Buyers Club through peer-to-peer network BitTorrent; and this kind of lawsuit is the first of its kind filed in the Middle District of Louisiana. Read more
“Queen of the Desert” producers file a suit against BitTorrent pirates
BitTorrent in itself is not an illegal service but due to its large-file-upload function, it paves the way to unauthorized file sharing. Through the peer-to-peer service, people can allow access or share large copyrighted files such films, TV shows, music and even software. Read more
BitTorrent continues to dominate the internet’s upstream traffic
Before BitTorrent became popular, it can be credited for an impressive 35% of all internet traffic as studies indicated a decade ago. Yet, in the years that followed, video streaming was introduced to the public with the launch of YouTube, and Netflix soon after. This resulted to a change in the internet traffic distribution. So in the United States, BitTorrent lost a significant share of the total internet traffic. Read more