P2P
ISPs To Speed Up P2P Transfers
Potentially good news for downloaders, Internet providers, and peer-to-peer companies.
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With New CEO, Can BitTorrent Figure Out A Business?
The P2P company has tried several business models in the last few years. They haven't worked.
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How Not To Get Caught Up In An Anti-Piracy Dragnet
Innocent people (or so they say) are being identified as file-sharing pirates amidst a crackdown. How to stay safe.
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Andiamo! Italian Judge Lifts Ban On Hacker Haven The Pirate Bay
When in Rome, download all the copyrighted movies you want for free.
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Italy Challenges The Pirate Bay To Hacker Duel, The Pirate Bay Wins
Rule No. 1 for battling hackers: They're better at hacking than you are.
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Comcast, Slapped By FCC, Expands Testing New Tech To Slow Down Your Internet (CMCSA)
Comcast has until the end of the year to stop choking its subscribers' BitTorrent file transfers. So it's expanding tests of its new "network management" system.
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Comcast's Speed Boost Is Good News For The P2P Industry (CMCSA)
Comcast is more than doubling upload speeds for its cable modem subscribers, which means there's more capacity available for peer-to-peer transfers.
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Cox, Like Comcast, Choking Customers' File-Sharing
A German study finds three Internet providers guilty of disrupting file-sharing connections: Two are U.S. cable giants Comcast and Cox.
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MPAA Wins $111 Million Judgment Against Download Site TorrentSpy
Hollywood squashes another file-sharing service. Just a few thousand more to go.
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BitTorrent Search Engine Kicks Out The Pirates. What's It Worth?
Torrent aggregator YouTorrent has attracted 10 million fans. Now that the 'stolen' stuff is off the site, will any of them stay?
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BitTorrent and P2P Now Playing Nice With ISPs, But Doesn't Solve Real Problems
Peer-to-peer companies are making friends with Internet providers. Smart move. But it doesn't make P2P content distribution much more attractive to big media.
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BitTorrent, Comcast (CMCSA) Shake Hands, Downloaders Still Screwed
Comcast won't just slow down BitTorrent traffic anymore -- it'll slow down all traffic for heavy downloaders.
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Verizon's Blessing Won't Help Peer-To-Peer Sales
Good to see Internet providers working hand-in-hand with peer-to-peer software companies. But it won't disrupt the CDN giants any time soon.
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BitTorrent CEO: Rethinking Media Store, No Business Impact From Comcast
BitTorrent boss Doug Walker on his company's new push -- getting its software inside consumer electronics -- and Comcast's P2P download blocking fiasco.
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Pando Networks Raises $8 Million
More money for the P2P content distributor.
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FCC's Comcast Vs. BitTorrent Hearing: How To Tune In
Telecom heavyweights discuss Comcast's BitTorrent vise and other 'network management' practices.
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P2P Coders To Comcast: Block This! (CMCSA)
P2P developers will counter Comcast's filters with new encryption techniques.
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FCC Goes After Comcast (CMCSA) For Internet Interference
The cable giant gets checked out for blocking peer-to-peer Internet transfers.
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