P2P

ISPs To Speed Up P2P Transfers

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Potentially good news for downloaders, Internet providers, and peer-to-peer companies. Read >

With New CEO, Can BitTorrent Figure Out A Business?

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The P2P company has tried several business models in the last few years. They haven't worked. Read >

How Not To Get Caught Up In An Anti-Piracy Dragnet

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Innocent people (or so they say) are being identified as file-sharing pirates amidst a crackdown. How to stay safe. Read >

Andiamo! Italian Judge Lifts Ban On Hacker Haven The Pirate Bay

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When in Rome, download all the copyrighted movies you want for free. Read >

Italy Challenges The Pirate Bay To Hacker Duel, The Pirate Bay Wins

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Rule No. 1 for battling hackers: They're better at hacking than you are. Read >

Comcast, Slapped By FCC, Expands Testing New Tech To Slow Down Your Internet (CMCSA)

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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. Read >

Comcast's Speed Boost Is Good News For The P2P Industry (CMCSA)

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Comcast is more than doubling upload speeds for its cable modem subscribers, which means there's more capacity available for peer-to-peer transfers. Read >

Cox, Like Comcast, Choking Customers' File-Sharing

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A German study finds three Internet providers guilty of disrupting file-sharing connections: Two are U.S. cable giants Comcast and Cox. Read >

MPAA Wins $111 Million Judgment Against Download Site TorrentSpy

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Hollywood squashes another file-sharing service. Just a few thousand more to go. Read >

BitTorrent Search Engine Kicks Out The Pirates. What's It Worth?

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Torrent aggregator YouTorrent has attracted 10 million fans. Now that the 'stolen' stuff is off the site, will any of them stay? Read >

BitTorrent and P2P Now Playing Nice With ISPs, But Doesn't Solve Real Problems

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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. Read >

BitTorrent, Comcast (CMCSA) Shake Hands, Downloaders Still Screwed

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Comcast won't just slow down BitTorrent traffic anymore -- it'll slow down all traffic for heavy downloaders. Read >

Verizon's Blessing Won't Help Peer-To-Peer Sales

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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. Read >

BitTorrent CEO: Rethinking Media Store, No Business Impact From Comcast

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BitTorrent boss Doug Walker on his company's new push -- getting its software inside consumer electronics -- and Comcast's P2P download blocking fiasco. Read >

Pando Networks Raises $8 Million

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More money for the P2P content distributor. Read >

FCC's Comcast Vs. BitTorrent Hearing: How To Tune In

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Telecom heavyweights discuss Comcast's BitTorrent vise and other 'network management' practices. Read >

P2P Coders To Comcast: Block This! (CMCSA)

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P2P developers will counter Comcast's filters with new encryption techniques. Read >

FCC Goes After Comcast (CMCSA) For Internet Interference

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The cable giant gets checked out for blocking peer-to-peer Internet transfers. Read >