Tag: Bittorrent
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Coalition to propose crack downs on Torrenting
The Abbott government is considering reforms that would make it more difficult to download content using torrents, as well as undermining the online privacy of Australians. On February 14, Attorney-General George Brandis’ response to the Australian Digital Alliance forum held in Canberra revealed that the Abbott government was considering a graduated response scheme to deal with online copyright…
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Something Happened: Where Do Your Downloads Come From?
It’s 10pm EST on the United States east coast, and the credits of the most pirated TV show in history, “Game of Thrones” have just finished rolling. Hundreds of geeks all over the east coast are rushing to (or are already on) their computers. They’ve just recorded the entire show in HD and are rushing…