Music Industry Censor The Pirate Bay

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The Pirate Bay is at the center of a new lawsuit filed at the District Court in Helsinki, Finland. The music industry representatives have filed suit against one of the major ISP (Internet Service Providers) in the country, demanding that it blocks subscriber access to the BitTorrent site. The Pirate Bay is currently one of the most visited websites in Finland.

Hollywood lays an Injunction against PirateBay

Several major entertainment industry companies including Columbia Pictures and Universal Music have updated the injunction against the founders of The Pirate Bay. The initial order prevented the founders from operating the BitTorrent site on pain of a 500,000 Swedish kronor fine, but it became unenforceable after The Pirate Bay removed its tracker.

Media Streaming Beat P2P

According to the recent statistics, movie streaming of Netflix is reaching its peaks by surpassing other peer-to-peer services, which has largely surprised Hollywood. In other words, this is most likely the 1st time in the history of the Internet as it is when the biggest part of its traffic is paid for. Or, at least that’s what claims the 2011 spring Internet traffic report made by Sandvine, a company offering to the largest Internet service providers such services as network management and development of measurement software.

According to the report, Netflix is currently accounts for over 22% of all broadband traffic of the United States, while BitTorrent’s, for example, only covers 21%. Moreover, at peak times, the streaming service can reach 30% of all Internet traffic, which makes it a huge leap from the figures stated last fall.

One Swarm Application Info

Currently the source of the application can be obtained from GitHub, with binaries and the source code available for three operating systems: Windows, Linux, and Mac. A team from TorrentFreak already tested the client and admitted it had reached quite reasonable download speeds, which was confirmed in one of the academic papers released by the developers. During the performance test, it was found out that OneSwarm proved to be better than such alternatives as Freenet and BitTorrent over Tor. Nevertheless, the developers remind us that the transfers performed in a “public” mode are still unsafe.

New BitTorrent Client Respects Privacy

The University of Washington may be proud of helping to create another BitTorrent application, named OneSwarm. Unlike other applications, this one promises its users to guard their confidential information, enabling people to share files anonymously. The application works with a web browser and available for three operating systems: Windows, Linux, and Mac.