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Head of BitTorrent piracy group jailed for 40 months, longest file-sharing sentence ever

By Aaron Souppouris on December 1, 2012 08:42 am + 101 comments

After pleading guilty to charges earlier this year, Gregory Cherwonik, a member of the BitTorrent Continue reading…
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uTorrent beta app now available for Android, download straight to your phone or tablet

By Kimber Streams on September 6, 2012 11:53 pm + 48 comments

Earlier this year, we heard reports that BitTorrent was working on an Android version of its popular Continue reading…
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Demonoid torrent tracker puts its domains up for sale

By Andrew Webster on August 12, 2012 02:58 pm + 88 comments

Earlier this month popular BitTorrent tracker Demonoid was shut down, and now three of its domains Continue reading…
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New version of uTorrent getting advertisements in the form of 'featured' torrents

By Dante D'Orazio on August 11, 2012 07:29 pm + 74 comments

uTorrent has long been ad-supported software — how else would BitTorrent, Inc. pay its bills — Continue reading…
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Internet Archive hopes to make a million files download faster with BitTorrent links

By Adi Robertson on August 7, 2012 09:53 pm + 15 comments

The Internet Archive, a vast repository of free public domain movies, books, music, and more, is Continue reading…
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BitTorrent offers free DJ Shadow content with optional RealPlayer downloads

By Justin Rubio on July 25, 2012 01:31 am + 11 comments

Though BitTorrent may be more closely associated with illegal file sharing, a number of artists have Continue reading…
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BitTorrent introduces Torque, a JavaScript interface for in-browser downloads

By Adi Robertson on July 6, 2012 04:14 pm + 16 comments

BitTorrent's peer-to-peer downloading system is widely used, but plenty of people have been confused Continue reading…
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Dropbox bans Boxopus BitTorrent service, citing piracy concerns

By Adi Robertson on June 26, 2012 02:54 pm + 18 comments

Cloud storage service Dropbox has blocked access to Boxopus, a service that let people download Continue reading…
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BitTorrent suing someone else over IP infringement

By Jeff Blagdon on May 23, 2012 02:51 am + 14 comments

In an amusing turn of events, BitTorrent Inc. — the company behind the BitTorrent file sharing Continue reading…
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The Pirate Bay returns online after DDoS, anti-Anonymous hacker claims responsibility

By Adi Robertson on May 17, 2012 11:08 am + 28 comments

Internet hydra The Pirate Bay has returned again after a major distributed denial of service (DDoS) Continue reading…