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Submission + - BitTorrent Devs Introduce Comcast Proof Encryption

Submitted by Dean Garfield on Friday February 15, 2008 @05:10PM

Dean Garfield writes: TorrentFreak reports: Several BitTorrent developers have joined forces to propose a new protocol extension with the ability to bypass the BitTorrent interfering techniques used by Comcast and other ISPs. This new form of encryption will be implemented in BitTorrent clients including uTorrent, so Comcast subscribers are free to share again.

The goal of this new type of encryption (or obfuscation) is to prevent ISPs from blocking or disrupting BitTorrent traffic connections that span between the receiver of a tracker response and any peer IP-port appearing in that tracker response, according to the proposal.

Submission + - IFPI Forces Danish ISP to Block The Pirate Bay

Submitted by Pirate on Monday February 04, 2008 @09:56AM

Pirate writes: A Danish court ruled in favor of the IFPI, and ordered the Danish ISP "Tele2 to block all access to the popular BitTorrent tracker. The Pirate Bay, currently ranked 28th in the list of most visited sites in Denmark, is working on countermeasures.

Submission + - 'Week of Mac Developer' Causes Schism in Community

Submitted by

ernesto99

on Sunday December 17, 2006 @02:48PM

ernesto99 writes: "Macheist innocently began selling a software bundle of ten highly sought-after OS X applications last week with the stated reason of raising the profile of Mac shareware developers. The bundle sale will go down as possibly the biggest success in Mac shareware history, as total revenues are approaching $650,000 after only six days.

But many observers, including Daring Fireball's John Gruber, have called into question the ethics of MacHeist. MacHeist advertises itself as "The Week of the Independent Mac Developer," yet the MacHeist organizers stand to make vastly outsized gains relative to the very developers they have championed. Gruber estimates that MacHeist will record double, if not triple, the profits as all ten participating developers combined. In an interview, Delicious Library developer Wil Shipley defends his involvement in MacHeist, saying that the publicity and reach of MacHeist has already paid him dividends. The whole affair has created a heated dialogue, resulting in a direct clash between some of the biggest names in the Mac community."

Submission + - BitTorrent Site Admin Sent To Prison

Submitted by Marc on Thursday October 26, 2006 @05:35PM

Marc writes: The 23 year old Grant Stanley has been sentenced to five months in prison, followed by five months of home detention, and a $3000 fine for his role in the private BitTorrent tracker Elitetorrents.

This ruling is the first BitTorrent related conviction in the US. Stanley pleaded guilty earlier this year to "conspiracy to commit copyright infringement" and "criminal copyright infringement". He is one of the three defendants in the Elitetorrents operation better known as "Operation D-Elite".

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