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Three Arrested As Police Swoop on Rapidshare Link Forum

Posted by bhunor on Thursday February 18, 2010 10:28 pm

An Internet forum which provided links to movies and TV shows hosted on sites such as Rapidshare has been raided by police. Following an anti-piracy group investigation, three alleged operators of the 30,000 member site were arrested, two of which were teenagers. Searches were carried out on members in three other locations.

 

Crackdown on Free Music Downloaders

Using File Sharing Networks Can Bring Costly Lawsuits, and Compromise Sensitive Information, Lawmakers Say

Posted by bhunor on Monday February 15, 2010 8:00 pm

Like thousands of Americans, Joel Tenenbaum likely thought little about downloading music online and sharing it with friends.

 

Illegal file sharing costing area college students thousands

UD, Wright State have processes in place to limit music piracy on their networks.

Posted by bhunor on Monday February 15, 2010 7:55 pm DAYTON — The University of Dayton last year received 16 pre-litigation settlement letters from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) asking students accused of illegal file-sharing to settle for $3,000 or face the threat of a lawsuit.

LeechPack: MultiNetwork File Sharing Service Pack for File Sharing Freaks

Posted by bhunor on Monday February 15, 2010 7:53 pm For file sharing enthusiasts, the ongoing search for quality downloads and the best transfer speeds possible through the myriad of dedicated services out there can sometimes become overwhelming and frustrating, not to mention time consuming and expensive. There are times when the drawbacks in the assiduous task of finding the right transfer link, combined with the long periods of lingering in front of the PC until the download is finally completed can be virtually discouraging. Even people who pay big money for premium access to multiple file sharing networks still stumble across some of these problems.