Blocking access to illegal file-share websites won’t stop illegal downloading
The Australian Federal Court ruled today that TPG, Optus, Telstra and other internet service providers (ISPs) must take “reasonable steps” to stop customers accessing file-sharing websites The Pirate Bay, IsoHunt...
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So here's the deal. About a month ago I had a 2mbps Business Uncapped Bundle from Afrihost and it was great. I never has issues and my speed almost never dropped below 1.5mbps. I had to move to a new place where there was already internet so I then cancelled it.
Now I'm...
Netflix shares jumped 24 percent in after-hours trade Monday on earnings figures indicating that original programs and other tactics are luring viewers to the streaming Internet video service.
The Northern California-based company said revenue climbed to $1.02 billion as it added 2.03 million...
http://torrentfreak.com/downloading-movies-and-music-stays-legal-in-the-netherlands-121221/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Not a completely ideal situation for all concerned, but a more sensible one than most countries if you ask me.
Until the Media Distribution companies learn how...
Hello community. I am looking to get ADSL installed in my home and wanted to ask which ISP is best for my needs?
I do a lot of downloading (over HTTP and torrent protocols), and would like to know which ISP is best suited for this kind of activity on an UNCAPPED account? Do ISP's throttle...
http://torrentfreak.com/swiss-govt-downloading-movies-and-music-will-stay-legal-111202/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Torrentfreak+%28Torrentfreak%29
Switzerland is a Common Sense Country. :D
A local indexing site www.nzbsa.co.za is open for signups. Its just as good as matrix and other overseas indexing sites, but what is nice about it is the community. People are friendly and its goodfor just hanging out and chatting as well.
It usually is invite only so it would be good for those...
So for the last 2 weeks I haven't been able to download specific things on my Cybersmart Night Rider 384k account. These things include Antivirus updates (Eset Smart Secuirty, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, SUPERAntiSpyware), certain downloads from certain sites ect. Anyone else got this problem? I...
No more child and bestiality porn for City of Joburg employees
The City of Johannesburg has warned its employees through a circular against downloading child pornography and bestiality material, The Star reported on Wednesday.
I notice my data transfer rates going up and down without any internet activity.
I also blocked applications on my firewall that i thought would be the culprits like adobe but sadly it is not adobe this time around.
http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/06/10/1732211/French-Three-Strikes-Law-Ruled-Unconstitutional
Original Source (French): http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2009/06/10/hadopi-le-conseil-constitutionnel-censure-la-riposte-graduee_1205290_651865.html
English article at ARS...
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9715/AFACT+-+Downloading+Movies+More+Lucrative+Than+Heroin
Original Article....http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,24236266-5014108,00.html
So all you drug dealers better knock it off! :p
It has struck me with the rise of streaming video I still prefer to download them because I want to watch them more than once and maybe share them with other people. However, I realise some video files are high quality and therefore much larger than the average Youtube video of the same length...