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<title>BitTorrent shows new transfer protocol, enables paid content</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/07/first.transfer.with.new.protocol.requires.only.an.email.to.unlock/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1367962358_bittorrent-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[File-sharing network BitTorrent has revealed a "direct-to-fan" collaboration with music label Ultra. Using a new protocol called the BitTorrent Bundle, an interaction by the downloader -- such as providing information or even paying for the content -- is required before unlocking restricted content. The mechanism for secure distribution is embedded within the protocol, and compatible with existing...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Center for Copyright Information 'Six Strikes' system begins</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/25/new.user.monitoring.system.powered.by.error.prone.markmonitor/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1361729424_onlinepiracy-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[As expected, the Center for Copyright Information's BitTorrent monitoring system has launched, but with all five previously-announced ISPs starting up in one day. Participating ISPs in the measure, also known as "six strikes," include Verizon, Comcast, AT&amp;T, Cablevision, and Time Warner, plus all subsidiaries of the parent companies....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BitTorrent preps P2P sync service for personal files</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/25/files.synced.between.devices/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1359126336_btsyncsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[BitTorrent has announced plans to offer a new service that utilizes peer-to-peer technology to synchronize personal files between multiple devices. The project, which is still in its pre-Alpha testing stage, aims to directly synchronize content without relying on cloud caching, accordingto details posted by GigaOM....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Comcast: piracy case 'shaking down' potential infringers</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/06/14/motion.to.suppress.subpoenas.filed.information.not.revealed/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1339637406_digitalpirate-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Internet provider Comcast historically complies with content owner's requests to name BitTorrent infringers when provided with sufficient data, but a legal skirmish in the Illinois district court is playing out differently. Comcast has asked the court to dismiss the subpoenas for subscriber's information issued in a battle with four adult video purveyors, saying the case is about coercing settleme...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 04:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Study: BitTorrent music piracy increases album sales</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/18/leaked.album.piracy.raised.sales.by.60.on.average/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/news/1202/piratebayin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A recent study has found that raised BitTorrent piracy may be related to higher album sales. North Carolina State University assistant professor Robert Hammond monitored prerelease albums being downloaded through BitTorrent and compared the numbers with actual album sales. The investigation is said to have uncovered a direct correlation between the two, albeit minor....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Startup, Microsoft take aim at P2P piracy with Pirate Pay</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1111/piratebay.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft has joined with a Russian startup in an effort to crack down on online copyright infringement. The resulting partnership could prove a boon for Hollywood, which has long sought to curtail illegal filesharing on the Web. Pirate Pay, as the startup calls itself, may be the answer to copyright holders' prayers, as it targets torrents directly and takes them down....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Book publisher's subpoena for user data refused by Verizon</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/fordummies-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Book publisher John Wiley and Sons has run into an unusual opponent in court -- an ISP. Verizonis refusing to comply with a subpoena ordering the company to disclose personal details of subscribers whose IP addresses have been logged pirating their popular "For Dummies" series of self-help guides. All of the subscribers allegedly acquired the copies of the books through BitTorrent-based websites....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 04:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hurt Locker maker sues at least 2,500 BitTorrent users</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/hurtlockerin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Voltage Pictures is back in a federal Florida court, last week naming at least 2,514 BitTorrent users in a new lawsuit. Last May, it sued about 10 times that number of alleged file sharers for the loss of income resulting from illegally sharing the studio's Oscar-winning The Hurt Locker blockbuster. Then, it listed nearly 25,000 alleged infringing users at once, the biggest such lawsuit in the US....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wiley names BitTorrent infringers, demands trial by jury</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/fordummiesthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Book publisher John Wiley and Sons has named people accused of sharing books online and is calling for a trial with jury. If the trial goes ahead, this will be the first time a case based on evidence from BitTorrent will be tested in court....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Study: BitTorrent piracy not hurting movie exports</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/netflix-wii3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A joint research paper from the Departments of Economics at both Wellesley College (Brett Danaher) and the University of Minnesota (Joel Waldfogel) has suggested that BitTorrent movie rips and other Internet piracy wasn't hurting movies after they were exported to other countries.  In instances where a US movie hadn't been pirated in advance of its international release, revenue from the movie was...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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