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Actor to Plead Guilty to Leaking Black Swan to BitTorrent

Posted by on Tuesday, 13 September, 2011

A Screen Actors Guild member who leaked the Oscar-winning Black Swan and other first-run films to BitTorrent has agreed to plead guilty to a single criminal copyright-infringement charge, according to court records.



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Vestel shows off a prototype BitTorrent Certified TV at IFA

Posted by on Monday, 5 September, 2011

Far from sneaking in to the living room, Vestel had a BitTorrent Certified television on display at IFA 2011 this past week. That official stamp means it packs the usual suite of connected TV features including playing local media across the network, and it’s guaranteed to work with BitTorrent approved files from the internet. There’s no word on any official release for this prototype — and we haven’t been able to locate anyone who got a hands-on demo, let us know if you saw it — but it definitely shows how BitTorrent is trying to expand its platform in a manner similar to DivX and XBMC / Boxee. Check out the press release after the break, we’ll be sitting back and watching some totally legal content we just torrented.

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Happy 10th Birthday, BitTorrent [Video]

Posted by on Sunday, 3 July, 2011
10 years ago today, Bram Cohen loosed BitTorrent upon the world in a public message board. It only got one response. Now it’s a mainstay of the darker and more outspoken corners of the internet. They grow up so fast! More »








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Nude Nuns Mass BitTorrent Lawsuit is Terminated

Posted by on Friday, 10 June, 2011

A Utah investment company late Friday dropped its copyright-infringement lawsuit against 5,865 BitTorrent users who allegedly downloaded the movie Nude Nuns with Big Guns between January and March of this year.

Incentive Capital, which is embroiled in litigation with another company called Camelot Distribution over who actually owns the B-rated flick, notified the Los Angeles federal …



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Nude Nuns Mass BitTorrent Lawsuit is Terminated

Posted by on Friday, 10 June, 2011

A Utah investment company late Friday dropped its copyright-infringement lawsuit against 5,865 BitTorrent users who allegedly downloaded the movie Nude Nuns with Big Guns between January and March of this year.

Incentive Capital, which is embroiled in litigation with another company called Camelot Distribution over who actually owns the B-rated flick, notified the Los Angeles federal …



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Nude Nuns Mass BitTorrent Lawsuit Killed; Clone Lives On

Posted by on Tuesday, 24 May, 2011

A California film company drops its copyright-infringement lawsuit against 5,865 BitTorrent users who allegedly downloaded the movie Nude Nuns with Big Guns, but an identical lawsuit by a different company is ongoing for now.



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