BitTorrent is No Longer the ‘King’ of Upstream Internet Traffic
In the past two decades, Internet traffic has exploded with more bytes being transferred in each successive year. While this…
In the past two decades, Internet traffic has exploded with more bytes being transferred in each successive year. While this…
When Bram Cohen released the first version of BitTorrent in 2002, it sparked a file-sharing revolution. At the time bandwidth…
Two decades ago, when the RIAA tried to obtain the identities of Verizon customers via the convenient DMCA subpoena process,…
Back in 2004, when LimeWire was the file-sharing client of choice for millions of users, FrostWire appeared as the new…
Every day, millions of people from all around the world use BitTorrent to download and share files. Most of these…
With millions of monthly users, BitTorrent’s reign at the top of the file-sharing seemed unstoppable in 2007, but the French…
Voltage Holdings is one of many mostly American movie companies that have attempted to turn piracy into profit over the…
Following the creation of its Hadopi anti-piracy agency over 13 years ago, France monitored and stored data on millions of…
In 2003, the World Wide Web was still in its infancy. Dial-up connections were still the default and YouTube, Facebook,…
While BitTorrent client functionality hasn’t fundamentally changed over the past 20 years, developers of leading clients haven’t let their software…
Over the past several years, adult entertainment company Strike 3 Holdings has filed thousands of copyright cases in U.S. federal…
The word ‘open’ in a connected world can be something positive. Open source, for example, or open library. On other…
When the French government formed a new anti-piracy agency called Hadopi, the mission was to significantly disrupt BitTorrent and similar…
In the United States, consumer ISPs have been handing over the identities of suspected BitTorrent pirates for years, mostly because…
After reporting on all things BitTorrent-related for the 13 years leading up to May 2018, TorrentFreak spotted something out of…
In common with most broadly comparable countries, internet users in Denmark enjoy movies and TV shows, music, videogames, and ebooks….
Private torrent sites, or private trackers as they’re commonly known, are designed to be difficult to access. In many cases,…
More than a decade ago, TorrentFreak reported on YouHaveDownloaded.com, a new service dedicated to BitTorrent tracking. Knowing that most BitTorrent-based…
The decision whether to pirate content or pay for it is ultimately a personal choice influenced by any number of…
Trackers are a crucial part of the BitTorrent infrastructure, making it easier for downloaders and uploaders to connect to each…
As the horrors caused by Russia’s invasion of neighbor Ukraine continue, the geopolitical and financial implications are being felt throughout…
Companies that file hundreds even thousands of copyright infringement lawsuits with the intention of seeking settlements to avoid trial, are…
Many Internet traffic reports have been published over the years, documenting how traffic patterns change over time. One of the…
Last week TorrentFreak broke the news that Voltage Holdings LLC, a company well known for tracking down pirates worldwide, has…
Companies that own copyrighted works have the option to monetize them in any way they see fit. For movies this…
BitTorrent is an excellent distribution mechanism but, for a file to live on, at least one person has to keep…