Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about TORRENTFREAK!
Comcast Threatens to Sue TorrentFreak for Copyright Infringement (updated) * TorrentFreak: Comcast has sent TorrentFreak a cease and desist letter, claiming copyright over contents of an article which revealed that Prenda Law was involved in operating a pirate honeypot. Failure to comply will result in a lawsuit in which the Internet provider will seek damages, a Comcast representative informs us. In addition, Comcast also alerted our hosting provider, who is now threatening to shut down our server.
Pirate Party Boosted by Pirate Bay Blocks: The move to stop Pirate Bay in the UK means that ISPs are now blocking the site due to an order from the High Court. Tough times for pirates, but high times for the UK Pirate Party (PPUK) as research on TorrentFreak today points out that the political party’s site has seen an enormous boost as a result of media coverage on the ban.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: TorrentFreak (TF) is a blog dedicated to reporting the latest news and trends on the BitTorrent protocol and file sharing . the website was started in November 2005 by a Dutchman using the pseudonym ” TorrentFreak’s text is free content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial version 3.0 license . their lead researcher and community manager is the Pirate Party activist Andrew Norton . this made the underlying document links a Comcast subscriber with the Prenda Law firm . the court case where the document was filed was a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by AF Holdings for alleged infringement of
