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  NAC saves University of North Carolina money, keeps illegal file sharing in check

  Network access control (NAC) is saving the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $40,000 per year by keeping students from illegally using peer-to-peer file-sharing applications.

  By Tim Greene | 30 September, 2011 01:31

  Tags: Access control and authentication, bittorrent, education, endpoint security, industry verticals, P2P, security

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  P2P-based alternative to DNS hopes to challenge ICANN

  A group led by former Pirate Bay spokesman Peter Sunde is forming to develop a peer-to-peer-based alternative to today's ICANN-controlled DNS system, according to a blog posted on Tuesday.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 01 December, 2010 01:46

  Tags: DNS, icann, internet, networking, P2P, peer-to-peer

• Court orders LimeWire to cease file-sharing business

  In a major victory for the music industry, a New York federal judge has ordered embattled P2P software maker LimeWire to immediately and permanently stop distributing and supporting its file-sharing software.

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 27 October, 2010 10:15

  Tags: content piracy, file sharing, LimeWire, P2P, peer-to-peer, riaa

• On verge of closing, P2P vendor LimeWire hopes for a settlement

  Beleaguered file-sharing software maker LimeWire LLC said it still hopes to settle a dispute with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) even as a federal court in New York appears set to shutter the company for enabling copyright infringement.

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 10 June, 2010 02:06

  Tags: LimeWire, P2P

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  US lawmakers target The Pirate Bay, other sites

  The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus, a group of U.S. lawmakers concerned with copyright infringement, has listed The Pirate Bay and five other Web sites as "notorious" file-sharing sites.

  By Grant Gross | 20 May, 2010 05:12

  Tags: copyright, dmca, file sharing, lawsuits, legal, P2P, the pirate bay, USA government

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  Court says Lime Wire liable for infringement

  Lime Wire and its former CEO are liable for the copyright infringement executed by its users, a New York federal judge said on Tuesday.

  By Nancy Gohring | 13 May, 2010 09:47

  Tags: file sharing, LimeWire, P2P

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  Bill would restrict P2P use on US government networks

  House lawmakers introduced a bill that would restrict the use of peer-to-peer technology on government networks in response to several embarrassing data leaks.

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 19 November, 2009 07:17

  Tags: copyright, file sharing, legal, P2P, USA government

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  McAfee: P2P sites on the rise

  The number of peer-to-peer (p2p) websites that allow users to share copyrighted materials has increased, says McAfee.

  By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 04 November, 2009 03:26

  Tags: bittorrent, mcafee, P2P

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  Pirate Bay appeals postponed until next year

  The appeals of those convicted in April in the high-profile Pirate Bay copyright violations trial won't be heard until next year, the court said on Monday.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 20 October, 2009 07:05

  Tags: copyright, file sharing, lawsuits, legal, P2P, the pirate bay

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  Opera delivers Unite beta, touts in-browser P2P

  Opera Software today released the beta of Opera Unite, a platform for authoring peer-to-peer (P2P) and Web server-based applications that it's promised will reinvent the Web.

  By Gregg Keizer | 15 October, 2009 05:33

  Tags: opera, opera software, opera unite, P2P

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  What's replacing P2P, BitTorrent as pirate hangouts?

  Driven by increased crackdowns on BitTorrent sites such as The Pirate Bay, software pirates are fast-moving their warez to file-hosting Web sites.

  By Eric Lai | 10 October, 2009 10:44

  Tags: bittorrent, file sharing, P2P, the pirate bay

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  Prospective buyer of The Pirate Bay finds new exchange

  The stock of prospective Global Gaming Factory X (GGF) will from Wednesday be traded on Mangoldlistan, a Swedish exchange run by a securities brokerage company. But GGF's new home, on an exchange that lists only seven companies, hasn't answered any of the questions about its proposed acquisition of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 17 September, 2009 05:03

  Tags: file sharing, P2P, piracy, the pirate bay

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  Soon to sink, Pirate Bay's torrents come ashore

  The old news kiosk in the center of Weimar, Germany, doesn't sell newspapers any more, but you can find pointers to plenty of other media there.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 16 September, 2009 06:27

  Tags: bittorrent, file sharing, P2P, piracy, the pirate bay, torrent

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  ISP appeals verdict that temporarily closed Pirate Bay

  Swedish ISP Black Internet has decided to appeal in the Stockholm district court the verdict that led to it closing file-sharing site The Pirate Bay's data connection.

  By Linus Larsson | 15 September, 2009 06:19

  Tags: file sharing, isp, legal, P2P, piracy, the pirate bay

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  Battle against file sharing starts in Norway

  Movie and record companies want Norwegian operator Telenor to block access to The Pirate Bay file-sharing site and have filed documents in a Norwegian district court seeking a temporary injunction.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 18 June, 2009 04:56

  Tags: file sharing, legal, P2P, piracy, the pirate bay