UK Man Threatened With BitTorrent Lawsuit
News A UK man who runs a Web site that once supported the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing application is facing the threat of being sued by four major US movie studios. BitTorrent is an innovative and lawful technology and while some visitors to...
[March 18, 2005, 16:35]
Man Arrested In BitTorrent Probe
News According to Associated Press reports, Hong Kong's Customs and Excise Department arrested the unnamed man after an investigation into the file-sharing program BitTorrent. Hong Kong authorities have arrested a 38-year-old man who is accused of...
[January 14, 2005, 13:30]
Court Rules Against TorrentSpy In Hacking Case
News A lawsuit filed last year by TorrentSpy — a BitTorrent search engine — that accused the movie studios' trade group of intercepting the company's private emails, was tossed out of court last week. But while a US district judge found that the Motion...
[August 29, 2007, 11:05]
IT Consultant Fired Over BBC Interview
News A British IT consultant accused by the American movie industry of running a BitTorrent file-sharing hub has been sacked by his employer after appearing on BBC 2's "Newsnight" programme last week to comment on the US Supreme Court ruling on Grokster.
[July 4, 2005, 16:35]
