TorrentFreak
TorrentFreak is a blog dedicated to reporting the latest news on the BitTorrent protocol and file sharing. TorrentFreak was started in November 2005 by a Dutchman using the pseudonym "Ernesto Van Der Sar".[3][4] He added "Smaran" to his staff in September 2006, as well as Andy "Enigmax" Maxwell in February 2007 and Ben Jones in May 2007.[4][5]
According to Canadian law scholar Michael Geist, TorrentFreak "is widely used as a source of original reporting on digital issues".[6] Examples are The New York Times[7] The Guardian,[8] CNN,[9] The Wall Street Journal[10] and De Standaard.[11][12][13]
TorrentFreak's contents are free content under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Comcast BitTorrent throttling
On August 17, 2007 TorrentFreak reported that Comcast had begun throttling its upload bandwidth, specifically against BitTorrent users. This made seeding, which is an essential part of the BitTorrent protocol, effectively impossible.[14] It was later determined that Comcast was using Sandvine products which implement network traffic shaping and policing, and include support for both blocking new and forcefully terminating established network connections. Comcast has denied these claims whenever they have been asked to comment. A guide, for customer service representatives when asked about Comcast's BitTorrent throttling, was leaked to The Consumerist on October 26, 2007.[15]
References
- ^ Pouwelse, Johan; Renkema, Lennart (2009-04-17). "Piraten zijn digitale pioniers [Pirates are digital pioneers]" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. http://www.nrc.nl/opinie/article2215167.ece/Piraten_zijn_digitale_pioniers. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ "Torrentfreak.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/torrentfreak.com. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
- ^ Injijian, Allen (2007-05-14). "Pwned: Final Project Interview #2: Ernesto of TorrentFreak.com". http://uscpwned.blogspot.com/2007/05/final-project-interview-2-ernesto-of.html. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ a b Smith, Ethan; McBride, Sarah (2008-08-04). "Web Piracy: The Enemy Within?". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121781125541508813.html. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ "About TorrentFreak". http://torrentfreak.com/about/. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ Geist, Michael (2010-04-20). "The 2009 Copyright Consultation: Setting the Record Straight". http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4971/125/. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ Sisaro, Ben (2010-11-26). "'U.S. Shuts Down Web Sites in Piracy Crackdown". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/27/technology/27torrent.html.
- ^ Kiss, Jemima (2011-08-09). "'BitTorrent: Copyright lawyers' favourite target reaches 200,000 lawsuits". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/pda/2011/aug/09/bittorrent-piracy.
- ^ Pepitone, Julianne (2011-06-10). "'50,000 BitTorrent users sued for alleged illegal downloads". CNN. http://money.cnn.com/2011/06/10/technology/bittorrent_lawsuits/index.htm.
- ^ McBride, Sarah (2008-08-04). "'Web Piracy: The Enemy Within?". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121781125541508813.html.
- ^ , Van Cayseele, Patrick J. G.; Vanormelingen, Stijn (2009-02-26). Prices and Network Effects in Two-Sided Markets: The Belgian Newspaper Industry. SSRN 1404392.
- ^ Hoefkens, Kristof (2010-05-28). "'Lost' en het mysterie van de illegale downloads ['Lost' and the mystery of illegal downloads]" (in Dutch). De Standaard: p. 36. http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=0H2QP9IS.
- ^ Hoefkens, Kristof (2010-07-08). "Prince versus het internet [Prince versus the internet]" (in Dutch). De Standaard: p. 34. http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=NH2SJP84.
- ^ Lawler, Ryan (2007-08-21). "Comcast Takes on TorrentFreak". Light Reading. http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=132115. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ "Comcast's "We Don't Throttle BitTorrent" Internal Talking Points Memo". The Consumerist. 2007-10-26. http://consumerist.com/consumer/leaks/comcasts-we-dont-throttle-bittorrent-internal-talking-points-memo-315791.php. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
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