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Anti-virus firm ESET has made changes to one of its posts about torrent files and clients, after an op-ed published on iTWire gained an airing on the Web.

Since its inception in 2005, YouTube has dominated the market for video sharing despite the best efforts from alternatives such as Dailymotion and Vimeo. However, an interesting new competitor called BitChute may be about to give Youtube a long overdue kick up the backside, using potentially market disrupting technology.

Telstra has implemented blocking of websites that link to material that allegedly infringe copyright but users are easily able to get past it, according to a published report.

Can you trust the software on your computer does what it states, and nothing else? uTorrent has proven the value of open source software by mistreating the trust of its users.

iiNet and its battle with the Dallas Buyers Club has seen iiNet potentially infected by the Hollywood Internet Virus (HIV), which can lead to a full-blown case of AIDS: the Acquired Internet Downloaders Syndrome.

iiNet and copyright infringement is back in the news, with the owners of the Dallas Buyers Club movie applying to the Federal Court to force iiNet to divulge contact details for IP addresses alleged to have downloaded the movie.

We may have lost the Ashes and we may now be terrible at rugby, but Australia sure loves its illegal downloading.

The ongoing NSA privacy scandal and resulting outrage has at least resulted in some cool apps and tools, and The Pirate Bay is the latest group to join the fray with a new private browser.

One of the co-founders of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has today gone on trial, charged with hacking and stealing data from an government IT services company.

 It is now euphemistically called “catch-up” – no longer do you have to feel as if you are a criminal for downloading the TV show/movie you missed. Or do you?

Back in December, the Mexican-American stand-up comedian Louis C.K. did something that was way out of left field. He  had one of his shows recorded by professionals and put it online for sale. No big companies involved, no trimmings. And no DRM.

Trojanised versions of legitimate Mac software steal processing power as well as information.

Just as Killzone 3 leaks to torrent sites, Sony has announced a competition to find the ultimate Killzone fan'¦ could it be you?