Disputes on the issue of piracy are commonplace, but it's much more interesting when they spill over into the public arena. Thanks to an argument between a movie studio and ISP, each former rivals in one of the world's biggest copyright liability disputes, the bitterness over BitTorrent downloads is now a matter of public record. It’s definitely not breaking news that the Australian piracy debate has reached unprecedented levels of activity. While the government proposes toughnew measures such as “three strikes”, Game of Thrones download records are throwing fuel on an already raging fire. If the government is to be believed, many of the issues could be solved if copyright holders and Internet service providers would only shake hands, sit down for lunch, and agree on the best way to punish their errant subscribers. Trouble is, they’ve tried that, it didn’t work, and Hollywood – via local movie company Village Roadshow – ended up suing ISP iiNet. The record showed that iiNet won that battle in a big way, leaving Hollywood licking its wounds and banking on a return to voluntary discussions. Sadly, as recently confirmed in the senate, those talks are dead, but that hasn’t stopped both iiNet and Village Roadshow making their feelings known. Last week iiNet Chief Regulatory Officer Steve Dalby urged his customers to fight back against attempts to introduce fresh legislation, something which prompted Village Roadshow co-CEO Graham Burke to make his own voice heard. In aninterview with Gizmodo yesterday, on more than one occasion Burke accused iiNet of lying over piracy. Outrageous liars – the gloves are off “It’s sad that to forward their case, [iiNet] use what they must know is a fabric of lies,” Burke said. “They’re saying that there’s no proof that graduated response works. They’re instancing a number of countries where graduated response was frustrated by lobbying and the power of Google, which pays little to no tax in Australia and creates nothing,” he said, going on to attack Dalby directly. “Some of the stuff Steve Dalby has said is just outrageous, and he’s got to know its outrageous too,” Burke said. Not content with letting Burke have the last word, after the publication of the Gizmodo piece Dalby fired back, accusing the CEO of calling Australians “content thieves” without revealing their huge contribution to the industry. The fightback – outrageous! “Perhaps we’ve touched a nerve,” Dalby began. “Mr Burke is obviously concerned about the increasing threat to his ‘middle-man’ status by the changes in technology and has failed to mention his colleague Simon Bush’s comments that the (Aust Home Entertainment Distributor’s Assoc) figures showed that ‘on a per capita basis Australia is second only to the United States in digital consumer revenues’.” “So Australians are not only the worst pirates, but one of their best performing markets. Outrageous!” Dalby said. Clearly riled at being described as “outrageous”, Dalby suggested that Burke should look in the mirror. “Mr Burke suggests that my comments are outrageous. I’m sure he doesn’t like us pointing out some of the outrageous suggestions from his own industry. You know … stuff like ‘You wouldn’t steal a car, you wouldn’t steal a handbag’.” “It’s not our job to catch car thieves. It’s not our job to catch bag-snatchers. It’s not our job to stop on-line infringers. Whoa ! Outrageous!” Dalby fired back. Responding to Burke’s earlier claim that iiNet makes the most money from pirating customers so has a clear incentive to let them continue, Dalby said that Burke doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Movie boss is ignorant “Mr Burke also shows his ignorance of the ISP revenue model. Not only is he totally wrong, but I think he fails to be outrageous. The ISP subscription model, commonly in place in Australia, does not charge by the download, as he suggests, it is a fixed fee per month. In that model ( a bit like gym membership) the less data a customer uses, the more profitable they are,” Dalby explained. “This was an argument that failed the logic test in the High Court, but don’t let that get in the way of your outrage Mr Burke.” And then, the inevitable. Local companies and anti-piracy outfits in piracy disputes often claim to be protecting local artists, yet as we saw in New Zealand, when subscribers got their first strike notices they were for artists like Rihanna and Lady GaGa. This type of scenario has not escaped the iiNet man. Doing Hollywood’s bidding “Finally, if this is all about protecting 906,000 Aussie jobs why is it that not one single example of Aussie content ever gets a mention. It’s always about American movies, music and TV,” Dalby said. “If you want to protect Aussie jobs, Mr Burke, how about you turn up to the industry talks and put something on the table? Where is the quid-pro-quo for Australian ISPs to do the bidding of your American masters?” “No. I thought not,” Dalby concludes. The final bell – for now It’s pretty rare these days to see this kind of public dueling, but after the legal trauma Hollywood and Village Roadshow put iiNet through, it’s not really a surprise that diplomacy is in tatters. Voluntary agreement still possible this year? Let’s get them on Jerry Springer to find out.

The MPAA is inviting academics to pitch research proposals that aim to provide insight into the copyright challenges faced by the movie industry in the digital age. Researchers are being offered a $20,000 grant for projects that address various piracy related topics, including the impact of copyright law and the effectiveness of DMCA takedown notices. Late last year a study from European researchers revealed that the Megaupload shutdown had anegative effect on the box office revenues of smaller films. The researchers suggested that the decrease in sales may be the result of a drop in word-of-mouth promotion from pirates, which affects smaller movies more since they have less advertising budget. The MPAA wasn’t happy with the media coverage the study generated and went on the defensive citing two Carnegie Mellon University studies to show that piracy harms sales. Interestingly, it failed to disclose that those findings came from research that was supported by a $100,000 grant from the MPAA. While we trust that the research is solid, the above shows that academic research plays an important role in the MPAA’s lobbying efforts. For this reason, the Hollywood group has recently started a grants program, hoping to enlist more academics to conduct copyright-related research. The MPAA is now accepting research proposals on a series of predefined topics. They include the impact of copyright law on innovation and the effectiveness of DMCA takedown notices. The best applications will be awarded a $20,000 grant. “We want to enlist the help of academics from around the world to provide new insight on a range of issues facing the content industry in the digital age,” says MPAA CEO and former U.S. Senator Chris Dodd. According to the MPAA boss, academic researchers can contribute to understanding the changes the industry faces by providing unbiased insights. “We need more and better research regarding the evolving role of copyright in society. The academic community can provide unbiased observations, data analysis, historical context and important revelations about how these changes are impacting the film industry and other IP-reliant sectors,” Dodd notes. The MPAA clearly sees academic research as an important tool in their efforts to ensure that copyright protections remain in place, or are strengthened if needed. This outreach to academics may in part be fueled by what their ‘opponents’ are doing. Google, for example, is heavily supporting academic research on copyright-related projects in part to further their own interests. Both sides clearly steer researchers by giving them precise directions on the grounds they want covered. It’s now up to the academics to make sure that they don’t become pawns in a much bigger fight, and that their research is conducted and results presented in an objective manner.

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In what is being viewed as an over-broad action with serious implications, a Canadian court has ordered Google to completely block a group of websites from its worldwide search results. The ruling was handed down despite Google's protestations that the court has no jurisdiction over Google locally or in the United States. Google’s dominance of the Internet, particularly in search, has seen the company become embroiled in the disputes of countless other companies. Day after day, Google is expected to take action in third parties’ intellectual property complaints to avoid becoming liable itself. Prime examples can be found in the millions of DMCA-style notices the company processes each week. Google must remove those entries or face being accused of facilitating infringement. Another case that Google has become involved in, Equustek Solutions Inc. v. Jack, sees two Canadian entities face off (the latter previous employees of the former) over stolen intellectual property used to manufacture competing products. While Google has no direct links to the case, the plaintiffs claim that the company’s search engine is helping to direct people to a network of websites operated by the defendants which are selling the unlawful products. Google already removed links from its Google.ca results voluntarily, but that wasn’t enough for Equustek who wanted broader action. In a ruling handed down in British Columbia, Justice L.A. Fenlon agreed, ordering Google to remove the infringing websites’ listings from its search results. Despite protestations from Google that any injunction should be limited to Canada and Google.ca, the Judge targeted Google’s central database in the United States, meaning that the ruling has worldwide implications. “I note again that on the record before me, the injunction would compel Google to take steps in California or the state in which its search engine is controlled, and would not therefore direct that steps be taken around the world,” the Judge wrote. “That the effect of the injunction could reach beyond one state is a separate issue. Even an order mandating or enjoining conduct entirely within British Columbia may have such extraterritorial, or even worldwide effect.” Noting that Google did not complain that an order requiring it block the websites would “offend” the law in California where it is based, or any other country from where a search could be carried out, the Judge said that the search giant acknowledged that most countries would recognize that dealing in pirated products was “a legal wrong.” Further detailing her decision, Judge Fenlon compared Google to an innocent warehouse that had been forbidden from shipping out goods for a company subjected to an injunction. That local order not to ship could also have broader geographical implications. “Could it sensibly be argued that the Court could not grant the injunction because it would have effects worldwide? The impact of an injunction on strangers to the suit or the order itself is a valid consideration in deciding whether to exercise the Court’s jurisdiction to grant an injunction. It does not, however, affect the Court’s authority to make such an order,” she wrote. The Judge also touched on the futility of ordering a blockade of results only on Google.ca, when users can simply switch to another variant. “For example, even if the defendants’ websites were blocked from searches conducted through www.google.ca, Canadian users can go to www.google.co.uk or www.google.fr and obtain results including the defendants’ websites. On the record before me it appears that to be effective, even within Canada, Google must block search results on all of its websites,” she explained. The nature of the ruling has raised concerns with lawyer Michael Geist, who notes that despite being issued by a local court, the ruling has attempted to match Google’s global reach. “The issues raised by the decision date back to the very beginning of the globalization of the Internet and the World Wide Web as many worried about jurisdictional over-reach with courts applying local laws to a global audience,” Geistexplains. “While there is much to be said for asserting jurisdiction over Google – if it does business in the jurisdiction, the law should apply – attempts to extend blocking orders to a global audience has very troubling implications that could lead to a run on court orders that target the company’s global search results.” While Google has a little under two weeks to comply with the injunction, its representatives told The Globe and Mail that the decision will be appealed. http://torrentfreak.com/court-hands-google-worldwide-site-blocking-injunction-140618/

The people behind the Oscar-winning movie Dallas Buyers Club are continuing their crusade against the unauthorized distribution of their film. New lawsuits are filed every week and the first settlement offers have now been sent out, demanding up to $5,000 per offense, or worse. Over the past several years hundreds of thousands of Internet subscribers have been sued in the United States for allegedly sharing copyrighted material, mostly films, online. This year the people behind the Oscar-winning movie Dallas Buyers Club joined the game. Thus far the filmmakers have filed 66 lawsuits across the United States, targeting more than a thousand alleged downloaders. In common with all other mass-BitTorrent lawsuits the end game is not a full trial, but the revelation of the alleged downloaders’ identities so they can be encouraged to settle. To accomplish this the movie studio asks courts to grant subpoenas ordering associated ISPs to give up their customers’ details. Several courts have complied and recently the first settlement letters arrived in the mailboxes of account holders whose Internet connections were used to share the film. Interestingly, not all alleged downloaders are treated the same. A settlement lettersent to a Texan Internet subscriber offers a complete settlement for $3,500, while an Ohioan in the same position was asked to pay $5,000. The second offer was also presented in a more intimidating form, with a threat to raise the amount to $7,000 if the recipient doesn’t pay in time. Pay or else… While $5,000 may sound high for sharing a single movie, the letter says that this is a reasonable request and that various courts have issued much higher damages awards in the past. “Considering the large expense it incurs to enforce its rights, and further that some cases have awarded as much as $22,500 per infringed work, Dallas Buyers Club, LLC feels that asking for Five Thousand Dollars ($5000.00) to settle is very reasonable,” the letter reads. One of the most often heard comments is that the person who pays for Internet access is not necessarily the infringer in these cases. The movie studio realizes this, but adds that this person is indeed responsible, an argument various courts have refuted in the past. “Dallas Buyers Club, LLC has absolutely no interest or desire in making an innocent person pay; but it does have clear evidence to establish that your internet account was used to copy and distribute the file. Therefore, if it was not you, then it was someone that (sic) you gave the right to use your account,” the letter reads. Dallas Buyers Club, LLC does offer letter recipients a chance to move out of the firing line if they reveal in a sworn affidavit who the real pirate is, but it’s unlikely that many subscribers will take up this offer. Finally, the filmmakers address the “copyright troll” label handed to them by some news outlets. The company states that this label doesn’t apply, as they haven’t bought the copyrights just to sue alleged downloaders. “No. We are not what many refer to as ‘copyright trolls’,” the letter explains, adding that their right to protect their copyrights are ignored and belittled by some Internet critics. “Many internet blogs commenting on this and related cases ignore the rights of copyright owners to sue for infringement, and inappropriately belittle efforts of copyright owners to seek injunctions and damages,” they write. These efforts to distance themselves from the troll label and critics seems a bit misplaced. Based on a very narrow definition of copyright troll they may have a point. But as DTD points out, by addressing the issue in their letter they only direct people to look into the phenomenon, which in settlement terms may result in the opposite of what they want to achieve. Nevertheless, a large percentage of the people who receive a settlement letter are expected to pay up. With over a thousand defendants thus far the potential income from these lawsuits runs into the millions of dollars. And as the dollars continue to roll in, it will be rinse and repeat for as long as the copyright protection efforts are profitable. http://torrentfreak.com/dallas-buyers-club-demands-thousands-dollars-bittorrent-pirates-140618/

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In attempt to keep Net open to all, bill would require FCC to adopt rule that prevents formation of so-called "Internet fast lane." Democratic congressional leaders have introduced legislation they say will ensure the Internet stays accessible to all online services and Net users and free of so-called "fast lanes." The Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act, introduced in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, will require the Federal Communications Commission to ban "paid prioritization" agreements between broadband service providers and content providers. The goal is to help prevent the creation of a two-tiered Internet system and ensure that startups, entrepreneurs, and consumers all have equal access to the Internet, according to a press release from the two lawmakers who introduced the bill. The legislation was introduced by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), member of the House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), Congressman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), and Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) are original cosponsors. The bill comes amid a public backlash over proposed rules that the FCC opened to public comment last month. Those rules, drafted by Chairman Tom Wheeler, are meant to reinstate regulations passed by the FCC in 2010 that were supposed to keep the Internet open but were thrown out on a legal technicality by a federal appeals court in January. Protesters gather outside the FCC on May 15 to make their voices heard for an Open Internet. One of the most controversial elements of Wheeler's new proposals, which were presented for public comment on May 15, is a provision that would let broadband providers charge content companies such as Amazon or Netflix extra fees for prioritizing their traffic and speeding its delivery to consumers. Net neutrality supporters say this would create a so-called "fast lane" on the Internet that would inherently slow down service for companies and websites that aren't paying for priority. Ultimately, they claim, this will harm innovation and competition by allowing broadband providers such as Comcast or Verizon to choose winners and losers on the Internet. "Our country cannot afford 'pay-for-play' schemes that divide our Internet into tiers based on who has the deepest pockets," Congresswoman Matsui said in a statement. Broadband providers say they're not looking to harm competition or innovation. But companies such as Verizon maintain that imposing strict rules that prohibit paid priority services on the Internet may do more harm than good. Still, the cable industry, in particular, says it hopes to work with the FCC to finalize rules that protect consumers and allow for innovation. The new bill defines "paid prioritization" as the practice of allowing Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to give preferential treatment or priority to the traffic from a content company, such as Netflix or Amazon, which pays for that access. This behavior could include things such as offering faster downloads, prioritized delivery of content, throttling of nonpaying edge providers' traffic, exemption from data caps, or other discriminatory behavior. The Act would also prohibit broadband providers from offering preferential treatment to its own services or services affiliated with its business."The cable industry has consistently stated our support for sensible but clear rules which ensure that American consumers continue to enjoy an open and unfettered Internet experience," a representative from the cable industry's lobbyist, NCTA, said in a statement. "Cable companies do not engage in paid prioritization and have every incentive to ensure that all consumers enjoy fast and robust Internet services. We are confident that Chairman Wheeler can restore effective rules under the path that the Court suggested, and we will work with all parties to preserve consumer protections enforced by the FCC and Federal Trade Commission." The bill exempts public safety from this requirement and would continue to oblige broadband providers to address the needs of emergency communications and public safety that is consistent with regulation under the FCC's 2010 Open Internet Order. The bill also upholds the FCC's authority to regulate the Internet in such a manner. And it also provides authority to enforce these regulations through the Communications Act of 1934. This isn't the first time Congress has tried to pass legislation to protect the open Internet. There have been several attempts over the past decade, but they've all failed. After years of intense debate among Washington, DC, policy wonks, the issue has caught the attention of the general public, with comedians like HBO's John Oliver stirring such intense support for Net neutrality that following a lengthy bit on his show a few weeks ago, concerned citizens temporarily flooded the FCC's website, where it was receiving comments on the Net neutrality proposal. "Americans are speaking loud and clear," said Sen. Leahy in a statement. "They want an Internet that is a platform for free expression and innovation, where the best ideas and services can reach consumers based on merit rather than based on a financial relationship with a broadband provider." Even with this wave of public support, Democrats will likely still face strong opposition from Republicans, who are being lobbied by the large phone and cable companies. In May, Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) introduced a bill that would prevent the FCC from reclassifying broadband as something to be regulated like the traditional telephone network. Such reclassification is something cable and telecommunications companies strongly oppose. http://www.cnet.com/news/democrats-introduce-bill-to-ban-paid-prioritization-on-the-net/

EZTV users may download many TV-shows for free, but they are by no means cheapskates. A team of filmmakers from Laos recently noticed that nearly all traffic to their Indiegogo campaign came from the torrent site. As a token of their appreciation they have now offered to open source their first horror film, if their funding goal is reached. Many people assume that “pirates” structurally refuse to pay for any type of entertainment. In reality, however, we often see the opposite happening. About a week ago, EZTV owner Novaking stumbled upon an Indiegogo campaign launched by a female director from Laos aiming to raise money for her next horror film “Nong Hak.” EZTV is known as the most visited TV-torrent site, but in this case NovaKing figured that some of its TV-fanatics may also be interested in this independent film project. To promote the crowdfunding campaign NovaKing added a banner to the top right corner of the site. Since the site has millions of visitors per week, this didn’t go unnoticed by the filmmakers. Chris Larsen, the writer of the “Nong Hak” screenplay and husband of director Mattie Do, tells TorrentFreak that they noticed an immediate boost in both visitors and donations. “Since the EZTV promotion went up, users from the site now account for about 25% of the total donations, about 80% of the traffic to the campaign, and about 80% of the Vimeo views of our campaign video.” While crowdfunding projects aren’t really new, not even among BitTorrent users, the makers of the first Lao horror flick have a special surprise in store for the EZTV community. As a token of their appreciation they are now promising to make their first film open source if they reach their $30,000 goal. The filmmakers reached out to EZTV’s NovaKing to discuss the plans, and all agreed that it would be a great idea to enter their previous film “Chanthaly” into the public domain. This weekend Do announced this community challenge in a special video message to EZTV users.So in addition to some other perks, EZTV users and everyone else who donates to the production of “Nong Hak” have the option to make the first Lao horror film open source. “If we reach our goal then we’ll release the copyright on her first film and we’ll put the film into the public domain. Nobody will own the film anymore, everybody will own it,” said Larsen confirming the plan. For the filmmakers this is an exciting proposal, and something they had not previously considered. However, since they own all the rights and because the film has been paid for entirely, it’s an offer that makes sense. “We’re in a unique position with Chanthaly. We own the film outright, everybody that worked on the film has been paid. The film has a bit of festival prestige, and honestly some historic value, since it is the first Lao horror film, and the first film directed by a Lao female director,” Larsen explains. “And honestly, I’m sick of it sitting on my hard drive here collecting dust,” he adds. NovaKing is happy with the offer. Releasing all raw film material will spur creativity, as anyone can then make their own edits, or turn it into something completely different. “The beauty of releasing the first film to be Public Domain is the fact that hobbyist film makers can get everything from the project files and raw video stream of an existing movie and see how it all works, and tinker and even possibly re-edit and make a different version of the movie,” NovaKing tells TorrentFreak. “The possibilities are quite endless!” he adds. If you are interested in helping to fund “Nong Hak” and the open-sourcing Chanthaly, then head over to the Indiegogo campaign. http://vimeo.com/98125423

Flixtor, a popular Popcorn Time-inspired movie streaming application, has shut down after an investigator from the MPAA's Motion Picture Association Canada showed up on the developer's doorstep. The torrent search engine TorrentLookup.com, which was maintained by the same team, was also pulled offline voluntarily. This weekend the website of the movie torrent streaming application Flixtor suddenly went offline, and the same happened to search engine TorrentLookup.com. Both projects were run by the same team, which is based in Canada, and were slowly but steadily expanding their user bases. This suddenly changed a few days ago when a message posted on both sites announced that the streaming app and search engine were being discontinued. “We voluntarily decided to close all services of torrentlookup.com. Thanks to everybody that used Flixtor and bought the mobile version. We have reached the finish line,” a message now displays on both sites. The decision came as a total surprise to users of the site and app. Flixtor, a custom-built Popcorn Time alternative based on the same Peerflix engine, was just a few weeks old. The Flixtor app had a user interface similar to Popcorn Time, but was not a fork. Instead, it used its own code and the movies/series API from TorrentLookup.com, which claimed to have the latest releases faster. Flixtor TorrentFreak got in touch with one of the developers, who informed us that the decision to close was the result of movie industry pressure. The developer in question had an investigator from the MPAA-funded Motion Picture Association Canada come by his house, and it didn’t stop there. “They were annoying me with phone calls repeatedly, and I talked to them quite a few times,” the developer explained. The movie industry group only had one goal, and that was to shut down the streaming application and the torrent site. The investigator threatened the developer with legal action if he refused to comply. “They wanted me to close Flixtor/Torrentlookup and then they would drop the charges against me, which are $20,000 per copyrighted file,” the developer told us. With the threat of a massive lawsuit on their shoulders, the people behind the two projects decided to pull the plug this weekend. Even if they wanted to, they lack the funds to properly defend themselves in court. The above shows that, behind the scenes, a lot of pressure is being put on the people who operate torrent sites and related services. It may also explain why some sites simply disappear, or why some of the “Popcorn Time” developers ceased their activities. TorrentFreak contacted the Motion Picture Association Canada for a comment yesterday, but at the time of publication we were yet to receive a response. http://torrentfreak.com/flixtor-torrentlookup-shut-down-140617/

The Unicode Consortium has just delivered its 7.0 update containing more than 250 new emoji characters. In addition to sending recipients what appears to be an extended middle finger, users will also be able to transmit an eyepatch-wearing individual declaring "no piracy". For balance, the skull and crossbones is also included. Unicode is used by billions of people every day, yet most are completely unaware of its existence. This character encoding standard makes it easier to exchange text files and is supported by some of the biggest tech companies around including Google, Microsoft, Apple, IBM and Adobe. Yesterday the Unicode Consortium released Unicode 7.0, an updated set including 250 new emoji characters. In addition to dozens of already-familiar emoji, this time around users can look forward to many fresh characters, including brand new mice and webcams, plus various emoji suitable for communicating networking concepts such as linking. A small sample of the new additions is illustrated below. Also included are several old-style storage mediums, from the antique compact cassette and 5.25 inch floppy disk, to the comparatively modern 3.5 inch floppy and CD. But just in case people were considering putting those mediums to an illegal use, they can now be encouraged by their peers to think again. Labeled 1F572 in Unicode 7.0 (shown above), a new emoji depicts an eyepatch-wearing individual. While its presence could be construed in any number of ways, it’s called “No Piracy” so it’s fairly clear what the consortium had in mind for it. Perhaps hoping to provide a little balance, another new character (#1F571) depicts the familiar skull and crossbones. It is labeled “skull and crossbones” too – no “Yes to Piracy” here. Those interested in viewing the entire set should click here (pdf). http://torrentfreak.com/no-piracy-symbol-added-to-new-unicode-standard-140617/

When the police coerce registrars to suspend domain names there are a series of damaging knock-on effects, Iceland's top domain registry says. ISNIC says that it's difficult to repair the kind of damage suspensions cause to the credibility of top-level domains, something that could be avoided through better understanding of Internet functionality. Over the past four years Homeland Security’s ICE division has seized thousands of domains as part of Operation in Our Sites, an initiative set to celebrate its fourth birthday in a couple of weeks’ time. More recently, however, the momentum has shifted to PIPCU, the City of London’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit. The unit’s most recent and high-profile action was taken against Torrentz.eu, the world’s largest torrent meta-search engine. Despite the site complying with takedowns (clear evidence of which can be seen on the site where dozens of results are marked as deleted by rightsholders), PIPCU approached Torrentz’s registrar requesting a domain suspension. The company complied, but the effect was only temporary. Confronted with legal argument that the suspension was unlawful, the Torrentz domain was soon operational again. While it’s easy to see how this kind of result undermines the credibility of the police, there are other considerations too. According to the registrar responsible for Iceland’s top-level .IS domain, suspensions of this kind target the wrong area. “Domains can hardly be considered illegal any more than a street address. A street address is not illegal even if there is illegal activity in one apartment at the address,”ISNIC says. “When a domain is suspended the website or the content itself is not, as became apparent when torrentz.eu was suspended. A suspension of a domain does not lead to a total blocking of the website it points to.” However, while content may indeed remain available (or in the case of Torrentz, links to other sites, that carry links, that link to content), suspensions still have the ability to disrupt other services associated with a website that are outside the realms of the initial dispute. “Disruption of email communication and service, unrelated to the website that is meant to be closed, is utterly unnecessary and unacceptable in these instances,” ISNIC explains. “A suspension of a domain is in a way comparable to banning the use of an address of an apartment building depriving everyone at that particular address of their postal service. Additionally, the suspension of individual domains can affect other domains, specially in the situation when domain service is a registered subdomain.” Furthermore, according to the registrar the counter-productive effects of domain seizures aren’t limited simply to the technical realm. Perceptions that seizures are unjust persist not only among visitors to the affected domains but also the wider Internet, damaging the reputations of targeted TLDs in the process. “It should be noted that when registries and registrars are made to suspend domains it can create negative publicity within the internet community, harming the top-level domain and reducing its credibility,” ISNIC says. “It is difficult to rectify that sort of damage that easily could be avoided with increased awareness and proficiency of the technical workings of the internet.” It’s worth noting that to date, all attempts at seizing or suspending .IS domains have failed. “ISNIC has never shut down a domain in response to external requests,” ISNIC’s Björn Róbertsson informs TorrentFreak. “ISNIC however does place domains on hold and automatically re-delegates to parking in case of technical issues – but ISNIC has strict technical requirements for DNS server setup.” Perhaps finding comfort in this kind security, earlier this month Putlocker.bz moved to an Icelandic domain following pressure from City of London Police. While a court order could potentially force ISNIC to take action against a domain such as this, to date the registrar hasn’t been included in any disputes. “In case of a court order, the court order would have to be addressed directly to Internet á Íslandi hf. [iSNIC] not to the Registrant. That has never happened,” Róbertsson says. “Icelandic court orders [regarding domain disputes] have always been addressed to the registrant, and ordered him to stop using or/and to delete the domain.” In addition to its stance on seizures, Iceland also has a great reputation in respect of privacy, something which prompted Kim Dotcom to announce that the Mega file-storing service could relocate there if local legislation compromises the company’s users. Whether there will be mass Icelandic domain migrations in the future remains to be seen, but the signs are that ISNIC will put up a fight at the very least, something registrars elsewhere have failed to do. http://torrentfreak.com/torrent-domain-suspensions-damage-credibility-registrar-says-140617/

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EFF recently kicked off our second Tor Challenge, an initiative to strengthen the Tor network for online anonymity and improve one of the best free privacy tools in existence. The campaign—which we've launched with partners at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, the Tor Project, and the Free Software Foundation—is already off to a great start. In just the first few days, we've seen over 600 new or expanded Tor nodes—more than during the entire first Tor Challenge. This is great news, but how does it affect you? To understand that, we have to dig into what Tor actually is, and what people can do to support it. Support can come in many forms, too. Even just using Tor is one of the best and easiest things a person can do to preserve privacy and anonymity on the Internet. What is Tor? Tor is a network and a software package that helps you anonymously use the Internet. Specifically Tor hides the source and destination of your Internet traffic, this prevents anyone from knowing both who you are and what you are looking at (though they may know one or the other). Tor also hides the destination of your traffic, which can circumvent some forms of censorship. Tor has been in development for many years and is very stable and mature. It is regarded as one of the best privacy tools currently in existence and it does not cost you anything. How does Tor help me? This graphic shows how Tor and https can work together to protect your privacy on the Internet. Basically, Tor encrypts that data you send across the Internet in multiple layers, like an onion. Then it sends that data through multiple relays, each one of which peels a layer off the onion until your packet leaves the final relay and gets to its destination. This is called 'onion routing' and it is a fantastic method for keeping privacy on the web. Proper use of tor—along with HTTPS Everywhere—can be one of the best ways to ensure your browsing will remain anonymous. But I don't need privacy, I have nothing to hide! Everyone needs privacy sometimes! For example: perhaps you end up with an embarrassing medical condition and you want to search for information about it but you don't want Google and every advertiser to know about your bodily functions. Tor can help you keep that information private. Tor can also help prevent online tracking more generally as well. Proper use of Tor can circumvent most third party trackers that governments and corporations can use to track your browsing habits and send you obnoxious intrusive advertisements. Tor can also protect your data from hackers on your network. Tor can also help you get around censorship and firewalls from the filter at your school or office or even help you circumvent firewalls or censorship put in place by your government. How do I use Tor? The easiest way to get up and running with Tor is to use the Tor Browser Bundle. It is a version of Firefox that comes preconfigured to use Tor. Tor Browser Bundle is set up to use Tor the right way so that you will avoid a lot of the common pitfalls that can pierce your veil of anonymity. If your prefer a more holistic approach or wish to use Tor for something other than just web browsing, you can use Tails. Tails is an operating system that runs off of a live CD. It is configured so that all Internet connections run through Tor; and when you are done, everything that you did is wiped clean from your computer's memory. It never touches your hard drive and leaves no traces on your computer. If you want to use Tor on your android phone, check out Orbot, it can run your browsing and other programs through Tor. Tor sounds great. What can I do to help? To help make Tor faster and more secure one of the best things you can do is set up a Tor relay. That's what we're asking people to do in our Tor Challenge. The more relays there are in the Tor network the more speed and security Tor has. Setting up a relay may also improve your own personal anonymity. But even just using Tor increases the anonymity of all the other users. There's some safety in numbers: if the only people using Tor are those who have a serious need for it then any use of Tor is suspicious. But if Tor gets used for everything from pizza orders to looking at funny cat photos then it is much less so. So if I use Tor will I have perfect anonymity all of the time? Nothing is foolproof, not even Tor. If you use Tor the wrong way you can end up destroying your own anonymity. If you use Tor to log into Facebook or Gmail, for example, they may not know where you are coming from but they will certainly know who you are and they may even be able to track your browsing around the web. The Tor Project has posted a list of common mistakes that inexperienced users sometimes make. When used properly Tor is one of the best tools for internet privacy that exists. You can use it to circumvent firewalls in an oppressive country, retain your privacy, or browse the Internet while at school. Setting up and running Tor is easy and it is one of the best things any citizen of the Internet can do to help keep a free and open Internet. And if you can run a Tor relay, or want to commit to boosting the bandwidth on a relay you already run, you can take part in our Tor Challenge and push us over our target while collecting prizes. Check out the Tor Challenge today.

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Introduction Used properly, bittorrent is one of the safest ways to transfer content. The torrent file contains metadata (hash) about the files to be shared and the bittorrent client checks content received against this metadata. If there is any difference, the content received will be discarded. This means that malware cannot be added to a torrent after it is active and that any data that is damaged in transmission will be discarded and re-downloaded. This article is part of a series of articles on bittorrent here at Gizmo's Freeware. If you are not familiar with bittorrent, then before using this article you should read this: How To Use Torrents This article is about finding the content you want. There is a great deal of content available in bittorrent. Over 25 PetaBytes of content is available in over 20 million active torrents. These sites will help you narrow the results from all those torrents to find the clean, real and healthy (bittorrent-wise) torrent for the content you are looking for. Public vs Private Torrent Search Sites This article lists public torrent search sites, which do not require registration. There are many private torrent search sites and it would be impossible to fairly rank them here as one would have to be a member to fully evaluate. Many people prefer private torrent sites for the privacy (only members active on torrent), clean torrents and speed (ratio enforcement ensures a well seeded torrent). The downside is that there are rules and regulations and sometimes overzealous administrators. If you are interested in a private site take a look at Getting In To Private Torrent Sites. Scam Links, Toolbars and Ads Unfortunately, even the best public torrent search sites have ads, scam links and toolbar downloads. I strongly suggest that you use a web browser that has ad blocking capability as that will make all the ads, toolbar download and scam links disappear. I use Firefox with the AdBlockPlus and AddBlockPlus PopUp add ons and most all scams, fake downloads and ads were invisible. Another popular option is Chrome with the AdBlock For Chrome extension. My check of Chrome with the AdBlock addon was that it removed ads and scam links as effectively as Firefox with its ad blocking addon. Other browsers may have a similar feature and may be more to your liking. There is an excellent review of the Best Free Web Browser here at Gizmo's Freeware. SCAM LINKS Many bittorrent search sites, and some of these, have advertisers that offer "High Speed download" "Trusted Download" "Direct Download" "Sponsored Links" or similar terms. These should all be avoided. TOOLBAR DOWNLOADS Some sites deceptively put a "Download" button near the "Download Torrent" button. Many times I have seen a new bittorrent user end up with a toolbar instead of the torrent. ADS Some torrent search sites have a large number of ads through the pages. Many of these are ads for questionable site and all ads should be avoided. Again, if you use a web browser that has ad blocking capability, all the ads, toolbar download and scam links disappear. SeeBest Free Web Browser here at Gizmo's Freeware. Torrent Search Site Features Your goal in a public torrent search is to find a clean, real and healthy torrent for the content you want. Google will return the most results for your search, but has no tools to narrow the search towards your goal. It is important for a torrent search site to have a large index of torrents, but the value of these torrent search sites are the tools they have to achieve this goal. This goal is achieved through three features: Comments and Ratings - The first step is finding the torrent that has the clean and real content you want. Some of these sites have torrents that have been "verified" to be clean and real. Others have a rating system that achieves the same result. Comments also help in this. The rating system and comments need to have high user interaction at the site. The "verified" rating uses a variety of confirming techniques. Comments may also be helpful in determining the quality of the download. Search Filters - Features such as Categories and versions can help to filter the results closer to the one torrent you are seeking. Sorting - The ability to sort the results of a search is used primarily to find the healthiest torrent. On occasion sorting may be needed to filter the results to exactly what you want. Using age, name or size sort may help in this regard. I have added information on those sites that offer magnet links as this will appeal to some users. Sites with a offer the alternative of a magnet link. (Thanks to Max for this suggestion). Torrent Search Site Listings: General and Unique This listing is divided into two parts. The General listing is of the sites that index all varieties of content. They have large listings and will be the sites that most of you will use most of the time. The sites listed in the General listing are also among the most popular torrent search sites. The Unique sites are less popular and have smaller indexes, but have unique features that make them worth using in certain searches. I am not going to consider or discuss the scams and ads much. If you have read the above, you will be using an ad blocker at these sites and will not see these. General Torrent Search Sites These sites are among the most popular torrent search sites and offer large indexes of torrents and helpful features to verify, filter and sort among search results. Any one of these sites will serve your goal of finding a clean, real and healthy torrent for the content you want. Since these are public torrent sites and, for the most part, allow anyone to upload, fakes can make their way into the listings. It is important to use comments and ratings to avoid these fakes. KAT (https) KATProxy KAT Pirate Proxy Come In is the top pick here at Gizmo's due to its large index of torrents and verified torrents as well as the comment, filter and sort features that they offer. They index over 9 million torrents, including over 1 million verified torrents. Tabs on the torrent page allow viewing of the files, trackers and comments. KAT offers many features to help in your search, they are responsive to user feature requests and are always improving. Comments and Ratings: Large listing of verified torrents. Advanced search may be used to list only verified torrents. Comments are very well used and are helpful in verifying as well as quality. Number of comments and verified "crown" shown in search results. Results may be filtered by categories and for videos further filtering is available by version. Sort by size, date (age), files (number of), seeds and leeches. Torrentz (68.71.55.20) is another comprehensive search engine that lists over 14.5 million torrents and has almost 3 million torrents that have been verified to be clean. Torrentz also has the nice feature of listing all trackers for a torrent, not just the ones embedded in the torrent file, though this is not that important in torrents now. One drawback is that they do not host the torrent files and one must go to other sites for the download. Be careful with the sites you choose to go to. Try to go to first to sites that are listed here. Their large verfied listing is an attraction. Comments and Ratings: are well used. Users can verify a torrent to be clean and real or tag it as fake, virus, password or low quality. Large listing of verified torrents and results may be filtered to show verified only. Torrents may be sorted by relevance, date created, size or number of peers (seeds and peers/leeches combined). No category filters. BitSnoop (46.19.137.82)This is a metasearch site that indexes over 17.8 million torrents from 369 trackers. Although they do not list a number that I could find, they appear to have a large listing of verified torrents. This site is extremely fast at returning search results. They also have a TV Finder which lists all shows alphabetically with links to all torrents for each show. Their filter and sort features are not as good as the above, but they do have their followers. Comments and Ratings: They have a good number of verified torrents. They have a "no fakes" filter for search results. Comments are not widely used. Filtering by category is decent and they have the no fakes filter. Sort by age, seeders, name, size and rating+health. Their TV finder is useful. Torlock advertises that all the torrents there are verified to be clean and real. Their listing now has over 500,000 verified torrents. A negative is the lack of comments or ratings for the quality of the content. However, for newer users, this is a good site to start your searches to ensure a clean download. Caution: Only click on the word "torrent" on the download page. The other links are scams. Also do not choose a "sponsored" result. Thanks to freestuffrocks for this site. Comments and Ratings: General ratings are not necessary as all torrents are verified to be clean and real. Comments are not generally used. No ratings as to quality. Filtering by category is available on a search. Sorting by name, size, date uploaded, seeds and peers are available after a search. ThePirateBay (194.71.107.27) ProxyBay.Info Come In is probably the most well known torrent search site. They list about 3.7 million torrents. TPB has an excellent filtering system and clean torrents can be found quickly in the search results by looking for a skull image next to the torrent. The one drawback now is that they are switching to magnet links only and given the issues that some of the bittorrent clients have with magnet links, this is a negative. Comments and Ratings: PirateBay has a comments and ratings system. They are fairly well used. I find the comments often deteriorate into "please seed" requests, but for many torrents they are useful. Their best feature is the use of colored skulls to show the uploader's status. Basically any skull for an uploader is a good sign. Excellent filtering by categories, using Other allows very detailed filters. Sort by type (category), name, date uploaded, size, seeds and leeches (peers) and by uploader. h33t after some down time, this popular site is back. It indexes over 5 million torrents and monitors the torrents that are uploaded through their site. As long as you stick to the torrents that are h33t uploads, you are pretty safe. The site looked to be ad free when I disabled ABP, but on one occasion I did get a couple popups and there is a scam download link. All in all, it is pretty clean, but I would suggest keeping ABP enabled. There is a lot of content uploaded through the site, so you do not need to go to the other torrents listed. The link here is to a search for h33t only content. There is a good amount of information and screenshots provided by the site on each upload. Thanks to Philphil for this suggestion. Even though the site is just back up, there looks to be a lot of activity. Comments and Ratings: The h33t uploaded torrents are checked out by staff there. Other torrents are not moderated and need to be checked for comments.. Comments are not generally used. No ratings as to quality. Filtering by category is available on a search. Sorting by name, size, date uploaded, seeds and peers are available after a search. Torrents.to is a search site that culls results from a large number of torrent search sites. Nice feature is that you can choose the sites to include in the search (this is saved in the site cookie for future use). The results show the pages at the sites and the sites can be togggled up top. Not my personal preference for viewing results as I prefer to see all the results at once, but this type does appeal to some users. As usual, caution needs to be taken at the sites from which results are shown. Thanks to Nero for this site. Comments and Ratings: Not applicable as results are strictly from the sites chosen, where there may be comments/rating, filtering and sorting available, but there is none here. ExtraTorrent (195.144.21.228)has 1.5 million torrent in its listing. It is not the largest listing, but they seem to have many of releases and no duplicates. A good number of the torrents I checked were from a trusted or verified uploader. Unfortunately, this is not shown in the search results. This site has gained popularity with a number of users on the web and is a good source. Avoid the "Direct download" link. As noted by ChaosReigns there is a good amount of information put up with each video, including screenshots, which is helpful in determining video quality. Comments and Ratings: Comments are very well used here. Many of the torrents are uploaded by verified or trusted uploader, but this is not shown in the search results, you hhave to look on the torrent page. Filtering by category is available, but is pretty basic. Sorting by size, seeds,leeches and number of comments is available only to VIP members. Unique Torrent Search Sites These sites cater to special niche interests and stand out for their attention to that niche and their clean offerings. EZTV (85.19.104.80) is the site for all things television. It is the biggest and past and easiest to use for TV offerings. In addition to torrents they have a countdown list as to when shows are to return to original broadcasts, a show list indicating the status of a TV show (ended; pending; airing etc.), TV news and a calendar of shows being broadcast. Coda.fm (107.20.145.230)is a music albums bittorrent site. There is a good deal of information on the artists and albums. All listings are verified to be clean and real. If you are looking for a public, music only, bittorrent site, then this is the place to look. It is an ad free site. The amount of listings is still quite small, being in the thousands. Take.fm is the sister site to Coda.fm, specializing in movies. It is similar to Coda in layout and all of its listings are also verified to be clean and real. At this time there appears to be just shy of 2000 listings. Hopefully the site listings will grow as time goes by as a clean movie search site is needed in bittorrent. Torrent Butler this site was only carrying movie torrents, but recently added TV Shows. There are a lot of verified torrents/magnets listed for each listing. The verified torrents/magnets are indicated by a green checkmark next to the download link. Each movie comes with a video trailer and information on the movie. Movies are sortable by genre. The TV shows are sortable by genre and all episodes available are included under each show's listing. Again there is a a trailer for each show and information. Be sure to have AdBlockPlus installed as there are a couple scam links that are not visible with ABP. Nice site give the layout and large amount of verified torrents. YTS (f/k/a YIFY Torrents) This is the site of a release group that has an excellent reputation for quality rips with small file size. All torrents are those of the release group. All the releases here should be clean and real. NyaaTorrents is the site to check out for Anime. The torrent links in blue are A+ in quality, meaning they are the best copy available. The torrent links in green are from trusted uploaders. Thanks to Capcapper for this site. All of these sites have received a green rating from WOT (Web Of Trust) and only sites with a green rating from WOT will be listed here.

This guide shows how to speed up downloads in Transmission. All bittorrent programs need to have their incoming and outgoing communications flow freely in order to achieve the highest download speeds and that is essentially what this guide is about. This guide was put together using information given by the developers of bittorrent programs at their forums, guides and FAQs. There are no secret tricks, just the real basics of proper set up of a bittorrent program. Following these simple steps should result in increased download speed. These are the basic principles of optimizing a bittorrent client, like Transmisssion, for speed: Choose a proper port to avoid ISP blocks and conflicts with other programs Forward that port through any software firewall and router to allow incoming connections Adjust internal settings based upon upload capacity of the internet connection to allow room for outgoing communications and to distribute upload efficiently. There are some programs that claim to optimize speed in Transmission. Such programs are a scam and generally contain adware or spyware. I have seen it said, by the developers of all bittorrent programs, that nothing will increase your download speed in a bittorrent client more than the basic steps set forth herein. Note When viewing this guide in Internet Explorer the Mac command key symbol appears as a box. I do not know why yet. This guide is now for Transmission 1.33, thanks to the anonymous poster below who provided the screen shots If you are not using Transmission, there are several other specific guides for other clients and a general guide here: Optimizing Bittorrent Clients Choosing A Proper Port To avoid messing up a network connection that is already cleared, first check and see if your communications are blocked or are already clear. Have Transmission running while testing the port. Click to Test Your Port Success-just go to Adjusting Internal Settings. Error- follow all steps. This setting in Transmission is at Preferences (? + ,) or (Ctrl+,)>Network -"Network: Peer listening port": If you failed the port test above, then you should first set your port to a proper one. The most important choice here is to avoid using a port within the 6881-6999 range. This was the range originally used by bittorrent programs and is often blocked by Internet Service Providers (ISPs). (If your port was in this range, change and re-test). The safest choice is a port in the 49152-65534 range as this will avoid ISP blocks and possible conflicts with other applications. Vuze-Wiki: Port is Blacklisted Forwarding The Port Introduction A router will block incoming communications unless an exception is made. All software firewalls will block incoming communications and most will also block outgoing communications, unless an exception is made. If you are "firewalled", then other people will not be able to initiate connections with you (see Why Is Being Firewalled Bad). As there are many firewalls and routers, this guide can not give explanations as to each. However, there are guides available, on the internet for most firewalls and routers and this guide will link you to them. Software Firewall - The permission should be set to allow TCP and UDP in both directions. Generally, you will have a choice to set permission for the Transmission port or for the Transmission program. Setting permission for the port is the safer choice. You can check these options for guides: The help file of your software firewall is the best place to look The µTorrent forum has some guides posted PortForward.com Firewall Guides also has some guides. (see Note) Router - There are two choices here. The easier way is to use UPnP. However, this has a possible security issue. Using UPnP allows any program to create a port mapping through the router without consent of the owner. Note: Given the recent findings of Rapid7 regarding security flaws in UPnP, it is generally suggested here that manual forwarding be used. If you still want to use UPnP, then it would be a good idea to test and see if your device is vulnerable to attack through UPnP. The other choice is to manually forward the port through the router. This does not have that security issue, but involves going through several steps to accomplish. Using the guides linked herein, this should not be that difficult and is the preferred method. UPnP (NAT-PMP in Apple) - The Easy Way - Enable UPnP (NAT-PMP for Apple) in Transmission and router. In Transmission this setting is at Preferences (? + ,) or (Ctrl+,)>Network "Automatically Map Port" Manual Forwarding-The Preferred Way UPnP (NAT-PMP) must be disabled in Transmission (see Image above). Use the Static IP Guide. Set permission for Transmission port. This should be set to allow both TCP and UDP communications. You can check these options for guides: The help file of your router is the best place to look Portforward.com Router Index has guides for most routers See Note. Click Here to Re-Test Port Success-Proceed to next step. Error- re-do steps or seek help in Forums. Have Transmission running while re-testing the port. Note: Portforward.com does not have guides specific to Transmission. Use the guides for Azureus/uTorrent and the screen shots from this guide. Adjusting Internal Settings Introduction The most important setting here is to cap upload in Transmission to 80% of your overall upload capacity. Setting upload in Transmission is a fine line. The more upload you give, the more download you will get from other peers. However, if upload is set too high, or to unlimited, then download speeds will suffer as outgoing communications (acknowledgment signals, resend requests etc) will be interfered with. Other adjustments are made here to distribute your upload so that you receive back the most download from other peers. Speed Test: Speedtest.net (Click for Test) First the upload capacity of your internet connection must be determined by taking an online speed test. Speedtest.net has test locations worldwide and will highlight the one closest to you. To take the test you must have Flash installed and javascript enabled. Before taking the speed test, press Settings in the upper right of the speedtest.net page. This will take you to another page. At the bottom of that page is the "Global Settings" options. Set "Speed Measurement" to kilobytes and press "Save" . This will facilitate entry into the calculator below and will lessen confusion as Transmission shows speeds in kilobytes. You should stop all internet activity, including torrents, before taking the test and the test should be taken a few times to obtain a reliable average. Results will now show in KiloBytes. It is the upload rate that is important here. Another Way To Test Upload Speed For most people these test results will be reliable (Comcast users see Note). However, you may wish to do a double check on real life upload speed. When you are active on a torrent with a good number of peers and you are using your upload cap, set upload to unlimited and watch for about 5-10 minutes and see where upload settles in at. Then input that number into the calculator in the kiloBytes section. Note: Some ISPs will show inaccurate results on the speed test. If your ISP has anything like Comcast's PowerBoost, then your results will show higher than the actual speed of your connection. PowerBoost provides a burst of download and upload speeds above your provisioned download and upload speeds for the first 10MB and 5MB respectively. Since the speed test involves relatively small files, this will skew results upward. If you have PowerBoost, or something similar, my findings from my own results and those of others is that the actual speeds are 60% of the test result. So if you get 200kB/s for upload at the test, you should enter 120 in the kB/s box in the calculator. Using Google ("speed result" x .6) will get the proper number to enter in the calculator and this actually turns out to be very accurate. You should end up with the calculator showing a cap that is about half of the test result. Calculator: Azureus Upload Settings Calculator Once you have an average upload speed for your connection go to the online Azureus Upload Settings Calculator. Although designed for Azureus, this calculator will work for all bittorrent clients. This calculator was created by the8472 a contributor to Vuze (fka Azureus) and part of the team that created Bittorrent Protocol Encryption. Enter your average upload speed in the appropriate box The calculator will automatically give the proper figures to adjust various options in Transmission Input Results Into Transmission - Screen shots of locations in Transmission of settings to be adjusted Preferences (? + ,) or (Ctrl+,)>Bandwidth NOTE: The calculator will give a reading of "0" for download as this means "unlimited" for all other bittorrent clients. For Transmission if you want download set to unlimited, then do not check the box to limit bandwidth for download. The only box that should be checked is the one for "Upload rate" and the appropriate number from the calculator should be entered in the box. The "Speed Limit Mode" is a scheduler and should not be enabled at this time. If you are with and ISP that limits bandwidth usage at certain times of day, this would be useful. Preferences (? + ,) or (Ctrl+,)>Peers The three options below the connections options should be enabled. Peer Exchange (PEX) allows Transmission to seek seeds/peers outside of the tracker. This will obviously help torrent health and speeds. Transmission does not have DHT (Distributed Hash Table) capability at this time. DHT, like PEX seeks additional seeds/peers outside of the tracker. In my readings at their forum, it appears that there recently has been some work on this and it may be included in the future. However, it is not one of their priorities. The "Prefer Encrypted Peers" option means that Transmission will accept all seeds/peers, but will first attempt to contact via an encrypted connection. Clients like Vuze/uTorrent will switch to encrypted automatically upon such contact. The "Prevent known bad peers from connecting" option utilizes a blocklist of known anti-P2P IPs, to prevent them from connecting and possibly interfering with transfers. I do not have information on setting up the list as of yet. Preferences (? + ,) or (Ctrl+,)>Transfers>Management Transmission does not have the "Max Active Torrents" setting. I would suggest using the Max simultaneous downloads figure from the calculator for both of these Queue settings. Good Torrents The general rule here is to choose torrents that have a high seed to peer ratio. Seeds have 100% of the content associated with the torrent and are only uploading to peers. Peers also upload to other peers, but are also looking for other peers to upload to themselves and their download capacity is almost always higher than their upload capacity. This applies even though one swarm has significantly more active users than another. For example, a torrent with 30 seeders and 70 peers (30% seeders) will generally be faster than one with 500 seeders and 2500 peers (20% seeders) as the average upload capacity available to the peers will be higher. (TorrentFreak).

Notes: If your Torrent Server has a direct connection to the internet, and is not behind a firewall or a http://appliance_ip) and perform a porttest Click on "port test" Log in to mldonkey with username admin and the password you provided during install or in step 3 above. The below screenshot displays a failed porttest. If your porttest succeeds, then your done. If not, continue reading, thats what this guide is for. Note that you might need to "refresh results". 5. Log into the router administration console and configure port forwarding If you don't know the router's IP address, you can determine it as follows: route -n | grep UG As mentioned above, its almost impossible to include step-by-step instructions for every router configuration. The below screenshots are specific for a DLINK wireless router I have access to, but they should be generic enough to help configure other routers. Enable the NAT module, and then continue to Port Forwarding: Enable and configure port forwarding: Note: Many routers have built-in firewalls, if enabled be sure to set the appropriate configuration there as well. 6. Perform a porttest You're done. Enjoy! 7. Bonus: Torrent Server Handler Firefox extension It is recommended to install the TorrentServer Handler Firefox extension on computers connected to your LAN. You will need to specify the Torrent Server's IP address. You can also install the extension on other computers not connected to your LAN, such as a laptop so you can send downloads to the Torrent Server remotely. Note that you need to specify the IP address of your router when connecting remotely. This can be determined by using such services as whatismyip.com. Additionally, you might want to use Dynamic DNS (DDNS) if the IP address provided by your ISP is dynamic.

Steven Spielberg spent a couple of years in the wilderness after Lincoln, though it seems as if he's back on the road to productivity. He's launching into an untitled Cold War thriller with Tom Hanks next, followed by an adaptation of Roald Dahl's The BFG. Most people thought one of these projects would just fade away, but it looks like the old Steven Spielberg is back, ready to bang these out as quick as possible according to recently announced release dates. Steven Spielberg's Untitled Cold War Thriller now has a release date of October 16th, 2015, and The BFG will soon follow with a July 1st, 2016 date. In the Cold War film, Tom Hanks will play James Donovan, an attorney who attempted to negotiate the release of Gary Powers, a POW who crashed over Russia and was held hostage by the Russian government in 1960. Hanks and Spielberg are clearly BFFs, having previously worked together on titles like Saving Private Ryan and Catch Me If You Can, so it's not a surprise to see them reunite again (though Hanks hasn't been onscreen for the director since The Terminal ten years ago). This October 16th release date means that Spielberg's film will hit theaters solidly at the start of the 2016 Oscar race. Also set to come out that weekend is Guillermo Del Toro'sCrimson Peak, and it will be out one week before The Conjuring 2. This is a Disney release, so the studio could always push it forward to November or December, or maybe even open on the 16th in limited release and expand further over the next few months. October's very crowded, with The Jungle Book also hitting a week before, so there's plenty of time to adjust the schedule, because despite Spielberg and Hanks and a writing credit to the Coen brothers, this sounds a little dry for October. It's believed Spielberg will segue from the Cold War thriller to The BFG, more of an audience-friendly blockbuster. Spielberg is reportedly returning to his roots with writer Melissa Mathison, who wrote E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, and as such he's getting a plumb release date over the Fourth of July weekend. This pits the film against the Angry Birds movie, which is best left seeking its own new perch away from summer, as it's hard to imagine that brand will remain relevant two years from now. It also looks like it's matching up with Independence Day 2, which remains in development, as well as David Yates' Tarzan. The schedule is getting pretty heavy, and that's before acknowledging that the week after, Marvel is releasing an untitled film that some believe may be Doctor Strange. The last Spielberg's children's film was The Adventures Of Tintin, and that generated only mixed responses. Does he still have the same appeal to families and kids?

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