I will make this one short and sweet (by my standards) Split and or rar'd or scene releases or whatever you want to call them are not allowed here. I have deleted more rar'd torrents here in the past 4 or 5 days than I have in the previous time I have staffed here (roughly 15 months). So it is time to make this clear to everyone! I will make it easy. If you upload a rar'd or split torrent . . . that torrent will get deleted. The uploader will also get a formal 1 week warning. If we notice that the same members are uploading split/rar'd content repeatedly their uploading privileges will be temporarily or perhaps permanently revoked. I am not opening this post for comments. I have heard every argument before and we are not going to change our minds under any circumstances. Everyone remember to read the rules before you upload . . . ignorance of the rules is not a defense.

Its getting near that time of year again, the great month of October, so that means Octoberfest VI Where the people who take part upload 1 movie a day for the entire month of October I am looking for all you poster monkeys to come up with a poster to use on the front page and a banner to use on every Octoberfest VI upload. The design will be up to you but the wording must be 'THC Octoberfest VI', nothing more, nothing less, any offers deviating from this will be ignored. Offers are to be made from now until sept 21st, then the voting will be opened until sept 30th. The winner shall be announced in time for Octoberfest VI to begin You may make as many offers as you like, each offer will earn you 500 karma and the winner will get 5gb upload credit ****** I shall start an Octoberfest VI thread explaining the rules etc at a later date

Seedbox Button Removed We have now removed the seedbox button from our torrent details page. This button is no longer needed and you are able to use the regular download button for both home and seedbox use. //bG Staff

Hello and Welcome to BITLEECHERS :) As of some of you already know once you log in to the site and if there is a new Announcement & PM waiting you will now hear an audio track letting you know you have a PM that needs to be read or a new site Announcement. But, that isnt all. If you HnR "Hit & Run you will also be greeted with an audio track and a green image tab on the top of any page you are on letting you know how many HnR's you have. All you need to do is click on the image and there on that page you may take care of your own HnR's. The HnR text that was near your name and stats was removed. Reason for all of this is because members dont want to read the PM's and Announcements sent through the system or from the Staff team. So we figured until these matters are under control you will be somewhat annoyed like the Staff and owner (MEMATI) are. We are sick and tired of members who cant read the PM's and Announcements along with the text "DO NOT REQUEST TORRENTS IN THE SHOUTBOX" and members still request torrents. If you can't follow rules then we will take action immediately. It is a shame for the few members who break the rules the entire site has to pay. So, you can thank the members who just want to do what they want. If a single member continues to break these minor rules then we will infact BAN you. If you don't like the new changes then please come to Help Desk and ask to have your account disabled and a Staff member will be glad to assist you. Rules can be broken, but you are on the wrong site if you want to continue to try and break them. You might as well go to another tracker and see how you make out. Now as you can see we are still looking for donations to cover our server bills. These servers are not cheap. Staff donate their time and most have their own servers they pay for to help bring you new content on a daily bases. We need you all to start helping out wheather it is donating or simply downloading and being active on site. If you members dont want to become active then that means BITLEECHERS won't be active. As a community we should all try and be active as much as we can. Torrents are free, but that doesn't mean you members can't contribute to the running costs of the site by donating a little to help out. We would like to THANK all the members present and past who have donated and served on the staff team to help out. We are looking for a couple of members who would like the opportunity to become a Moderator. If you think you have what it takes then please join Live Chat or Live Help and let the staff know the reason you are here. Thanks For Your Cooperation,

Dupes Today, 11:35 AM There will be dupe uploads the coming days. If you report them they will be gone faster and you help the community.Kane

A new report published by the Digital Citizens Alliance estimates that the most popular cyberlockers generate millions of dollars in revenue. The research claims that the sites in question are mostly used for copyright infringement. The list of "rogue" sites includes the Kim Dotcom-founded cloud hosting service Mega, albeit based on a false assumption. The most popular file-hosting sites, also known as cyberlockers, have millions of visitors per day. In recent years many of these sites have gotten a bad reputation as they are frequently used to share copyrighted files. Today the Digital Citizens Alliance released a new report (pdf) that looks into the profitability of these sites and services. Titled “Behind The Cyberlocker Door: A Report How Shadowy Cyberlockers Use Credit Card Companies to Make Millions,” it offers insight into the money streams that end up at these alleged pirate sites. The study, carried out by NetNames and backed by the entertainment industry, uses information from the busted Megaupload service to estimate the earnings of various other sites. Based on these and other assumptions it concludes that the top cyberlockers generate an average $3.2 million per site per year. “Overall, total annual revenue across the thirty cyberlockers equated to $96.2 million or $3.2 million per site. One site gathered $17.6m per year in revenue,” the report notes, adding that it’s a conservative estimate. Estimated revenue and profit per direct download cyberlocker The report brands these sites as piracy havens based on a sample of the files they host. All the sites that are listed are used predominantly for copyright infringement, they claim. “The overwhelming use of cyberlockers is for content theft. Analysis of a sampling of the files on the thirty cyberlocker sites found that the vast majority of files were clearly infringing,” the report reads. “At least 78.6 percent of files on direct download cyberlockers and 83.7 percent of files on streaming cyberlockers infringed copyright,” it adds. Alleged “infringing” use per cyberlocker Here’s where the researchers make a crucial mistake. The sample, where the percentage of allegedly infringing files is based on, is drawn from links that are posted publicly online. These are certainly not representative for the entire site, at least not in all cases. For Mega the researchers looked at 500 files that were shared online. However, the overwhelming majority of Mega’s files, which number more than 500,000,000, are never shared in public. Unlike some other sites in the report, Mega is a rather traditional cloud hosting provider that’s frequently used for personal backup, through its desktop client or mobile apps for example. The files that are shared in public are the exception here, probably less than one percent of the total. There is no denying that there are shady and rogue sites that do profit heavily from piracy, but lumping all these sites together and branding them with a pirate label is flat-out wrong. Aside from “exposing” the estimated profitability of the cyberlockers the report also has a secondary goal. It puts out a strong call to the credit card companies Visa and MasterCard, and hosting providers such as Cloudflare, urging them to cut their ties with these supposed pirate havens. “They should take a hard look at the checkered history of their cyberlocker partners. Simply put, the businesses that simply exploit and expropriate the creative efforts of others do not occupy a legitimate place in the Internet ecosystem,” the report notes. “Content theft is a cancer on the Internet. It introduces viruses and malware to computers, robs creators who rely on the Internet to sell their products, damages brands by associating them with illegal and inappropriate content and provides seed money for criminals to engage in other illegal activities,” it adds. Hopefully future reports will have more nuance. At minimum they should make sure to have all the facts right, as that’s generally more convincing. http://torrentfreak.com/report-brands-dotcoms-mega-a-piracy-haven-140918/

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NEWS - 2014-09-18 Freeleech ending in 12 hrs (23:59 UTC/GMT) Freeleech will end today at 23:59 UTC/GMT Have fun /Staff

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Led by director Lexi Alexander, a collection of Hollywood directors, producers, actors, writers and other workers have teamed up in support of Peter Sunde. As the jailed former Pirate Bay founder prepares for his father's funeral, the insiders call for his uncuffing. "We oppose your imprisonment," they say in their video. The imprisonment of former Pirate Bay spokesman Peter Sunde has been going on since late May 2014, provoking a number of reports on the conditions under which he is being held. Despite being accused of non-violent crimes, Peter is being held in a high-security unit and without concern for his dietary needs. As a result he’s literally wasting away. Following the tragic death of his father who recently succumbed to a long-standing set of illnesses, the week delivered yet more bad news. Although the prison would allow him to attend the funeral, Peter was told he could expect to carry his father’s coffin wearing handcuffs. Understandably the news provoked much outrage. Why would a non-violent and now-frail man with with just a few days left on his sentence try to escape from not one but two prison guards? As that improbable situation was discussed among supporters online, a much less traditional support group were asking the same questions. Hollywood director Lexi Alexander has been a vocal supporter of Peter and earlier this year broke with the usual Tinseltown position by calling for his release. While her outspoken approach is uncharacteristic of a Hollywood worker, it may come as a surprise that she is definitely not on her own. During recent weeks the director and actress, who has several movies under her belt, called for other like-minded individuals in Hollywood to make themselves known. The result was the publication a few minutes ago of a video dedicated to the uncuffing, release and support of Peter Sunde. “We created this video in solidarity with Peter as he attends his father’s funeral today,” Alexander told TorrentFreak. “Originally I had planned to do this over the next few weeks, but when I heard about Peter’s father’s death yesterday, we scrambled and got it together within a few hours.” While a few of the people in the video have understandably chosen to remain anonymous, others have been very happy to show their faces. With the famous Hollywood sign in the background, first up, Julie Bush. “Julie Bush was pro-piracy before I even knew what file-sharing meant,” Alexander told TF. “She used to be a writer on the show Sons of Anarchy and now she’s writing a major property for Universal Studios: Robert Ludlum’s The Sigma Protocol.” Bush has written on a number of occasions about Hollywood’s “dumb” approach to piracy. “Many showrunners and executives I know not only pirate stuff all the time but also privately endorse the idea that piracy is good for the industry, a great way to advertise, and essential to building a healthy audience,” she explained last year. The gentleman holding up the sign calling for the un-cuffing of Peter is actor Ross McCall. He appeared in Band of Brothers, Alexander’s movies Green Street and Green Street 2, before moving on to star in TV series including Crash, White Collar and Luther. “The pretty blonde [0m 53s] is producer Catrin Cooper. Very outspoken about her opposition to criminalizing file-sharing,” Alexander continues. Cooper has worked in several roles on movies including Casino Royale, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Batman Begins. “The guy with ‘Free Peter Sunde’ on his shirt is a writer and actor named Edward DeRuiter, one of his movies was just released last month,” Alexander adds. “Then there’s Brent Weichsel, who against my advice decided to put his name and union on the sign. He’s Local 600 Camera Assistant.” It’s quite something and particularly brave for these individuals to put their name to the support of someone described by studio bosses as someone intent on the ruination of the industry. That said, and as clearly pointed out on one of the signs held up in the video, Hollywood workers are not only writers and directors, they’re also humans too. The video, which features writers and authors, directors, producers, a screenwriter, a cinematographer, an engineer and a dialect coach, is embedded below and available on Lexi’s blog. http://vimeo.com/106471218 http://torrentfreak.com/hollywood-workers-demand-peter-sundes-dignity-freedom-140918/

Millennium Films is cashing in on the leak of The Expendables 3 by demanding cash settlements from alleged downloaders. Those receiving notices are only being given until October 5 to pay up - or else - but demands to users of VPNs are falling on deaf ears. Sadly, those using IP blocking software have had much less luck. Back in July a pretty much pristine copy of The Expendables 3 leaked online. It was a dramatic event for those behind the production as the movie’s premier on BitTorrent networks trumped its theatrical debut by several weeks. Distributor Lionsgate was quick to react. Just days after the leak the entertainment company sued several file-sharing sites, which eventually resulted in the closure of file-hosting site Hulkfile. But more action was yet to come. Doubling up on their efforts, Lionsgate also targeted hosting providers, domain registrars and seedboxes while at the same time sending thousands of DMCA takedown notices to have content and links to content removed. However, a big question remained unanswered. Would the makers of The Expendables 3 start tracking down alleged file-sharers to force them into cash settlements as happened with previous iterations of the movie? It’s taken a few weeks but confirmation is now in. Millennium Films, the production company behind The Expendables 3, is now shaking down individual Internet users they believe to have downloaded and shared the leaked movie without permission. What do they want? Hard cash, of course. Interestingly, and at least for now, the company isn’t going through the courts filing subpoenas against ISPs to obtain downloaders’ personal details. In a switch of tactics the company is sending DMCA takedown notices to ISPs via CEG TEK International and requesting that the notices are forwarded to the customers in question instead. In addition to the usual cease and desist terminology, Millennium tag on cash settlements demands too. As can be seen in the image above, the production company is giving notice recipients until October 5, 2014 to come up with the money – or else. “If within the prescribed time period described above you fail to (i) respond or settle, or (ii) provide by email to [email protected] written evidence of your having consent or permission from Millennium Films to use the Work in connection with Peer-to-Peer networks (note that fraudulent submissions may give rise to additional liabilities), the above matter may be referred to attorneys representing the Work’s owner for legal action,” the settlement offer reads. Of course, whether people fill in CEG TEK’s settlement form or write to them with their personal details, the end result will be the same. The company will now have the person’s identity, something they didn’t previously have since at this stage ISPs have only forwarded the notices. While the notices are real (CEG TEK have confirmed the action) little is known about how much money Millenium/CEG TEK are demanding to make a supposed lawsuit go away. However, TorrentFreak has learned that CEG TEK are simultaneously sending out settlement demands to alleged downloaders of The Expendables 2. A copy of the settlement page demand – $300 – is shown below. While some people will no doubt be worrying about how to deal with these demands and whether Millenium will follow through on its implied threat to sue, at least some of these notices will be falling on deaf ears. LiquidVPN, an anonymity company listed in our 2014 report, received one such notice but as a no-log provider, could not forward it to its customer. Compare that to the despair of a user posting on KickassTorrents who got caught after relying on IP address blocking software (typos etc corrected). “I woke up to this alongside four other notices from my ISP. I stopped downloading six days ago, but I’m receiving old notices about movies that were downloaded a month ago and I basically can’t do nothing about it since its old. I use PeerBlock and it’s a bunch of bullshit. What should I do with this October 5 deadline on a settlement? Please help!” he wrote. Finally, and as Lionsgate, Millennium Films and CEG TEK shake down sites, hosting services, domain registrars, seedbox providers and now end users, the big mystery surrounding the most important questions remain unanswered. Who – at Lionsgate, Millennium or one of its partners – had full access to a clean DVD copy of the movie? Who then put that copy in a position of being placed online? The FBI, who can crack the most complex of terrorist crimes, are reportedly involved and must’ve asked these questions. Yet the culprit still hasn’t been found…… Could it be that studios become less cooperative when blame falls too close to home? http://torrentfreak.com/expendables-3-downloaders-told-to-pay-up-or-else-140918/

Internet provider AT&T has expanded its portfolio with a rather unusual patent. While most ISPs prefer to limit the amount of BitTorrent traffic on their networks, AT&T has patented a technology that can keep torrents alive, even if there are no seeders available in the current swarm. In recent years the intellectual property division of AT&T has patented quite a few unusual inventions. Today we can add another to the list after the telecoms company was granted a patent which aims to keep torrent files available for as long as possible. In the patent (pdf), which was awarded yesterday, the ISP points out that BitTorrent is a very effective way of sharing files online. However, AT&T also signals some drawbacks, including the fact that some torrent swarms stop working because there are no complete copies of the file available. “As more and more peers download a complete copy of the file, the performance of the torrent deteriorates to the point that it becomes difficult for the file to be located and downloaded. As a result, current BitTorrent systems are not desirable for downloading older files,” the patent reads. Since there are often many swarms downloading the same content via different trackers, it could be that the file lives on elsewhere. Similarly, other peers might be willing to start seeding the dead torrent again. AT&T’s patent pairs these sources to increase the availability of files downloaded via BitTorrent. AT&T’s torrent patent The patent proposes to add “collaboration information” which may be obtained from each peer when it joins a torrent swarm. If a torrent has no active seeds available, this information can point the downloader to “dormant peers” or external trackers that still have active seeders. “If the file is not available at an active peer, the tracker node has two options; it may contact some of the listed dormant peers to see if they are willing to make the file available, and/or it may contact a remote tracker node listed for the file,” the patent reads. “If the file is made available by a dormant peer and/or at a remote torrent, the local peer can then establish a peer-to-peer communication with the dormant peer or a peer on the remote torrent, and download the file therefrom. As a result, the local peer can locate and download files that are not available on its current torrent from both dormant peers and peers in other torrents.” The idea to point people to other trackers is not new. Most torrents come with multiple trackers nowadays to ensure that a file remains available for as long as possible. AT&T’s proposed invention would automate this feature. The idea to contact “dormant peers” is more novel. In short, that means that people who previously downloaded a file, but are no longer seeding it, can get a request to make it available again. Whether the ISPs has any real life applications for their invention is yet unknown. The current patent was granted this week, but the first application dates back to 2005, a time when BitTorrent wasn’t quite as mainstream as it is today. The patent certainly doesn’t mean that the ISP encourages sharing copyrighted files. Among other anti-piracy innovations, AT&T previously patented systems to track content being shared via BitTorrent and other P2P networks and report those offenders to the authorities. http://torrentfreak.com/att-patents-technology-keep-torrent-files-alive-140917/

If copyright holders get their way it will soon be impossible to access Netflix though a VPN service. The entertainment industry companies are calling for a ban on privacy services as that opens the door to foreign pirates. With the launch of legal streaming services such as Netflix, movie and TV fans have less reason to turn to pirate sites. At the same time, however, these legal options invite people from other countries where the legal services are more limited. This is also the case in Australia where up to 200,000 people are estimated to use the U.S. version of Netflix. Although Netflix has geographical restrictions in place, these are easy to bypass with a relatively cheap VPN subscription. To keep these foreigners out, entertainment industry companies are now lobbying for a global ban on VPN users. Simon Bush, CEO of AHEDA, an industry group that represents Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros., Universal, Sony Pictures and other major players said that some members are actively lobbying for such a ban. Bush didn’t name any of the companies involved, but he confirmed to Cnet that “discussions” to block Australian access to the US version of Netflix “are happening now”. If implemented, this would mean that all VPN users worldwide will no longer be able to access Netflix. That includes the millions of Americans who are paying for a legitimate account. They can still access Netflix, but would not be allowed to do so securely via a VPN. According to Bush the discussions to keep VPN users out are not tied to Netflix’s arrival in Australia. The distributors and other rightsholders argue that they are already being deprived of licensing fees, because some Aussies ignore local services such as Quickflix. “I know the discussions are being had…by the distributors in the United States with Netflix about Australians using VPNs to access content that they’re not licensed to access in Australia,” Bush said. “They’re requesting for it to be blocked now, not just when it comes to Australia,” he adds. While blocking VPNs would solve the problem for distributors, it creates a new one for VPN users in the United States. The same happened with Hulu a few months ago, when Hulu started to block visitors who access the site through a VPN service. This blockade also applies to hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens. Hulu’s blocklist was implemented a few months ago and currently covers the IP-ranges of all major VPN services. People who try to access the site through one of these IPs are not allowed to view any content on the site, and receive the following notice instead: “Based on your IP-address, we noticed that you are trying to access Hulu through an anonymous proxy tool. Hulu is not currently available outside the U.S. If you’re in the U.S. you’ll need to disable your anonymizer to access videos on Hulu.” It seems that VPNs are increasingly attracting the attention of copyright holders. Just a week ago BBC Worldwide argued that ISPs should monitor VPN users for excessive bandwidth use, assuming they would then be pirates. Considering the above we can expect the calls for VPN bans to increase in the near future. http://torrentfreak.com/copyright-holders-want-netflix-ban-vpn-users-140917/

2014-09-14 New items in the pharmacy! https://whatimg.com/i/hmpmWu.gif

SeedBox Update 1 day, 19 hours agoHide Prices / Spec list has been updated. You can read about it and discuss it in the forums. forums.php?action=viewthread&threadid=388#post3593

Freeleech Reminder @ 2014-09-16 22:36:09 GMT This is the reminder: The Freeleech Will End Tonight To encourage everyone who sent out reseed requests to continue leeching the torrents, and to save more torrents from becoming dead, we will keep the torrents with zero seeders (and only those) Free For Another Week We will post the updates on the forums: http://thegeeks.bz/forums.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=2548 If you are leeching a torrent with zero seeders, please ask for a reseed! There is an 'Ask for a reseed' link on each torrent page. When you click it, the system will send a PM to the users who snatched it in the past.

2014-09-16 Bitsoup and 2014!July 2014 was by far the scariest month Bitsoup has ever had to deal with. We were 2 weeks away of being forced to make changes to Bitsoup that would forever affect our great site. Because so many members helped when we needed it most, it has made it quite hard to offer any promo now that will attract a decent amount of donations. I stand here today with only a few options what to do. Some say make Bitsoup a pay site. Others say offer a leech package that donating a $ amount will get wide open access to Bitsoup content. I don't think we need to go down those roads. but today we stand at not even 30% of what we need to break even this month and without even having any buffer. At least the monies collected July & August brought our bills up to date. Today we had a outage that took down our main DB Box. While we're currently running smooth on the backup server the Fall Fundraiser was deployed early to try and shore up funds to upgrade gear. Well, I'm sad to say it didn't work. We will keep things going as normal between now and end of 2014, but if things don't change for the better, we will have to make some changes in 2015 as I cant afford to keep covering the costs of Bitsoup without proper monthly support from you the member. The very same members that use the site and our service. We are tired of begging for funding, as everyone knows how great Bitsoup is. I'd hate to close the doors, but will in 2015 if our community doesn't change. Thanks to the contributions and countless hours of hard work put in by many, many people, over the past 9yrs. Bitsoup has grown and developed into a wonderful sharing community, where aside from lots of torrents, lots of "friendly faces" can be found. Much of this depends on the time and hardworking efforts many people have given Bitsoup, but all of it depends on the donating support that we are given by our members. Without donations, none of this is even possible! I'm opening a forum in the general chat forum where Earlybird and I will have listed the choices we feel are best practical that have been laid out over 2014 from all of the recent discussions about these issues from our members. It will be opened to everyone to talk about which roads we should take to get out of this issue. You'll want to participate when the thread is opened as the top most wanted new changes will indeed be taking place come 2015. You know what they say... you don't vote, you have nothing to complain about! Come Join us in the forums to talk about the financial future of Bitsoup. Click Here to enter the discussion While everyone is welcome to speak about the life of Bitsoup moving forward or about its past, I'm warning people now that abuse and or attacks towards staff or this site will not be tolerated. While many feel freedom of speech is a self-right, this is still a private site, therefore while we embrace the freedom of speech, attacking Bitsoup will not happen. Get your ratio set and also have a chance to win BIG! If you can, please support Bitsoup for a chance to WIN! First prize: 50TB Credit Second Prize: 25TB Credit Third Prize: 10TB Credit Donate $25 and receive: 1 Entry for the 2014 Grand Prize 4000GB Credit 3 Months VIP Status 5 Invites for All Your Friends - A Donor Star - A Custom Title - Access to Platinum Club - Immune to Suspension - and much more Winners Announced: Oct 20th For proper account credit, use the donation button with this promo only. Manual corrections may not be made for user error. For more details on payment methods and credit, please read our Donation FAQ

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After succumbing to a long illness, Peter Sunde's father has passed away. While the Pirate Bay founder will be allowed to attend the funeral, prison staff have told him he can expect to carry the coffin while wearing handcuffs. For someone convicted of copyright offenses with just 50 days sentence left, it's an unpalatable threat. While most people have been enjoying the summer months, Peter Sunde has been locked away in a Swedish prison. After his Pirate Bay-related sentence was made final in 2012, Sunde remained at large, a man wanted by Interpol for aiding copyright infringement offenses. During the final day of May 2014, a two-year hunt came to its conclusion. A special Swedish police unit tasked with tracking down fugitives carried out a raid at a farm in Skåne, a rural area near Malmö, Sweden. Despite continued protestations that he had committed no crimes, Sunde was transferred to the high-security Västervik Norra prison to begin an eight-month sentence. A month later Sunde applied to be moved to a lower security unit, a place more in keeping with his alleged white-collar crimes. His application was rejected. With his release date now less than 50 days away, Sunde should have reason to be looking to the future, but instead a family tragedy has marked his final weeks in prison. After succumbing to a long illness, Sunde’s father has passed away. The event has prompted Peter’s brother, Mats Kolmisoppi, to speak out on the Pirate Bay founder’s imprisonment conditions for the first time. “I have deliberately said very little about what happened to my brother, Peter Sunde, the last few months. Partly because he can speak for himself and does not have difficulty being heard, even though he sits in a prison with a high safety rating in Västervik,” Mats wrote on Facebook. The problem, Mats says, is with a system that has forgotten that its job is to support offenders in order to ensure that they never return to prison. That system has deemed that despite his non-violent crimes, Sunde should be detained in a high-security prison, a placement that was allocated to him even before a guilty verdict had been passed down and in spite of an official assessment that he presented a non-existent violence or escape risk. As a result, Sunde has paid the price. After a continued struggle with the food provided, Mats Kolmisoppi reports that his brother has now lost 13kgs in weight. When a smiling head of department visited Sunde to deliver information on his earlier transfer request he was told: “I have good news for you Peter, your application is rejected.” Kolmisoppi documents a long list of systematic and casual cruelties such as these, but few are as disturbing as the one he now reports. For some time Peter and Mats’ father had been seriously ill. This summer he ended up in hospital with a catalog of issues including suspected cancer in his remaining lung. While persistent applications to see his father failed, Peter was eventually granted permission to make a hospital visit. Mats’ says that he and Peter discussed when to say goodbye to their father – they decided that should be at the funeral. Shortly after, Peter and Mat’s father passed away. Coinciding with an incident at the prison which resulted in heightened security measures, this meant more bad news for Peter. While he would be allowed to attend the funeral, two guards would accompany him – but on the condition that he remains handcuffed. “But I will carry my father’s coffin,” Mats’ reports Peter as saying. “You can not count on it,” the guards responded. “You will be wearing handcuffs.” Peter is a non-violent prisoner accused of copyright infringement offenses who at 13kgs lighter in weight represents an even lower risk of flight than his 50 days left in custody might suggest. And while there will be those in the entertainment industries who argue he deserves his punishment, the effects of his custody spread well beyond the former file-sharing site spokesman. “As the Swedish criminal system is designed it punishes not only my brother. It punishes me, it punishes my now dead father, it punishes my mother, my family, my relatives and my friends,” Mats’ writes. While these sad events cannot be undone, Peter is at least likely to receive a warm reception following his release. He is undoubtedly bright and has a future, as his work with micro-donation service Flattr and the NSA-proof messenger app Heml.is has shown. Indeed, he already appears to have plans. And with all the vegan food he can eat less than two months away, November can’t come soon enough. http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-founder-will-wear-handcuffs-to-carry-fathers-coffin-140917/

Καταχωρήθηκε στις: medishack Ημερομηνία καταχώρησης: 16/09/2014 18:30 Τίτλος: Tracker Maintanance Due to tracker issues we have performed some tracker maintenance but unfortunately you are required to download all active torrents. You may do this in 2 ways remove and re add or just change the announce url. to re add simply remove the existing torrent only do not remove data and download the torrent again and add it. alternatively you can just change the announce url from http://tracker.blu-torrents.net/youruniquepasskey/announce to http://blu-torrents.net/announce.php?pid=youruniquepasskey If you have any issues don't hesitate to contact us through the helpdesk How to by Zen75: To sort out torrents- Click 'User CP' at top of this page, then on left hand side click on 'Change PID' in 'User Control Panel'. Copy the PID and now go to your torrent client. Highlight torrent in question and then right click on 'Tracker' tab. Now click 'Edit TRACKER' and delete the old details and paste in your PID. Now go back to 'Index' page on blu-torrents.net and copy this "http://blu-torrents.net/announce.php?pid=[your PID]" Now go back to your client and paste this in before the PID u entered previously and thats it your done. regards all the staff at blu-torrents.net

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