ISPs say it will cost AU$50 to block Kickass Torrents every time it pops up on a new domain. The Australian music industry wants to play that game of whack-a-mole, except no one wants to pay for it.

BitTorrent, the file sharing protocol, is considered a scourge by many in the global music industry and copyright enforcement; but the technology's legitimate applications helped one band's album get… ...

Music pirates have a new tool to put artists in the poor house. The Web site BitLet.org lets users upload torrent files that contain MP3 or OGG files, which begin streaming right after. So if you’re ...

is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, home theater, smartphones, and more. What.cd, an invite-only music torrent website ...

Earlier this year, a report surfaced detailing current BitTorrent usage, with porn being the number one most torrented media and music sinking to a miserable 2.9 percent. Now, Sandvine company has ...

Android/Web: BitTorrent has launched a new app for streaming media, BitTorrent Now. The app works something like a Netflix and Spotify combo by streaming both video and audio, but without label ...

While poor college students and twentysomethings see torrents as that no-cost way to catch Game of Thrones, BitTorrent Inc. hopes to change this with a new revenue model that supports collaborating ...

Thom Yorke has just released a record that everyone can enjoy and he did it all through BitTorrent, potentially starting a brand new way of music sharing. A great critic of online music distribution, ...

The project is designed to turn torrents into sources of detailed analytics and continued listener engagement for musicians and labels. Users who download the Ultra Music torrent will receive ...

What.cd, an invite-only music torrent tracker, has shut down yesterday, following a report in French media of police raids. The website, founded in 2007 and with an estimated database of 3 million ...

BitTorrent, home to Game of Thrones leaks and every file known to man, would now like to make it easier for lazy people to find music. Today the file-sharing service launched BitTorrent Now, an app ...

It took nearly 10 years, but authorities have finally targeted and taken down What.cd, which had risen to become the Internet’s largest invite-only, music-trading torrent site. The news was confirmed ...