www.slyck.comCopyright 2007 Slyck.comFile-Sharing News And Informationen-usA Los Angeles Federal court has rendered a $110 million judgment against Valence Media, the company which operates the now defunct TorrentSpy. This judgment represents the culmination of a lengthy decline for TorrentSpy, which was slowly strangled to death by the movie industry.http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=42579Wed, 07 May 2008 02:48:45 EDThttp://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1686The RIAA's Mitch Bainwol is back on Capitol Hill, and this time, he's not touting how online piracy has been contained. Actually, quite the contrary. If there was a music industry equivalent of an SOS, today's testimony would be it. Authorized downloads are way down, revenue has plummeted, and file-sharing networks seem impervious to just about anything thrown at it.http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=42554Tue, 06 May 2008 11:38:29 EDThttp://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1685Apple's iTunes is having fewer problems establishing itself as the dominant online music store. Although there's been competition from Napster, MySpace, and Yahoo, these services are quickly finding themselves buried by iTunes. According to a new study by Tempo Digital Music Brandscape, iTune's perception as the best digital music store is widening over the competition.http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=42183Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:56:25 EDThttp://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1684After a lengthy and sometimes bitter confrontation, the two Internet giants BitTorrent and Comcast have agreed to work together on the issue of bandwidth management. As many BitTorrent users undoubtedly know, Comcast was accused last year of "delaying" BitTorrent uploads. This practice led to a frenzy of criticism, generated a political firestorm, and revived the debate on net neutrality.http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=42012Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:02:55 EDThttp://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1683TorrentSpy, one of the largest BitTorrent search engines, has ceased operations. According to Justin Bunnell, administrator and owner of TorrentSpy, the decision was made out of a desire to protect the privacy of its users - not because of any legal influence. http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=42010Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:37:10 EDThttp://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1682BitTorrent throttling isn't just a concern for Comcast customers. If you're a BitTorrent fan, you might be ready to blame Canada as well. Specifically, Bell Canada, one of the largest backbone providers for our northern neighbors, has engaged in bandwidth shaping to the dismay of not just direct consumers, but ISP resellers as well.http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=42005Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:02:22 EDThttp://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1681The file-sharing world has been consumed by a continuous barrage of coverage on the Comcast vs BitTorrent battle. While Comcast may be able to escape their policy of delaying traffic relatively unscathed, their image has taken a beating in the public relations department. In response to the growing distrust of ISPs, members of the p2pforum.it community developed a tool, dubbed Project Gemini, which allows users to test whether their ISPs block traffic.http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=41965Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:05:32 EDThttp://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1680If you like the newsgroups, BitTorrent and electronic music, today's news may come as a bit of an annoyance. The IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) today announced the successful raid against two servers in Budapest, Hungaria, which served as the home of the release group RAGEMP3.http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=41905Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:23:11 EDThttp://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1679LimeWire is the only original P2P development company that remains in business in the United States or North America. As a free P2P application, it has survived WinMX, BearShare, a myriad of BitTorrent indexers and trackers, Kazaa, iMesh and many others. Additionally, it has maintained its open source nature and regularly publishes new software updates - a fact virtually unheard of in the United States.http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=41893Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:11:36 EDThttp://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1678What's worse than trying to download a large file that's stuck at 50 kb/sec? How about a delayed upload? Downloading can be a frustrating sport, but so can uploading. For most people, their upload speed is considerably slower than the download speed, otherwise known as asymmetrical bandwidth. This is typical of most cable connections, where shared bandwidth places a limit on most customers.http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=41824Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:19:36 EDThttp://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1677