www.slyck.comCopyright 2007 Slyck.comFile-Sharing News And Informationen-usEven with SOPA and PIPA tabled for now, there remains considerable pressure on suspect websites, which, in the eyes of the entertainment industry, remain a bane of their existence. One such site, of course, is Newzbin.com, which is now in a position where it needs to change to Newzbin.es because of such pressure. Here's the latest from Newzbin.com...http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=57023Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:34:11 ESThttp://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=2221It seems the day has come that British Telcom has begun censoring Newbinz2. Naturally, not a day goes by when netizen community doesn't already have a workaround in place. The Newzbin2 crew has already implemented a rather facinating client designed to defeat this block so as not to allow a reign of tyranny from consuming the web. From Team R Dogs:http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=56276Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:15:17 EDThttp://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=2220There's a big ruling coming out of the Netherlands against one of the biggest newsgroup providers. A dutch court ruled against the Dutch based provider News-Service to remove all binary content, sans the regular non-binary content. If they fail to do so, News-Service may face a 50.000 Euro per day fine. This is by far one of the striking decisions against a Usenet provider since the community site FTD was forced to remove its indexing links. You can read the press release on this here.http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=55975Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:22:25 EDThttp://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=2219As many already know, Newzbin2 is a venerable Usenet indexing/search engine site that has been around, in one iteration or another, for over 5 years. After an initial shutdown a few years back, it returned under new management. Many wondered if it would be able to further the technological accomplishments of its predecessor, or merely lay idle. Well in response to a potential blockage that threatens the ability of UK residents to access this site, Newzbin2 has developed an app to combat this potential threat. Check it out here.http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=55820Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:01:12 EDThttp://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=2218The use of mobile devices, coupled with Twitter and other social networks, have transformed from conventional civilian use into weapons of war and civil unrest. One has to wonder just how well the Libyan rebels would be faring currently if they didn't have access to mobile devices or the Internet. Would they be able to effectively communicate or coordinate attacks? What about the successful civil revolution in Egypt, where 30+ year leader Hosni Mubarak was forced from power?http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=55661Sun, 14 Aug 2011 09:54:55 EDThttp://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=2217Zeropaid.com was taken offline indirectly by Lulzsec - and quite inadvertently. The folks over at Zeropaid recently wrote an interesting article about how some ISPs are not so inclined to adhere to censorship demands, thanks to increased pressure by Lulzsec and organizations like it. Lulzsec tweeted about this article, and the mass traffic surge knocked Zeropaid.com offline.http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=55228Sat, 25 Jun 2011 04:25:16 EDThttp://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=2216There's always been some questions about the motivation behind Lulzsec. Are they the good guys? The baddies? Or something in between? Of course, the answer to this question depends on your perspective. If your perspective happens to be that of Republican Governor Jan Brewster of Arizona, where LulzSec just leaked a treasure trove of intelligence, well then LulzSec is enemy #1.http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=55215Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:29:47 EDThttp://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=2215Thanks to Anonymous, social upheaval and incompetent web hosting, P2P litigation in the United Kingdom is on the defensive. The most notorious of litigators, ACS:Law and Davenport Lyons, operated for years in the UK, attempting to withdraw hundreds and even thousands of pounds from alleged file-sharers. This method, known as copyright trolling, eventually caught up to ACS:Law, whose operation was shuttered and stomped offline. But the beat goes on...http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=55213Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:07:06 EDThttp://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=2214There's some conflicting information circulating around the Interwebs - surprise surprise. Several major news providers are reporting this morning that a member of LulzSec has been arrested by Scotland Yard in the United Kingdom. Conversely, LulzSec is reporting that no such event occurred.http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=55188Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:49:04 EDThttp://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=2213In our weekly focus on BitTorrent lawsuits, we once again bring you the latest wrapup of all the copyright actions filed against alleged copyright infringers. There are no earth shattering revelations from this past week, however, a significant number of John Does were sued - 543 in total. Let's break it down.http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=55182Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:10:38 EDThttp://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=2212