Somehow I don’t think this is exactly what the RIAA envisioned in regards to an “open arms welcome” by musicians and record labels alike when the Thomas ruling was given. Granted, while music labels are more than perfectly fine charging convicted individuals unconstitutionally large sums of money, more and more of the very core of their entire case, music artists, couldn’t be more disgusted. Yesterday it was Moby calling for the disbandment of the...

With all of the hype and media attention (online anyway) surrounding The Pirate Bay’s trial, many individuals and groups had their eyes “opened” to one of the many widespread uses of the internet.  Now I’m not talking about piracy specifically, but more about file sharing in general – legal and illegal.  It seems that copyright holders and the world’s court systems are trying to increase their death grip on each respective industry...

In the world of rampant illegal file sharing, merely letting the words “The Pirate Bay”, or “torrent” slip from  your mouth will draw attention and spotlights on you faster than you can blink – it doesn’t matter if it is a pro or con torrent statement.  Utter the word and you’re a suspect.  Pirate Bay as many of you know is in an ongoing lawsuit as to the legality of their operations.  They’re accused of facilitating and...

Is $20+ too much to spend on a movie?  Do you even find yourself questioning buying that $5 golden oldie that is sitting at the bottom of a Best Buy bargin bin?  If you a movie monster, own a G1, and don’t mind doing a little pirating, things have just turned in your favor.  Introducing BarTor, (formerly ScanTorrent), a torrent app for downloading movies will make the quest for free movies insanely easy.  This revolutionary app allows you to scan a movie barcode...