Bittorrent megasite Mininova have begun trialling torrent filtering software that will allow the site to automatically block material from a list, flagged by copyright holders.

Holland's largest Usenet group, FTD, are suing anti-piracy outfit BREIN. File sharing is perfectly legal in the Netherlands and Bittorrent sites such as Mininova are fighting to stay alive by going on the attack

An IIPA Special 301 Report advises that Spain should be added to the American government's watchlist for countries with dubious file sharing laws. Oddly enough, companies such as Mitsubishi are using the laws to create ingenious Bittorrent promotions.

Australia has long been known for its 'big' tourist attractions. Now, with over 6 million Aussies downloading from BitTorrent site Mininova in April, we've officially become a nation of 'big' download lovers.

The Pirate Bay have come out in support of Iran by temporarily renaming themselves 'The Persian Bay' with a forum for uncensored speech. Similarly, Google and Facebook are to launch Persian translations of their respective sites

A "post-beta" build of Windows 7 that is reportedly faster and better performing has been found on several BitTorrent sites after the official public beta download period ended a few days ago.

A Spanish judge has ruled that downloading copyright files online is legal, as long as it's not for profit, a ruling that would make Spain one of the most lenient in the world

The Torrent Droid app uses photographs of DVD barcodes to search for films via BitTorent and then remotely synchronise the download via your home computer. Has piracy ever been easier?

A Mitsubishi Colt has been virtually disassembled and its pieces have been dispersed throughout multiple Bittorrent sites around the web. The first one to join all the pieces wins the car.

A Swedish pop singer has written a catchy pop tune for The Pirate Bay, designed to bring together supporters from all around the world for the embattled Bittorrent site. Check out the song here.

Film and television industries battling popular internet provider iiNet have withdrawn key parts of their claim against the company in the Federal court, and have been told to pay legal costs.

A top French court has ruled that the internet should be classified as a basic human right, and denying access to it in the form of deterrents such as outright disconnections, should be deemed unlawful

iiNet have been ordered to give up IP records of twenty file downloaders in the controversial court challenge between the Australian ISP and copyright group AFACT.

A workprint of one of the year's most anticipated releases has been pirated and uploaded onto a number of internet websites a full month from release, fuelling rumours that it was an inside job.

Is file sharing a great way to make money? The founders of file-sharing site Mininova claim to have a tax-paying, revenue-making business model which just happens to be the world's largest BitTorrent search portal.

We take a closer look at some of the more common scareware traps; what to look out for, how to identify the fakes and 5 rogue security software packages you should try and avoid at all costs.

Warner Brothers has positioned Benjamin Button as the first release in their day and date strategy across multiple forms of media.

PirateBay's IPREDator is a new P2P anonymizer designed to cloak the actions of downloaders and keep file logs and IP addresses hidden from the authorities.

Former Sharman networks/Kazaa top employee Kevin Bermeister is planning a potentially lucrative bait and switch proposal that aims to stop dubious downloading with the help of his old foes

iSuggest, Record Me, 12 new SD channels, 15 new HD channels, new plan pricing, IQ formatting changes and more time-shift options are all expected to be phased in over the next month.