Five major Australian internet service providers (ISPs) — iiNet, Internode, Primus, Optus and Telstra — have released a proposal for dealing with online piracy. It’s an education-based scheme that doesn’t force ISPs to cut off customers accused of piracy by movie studios, but there’s a way to go before it becomes reality.
Chances are you’ve used Google’s automatic suggestions when you start typing a search term, but there’s a big area where those features don’t work: many terms relating to torrents and torrent-serving sites. TorrentFreak reports that if you type the names of well-known content-sharing sites, such as The Pirate Bay, you now won’t see any suggestions at all.
While you have a few choices of BitTorrent client on Windows, uTorrent is hands down the best we’ve ever used: it’s feature-filled, very lightweight, and completely free.
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2 has made more money on its first day in Australia than any other film in history. That’s no surprise given the success of the Potter franchise, but it’s also emblematic of the dominant trend in today’s movie industry: sequels are the easiest way to turn a dollar.