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While looking through the programme of the ongoing Sight and Sound Festival , i found out about The Pirate Cinema , an installation that makes use of a data interception software of the same name to reveal in real time the hidden activity and the geography of peer-to-peer file sharing but also the aesthetic dimension of P2P architectures.

Deep packet inspection, or DPI, is a form of computer network packet filtering that examines the data part of a packet as it passes an inspection point, searching for defined criteria to decide what, if any, action should be taken by the network on that packet.

Big Daddy Kane, 9th Wonder, Needlz, Benzino, Statik Selektah and Adrian Younge weigh in on the role of technology in Hip Hop.

A federal judge has dismissed a movie company's Internet piracy complaint against 34 Oregonians, saying the company was unfairly using the court's subpoena power in a "reverse class-action suit" to save on legal expenses and possibly to intimidate defendants into paying thousands of dollars for viewing a movie that can be bought or rented for less ... (more)

A new study, believed to be the first ever of its size, has determined that game piracy is widespread but not to the extent that the industry claims.

An Ossining man has been charged with possessing and distributing more than 50 child pornography photos and videos on his home computer, federal prosecutors said.

A Fort Drum man admitted Monday in federal court that he possessed pornographic images of children he obtained over the Internet.

"We've taken another pedophile off the streets. He is now on his way to prison," U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today in the wake of a Kanawha County man's federal sentencing on child pornography charges.

Voltage Pictures LLC, of Los Angeles, sought up to $180,000 in damages from each of the defendants accused of downloading the 2012 movie using peer-to-peer technology such as BitTorrent.

CZDC is a standard peer-to-peer file exchange tool that uses the Direct Connect protocol in order to facilitate file sharing over the Internet, while also allowing users to initiate conversations within the accessed hubs.

United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced Monday that Ray Hatton III, 30, of Lafayette, pleaded guilty Tuesday before U. S. District Judge Richard T. Haik, to possessing child pornography involving some images of infants.

Today, RelayRides, the nation's largest peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace, announced the acquisition of peer-to-peer car sharing platform Wheelz.

Steve O'Hear is probably best known as a technology journalist, currently at TechCrunch where he focuses mainly on European startups, companies and products.

Deric D. Davin, 34, was sentenced to 121 months after pleading guilty to one count of distributing child porn, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom's office said.

A federal judge on Friday sentenced an Ashburn man to more than six years in prison, followed by lifelong supervised released, after he pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography.

Since 2006, P2P & online lending have enjoyed explosive growth. Lending Club and Prosper , America's two largest P2P lenders have now surpassed $2B in loan origination, and P2P has captured the attention of industry legends, the financial media, the investing public and even today's technology giants.

PeerProject is a full-featured peer-to-peer file sharing application designed to help you find any type of file, from music and other multimedia files to software and books.

BLUEPRINTS for the world's first 3D printable handgun have taken refuge at file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, upsetting a US government attempt to get them off the internet.

An Ashburn man was sentenced today to 6 A1 2 years in prison after authorities found more than 600 images of child pornography on his computers.

Many people associate BitTorrent with piracy, and with good reason. But the revolutionary protocol can also be used for legal purposes.