Virus analysts at BitDefender® have issued a warning to users of P2P networks. A new threat, the Ymeak.A worm has been spreading like wildfire, in part due to a simple yet effective social engineering technique: it masquerades as an installer executable of some popular programs.

With 60 million Americans using file-sharing software, more lawsuits
are simply not the answer. It's time to get artists paid and make
file-sharing legal.When the RIAA threatens someone with a lawsuit, it offers to settle the case for a carefully chosen amount  that is smaller than the legal fees required to fight the accusations.But you can change this!

Representative Ric Keller (R-FL) has proposed a new bill (HR 1689) called the "Curb Illegal Downloading on College Campuses Act of 2007" that will increase federal funding for universities in order to fight p2p piracy .

The  United States Patent and Trademark Office has released an extensive report on P2P File sharing Programs.
This report reviews public data about the behavior of five popular filesharing programs; it focuses on the programs BearShare, eDonkey, KaZaA, LimeWire, and Morpheus. The conclusions are quite gloomy : P2P is a threat to National Security.

If you're concerned about your iTunes mp3 library crashing randomly, you are not alone. There are a few reports on Internet of iTunes mp3 libraries being corrupted after the update to iTunes 7.1. Why does it happen?

The French government is presently thinking over some changes to the country's copyright laws, regarding Internet piracy.Right now, under current laws in France, downloading copyrighted material illegally could get you up to three years in prison and a fine up to $400,000 (or 300,000 euros) . The Justice Minister recommends that the punishment be adjusted to better suit the actual crime.See how things are looking brighter for the P2P users...

Earlier this year I’ve been talking about the RIAA’s initiative to settle the copyright infringement cases before they went to court. You could even get a discount if you accept to store p2p logs for 180 days.  In plain English, this is buying you out to become a rat and snitch on your friends. Well, www.p2plawsuits.com website  is up but the community responded with  www.p2pextortion.com . Take a good look and judge for yourself which side you are .

Are you trapped behind a firewall or a filtering web proxy and cannot access some or many web pages or use an application you would like to use or play a game you would like to play?
Is your Internet connection being censored and you would like to stick censorship where the sun doesn't shine?
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An odd tale of "cat and mouse" is being reported from Japanese users of the Winny P2P file-sharing network, in that a particularly lethal form of malware is being distributed that overwrites their program files with a popular comic book star who scolds them for illegally downloading files.

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