file-sharing
The Curator Behind 'Music From Saharan Cell Phones' Is Getting Hassled By Homeland Security
Read Christopher Kirkley's open letter to the agency.
Greenland Kicked Out the Pirate Bay, and No One Else Wants It
The file-sharing site is having a hard time.
To Avoid Copyright Concerns, Mega May Be Blocking Indexing Sites
If Mega is doing so, it's a smart move.
Is Mega the Second Coming of Megaupload?
Kim Dotcom, the golden boy of file-sharing, has finally released his long-awaited successor to Megaupload. But is it really going to change the internet?
Kim Dotcom's New Venture Sounds Too Good to Be True
Kim Dotcom is effectively very blatantly flipping off authorities by launching a new file-sharing service one year to the minute after an FBI-led investigation into Megaupload culminated in a commando-heavy raid on his New Zealand mansion.
Are Canadians About to Be Prosecuted for File Sharing?
A company called Canipre is drumming up 2,000 legal threats against Canadians for illegal downloading. Is it legit?
TorrentFreak Is Full of Shit, According to a Demonoid Admin
I've been covering the rise of Demonoid since 2009, so when TorrentFreak reported that they were forcibly kicked off the internet, possibly courtesy of the US government, I reached out to one of their admins. I was told that anything TorrentFreak...
Ben Dover Is Waging War on File-Sharing Wankers
They're stealing his porn and forcing him to consider other career paths, like a Guns N Roses tribute act and stand-up comedy.
The Sordid Tale of Khalid Shaikh, the Founder-Turned-Attacker of File-Sharing Site YouSendIt
Everyone's worked for a terrible boss at one point or another that they would have loved to take down. It's rare when it actually happens, though. Rarer still is the case of a guy who destroys the company he founded after being given the boot. But that...
Inside the Cell Phone File Sharing Networks of Western Africa (Q+A)
Digital filesharing doesn't need the internet. This is the case at least in Western Africa and other parts of the developing world, where computers aren't yet consumer goods for most and, even if they were, web access isn't exactly New York City...
Toolbox: Daemon Tools Is All About Faking It
h4. Hey sailor, welcome to Toolbox. This is the place where Motherboard’ll be telling you every week about this or that bit of software that you really need to have on your computer or phone-computer now. Requirements for something to be in our toolbox...