The Cranberries first new album in 11 years, “Roses”, was leaked in full FLAC format* today. Although scheduled to be released on February 27th, a KickAss Torrents uploader known as somethingvague has released the album on the public torrent site a full 10 days ahead of schedule.
This should be great news for The Cranberries fans everywhere who likely first heard of the Irish group when their chart topping protest song “Zombie” was released in 1994. This may also bode well for the band’s bottom line if it is true that file-sharers tend to buy more music… not to mention all the publicity a leak like this can bring in the form of blog and news articles. It will certainly be interesting to see the response from the band as well as fans.
*If you hold the rights to this album, please be advised that this link does not lead to the album content. It leads to a page on kat.ph, which does not host content. This site is hosted in the US and the link is posted with a clear conscience and understanding that it does not infringe upon copyright law. Green Pirate neither encourages nor discourages readers to participate in pirating this album. It is up to the reader to decide independently whether or not they wish to do that. Even if Green Pirate wanted to, which it doesn’t, it could not stop this album from being pirated. It’s happening. Drink about it.
I was disappointed to read of the prosecution against the admin of Student Bay, a Swedish file-sharing site dedicated to providing text books to students (or anyone else looking for a free education). Of all forms of pirated media that is available in abundance over the internet, educational texts are the most important and least found in the torrent and file-sharing community. Still, the demand appears to be there among students who feel that it is unnecessary and naive to be expected to spend around $1,000 per year on textbooks. Especially in places such as Sweden where publicly funded education is supposedly freely (gratis) available.
Once you’ve gotten the hang of downloading files using BitTorrent, you may find that you would like to allow others to copy your files. Here is how it is done. (more…)
I just want to remind all of my Christian brothers and sisters out there that file-sharing is the Christian thing to do. It is what Jesus, our Lord and saviour, would do. (more…)
This is a bare-bones guide for the absolute beginner to learn how to download a file using BitTorrent protocol. Stop missing out on the best thing that the internet has to offer and let’s get started! (more…)
busker – a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money
Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, has recently raised over $10.7M and counting for the website. His personal appeal banners became an instant meme, possibly due in part to his intense, sincere gaze.
But as the lulz continue and his campaign is showing great success, thus far, I have to pose the question: Is Jimmy Wales the greatest busker in the history of busking? (more…)
Having spent a few years as a Supermod for a popular bittorrent related forum, the most common concern I’ve seen among members is the fear of the men in black kicking down their door, guns a-blazin’, just because their IP address shows up on a bittorrent transfer of a DRM-free version of a song, game or movie they want to back up (…for example).
While this is a wildly exaggerated scenario, there is some legitimacy to their concerns. With some ISPs now voluntarily enforcing a 3 strikes policy that says they will terminate your internet service upon the third DMCA notice sent regarding your IP address, many of the millions of bittorrent users out there are looking for a little bit of privacy. I’ve seen quite a few of the notices sent to ISP customers and have never seen an option to contest the accusation. Regardless of whether you were involved with the alleged transfer, you have either to admit guilt else have your service disconnected.
So anyway, I’m browsing my favorite bittorrent related news site, TorrentFreak, and I see an add for BTGaurd’s bittorrent proxy service (sometimes it pays to have AdBlock turned off ). This piqued my interest because, while I am aware of VPNs, I had not heard of a decent & affordable proxy service designed for bittorrent before. After looking into it, I really think bittorrent users will have no worries about being molested by copyright attorneys once they begin using this service.
Here’s a run down:
Anonymous file-sharing
Inexpensive – $6.95 / month with discounts for longer term subscriptions
Software is easy to install and use (see video below this post)
Unlimited download speeds (still waiting for a response re: what kind of upload speeds should users expect?)
Puts and end to ISP throttling
Servers located in Canada and Germany
Update:
BTGuard’s response to my inquiry about speeds (thanks for the reply guys!):
We do provide unlimited bandwidth. Speeds and connections vary from person to person and are based entirely on what they download and the connections provided to them for that download. Some people report getting faster downloads through us mainly due to throttling. Others get slower speeds then what they are used to. It all seems to be in the eye of the beholder. Some people will praise us for getting 100kbps which they never could before, others complain that 4mbps is way too slow and they demand 50 or higher.
). This piqued my interest because, while I am aware of VPNs, I had not heard of a decent & affordable proxy service designed for bittorrent before. After looking into it, I really think bittorrent users will have no worries about being molested by copyright attorneys once they begin using this service.