The FileSharingZ.com BitTorrent directory has been upgraded with a number of new features and many improvements. You can now follow the worldwide BitTorrent evolution, as well as see individual tracker growth.

The IFPI, which represents the music industry worldwide, is urging law makers to make it easier for them to investigate file sharers. Privacy and legal concerns are hindering them. They would rather switch to a "guilty until proven innocent" model.

The Supreme Court of Italy recently confirmed a ruling that forces Italian ISPs to block full access to The Pirate Bay website. Since Italian ISPs are now blocking access, ISPs in Malta are now unable to provide access to their customers anymore.

Ubisoft's new DRM designed to prevent piracy was cracked within hours of its release. The new DRM restricts and hinders legitimate customers even more, but in turn Ubisoft promises extra content for them. Any real impact on piracy remains to be seen.

• Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
  Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent

  This week there are two newcomers in the top 10. Oscar winner The Hurt locker is the most downloaded movie on BitTorrent. The data for our weekly...

  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 9:32 AM UTC
• uTorrent Accused of Unfairness, Banned by Trackers
  uTorrent Accused of Unfairness, Banned by Trackers

  One of the most significant changes in the new uTorrent is uTP, the ‘micro transfer protocol’. UTP is a new and improved implementation...

  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 8:11 PM UTC
• IFPI Gives Up Trying To Force ISP to Block The Pirate Bay
  IFPI Gives Up Trying To Force ISP to Block The Pirate Bay

  In March 2009 the IFPI and several local movie studios began threatening Telenor, Norway's largest ISP. Block your customers from accessing The...

  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 1:23 PM UTC
• Oscar Win Boosts Hurt Locker's Piracy Numbers
  Oscar Win Boosts Hurt Locker's Piracy Numbers

  While BitTorrent’s Oscar went to District 9, the Academy members chose The Hurt Locker as the best picture of 2009. As was the case with most...

  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 7:28 PM UTC
• Oscar Winner Wants Kids and ISPs Targeted to Prevent Piracy
  Oscar Winner Wants Kids and ISPs Targeted to Prevent Piracy

  The Film Distributors’ Association (FDA) is the trade body for UK theatrical film distributors. As a member of the UK’s Federation...

  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 2:21 PM UTC
• President Obama Discusses Three Strikes Anti-Piracy Law
  President Obama Discusses Three Strikes Anti-Piracy Law

  For years the entertainment industry has been lobbying for tougher measures against online piracy. In France this has resulted in the implementation...

  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 6:20 PM UTC
• Pirate Bay Court Appeal Set For Just After General Election
  Pirate Bay Court Appeal Set For Just After General Election

  In April 2009, all four defendants in the Pirate Bay trial were found guilty and sentenced to one year in prison and a fines of $905,000 each....

  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:01 PM UTC

• P2P Threat? MPAA Global Tickets Sales Up 30% Since 2005!
  P2P Threat? MPAA Global Tickets Sales Up 30% Since 2005!

  MPAA reports global box office ticket reached an all time high of $29.9 billion in 2009, up 7.6% from 2008, and up an even more dramatic 30%...

  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:49 AM UTC
• Pirate Bay Appeal Scheduled for September 28th
  Pirate Bay Appeal Scheduled for September 28th

  Four co-founders of the venerated Swedish BitTorrent tracker site learn the date of their appearance before the Svea Court of Appeals to appeal...

  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:30 AM UTC
• Greek Cops Close Gamato BitTorrent Site
  Greek Cops Close Gamato BitTorrent Site

  Arrest six admins connected with the site, once the 13th most visited in the entire country with some 155,000 daily visitors. According to the...

  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:00 AM UTC
• Watch 2010 NCAA March Madness On-Demand for Free
  Watch 2010 NCAA March Madness On-Demand for Free

  CBS Sports offers live, free streaming of every March Madness game from the first round through the championship. NCAA college basketball’s...

  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 8:41 AM UTC
• UK ISPs: Site Blocking Risks Country's Reputation
  UK ISPs: Site Blocking Risks Country's Reputation

  Join consumer advocates, MPs, prominent academics, and others in an open letter to the House of Lords criticizing recent proposal to amend the...

  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 3:35 PM UTC
• Limewire PRO Adds AVG Anti-Virus/Spyware Protection
  Limewire PRO Adds AVG Anti-Virus/Spyware Protection

  Incorporates AVG Anti-Virus software into the P2P program for the price of $34.95. You have to hand it to LimeWire for trying to do all it can...

  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:56 PM UTC
• UK STUDY: ISPs Could Earn $304m w/Bundled Music Services
  UK STUDY: ISPs Could Earn $304m w/Bundled Music Services

  British Phonographic Industry-funded study finds that bundled digital music services could earn ISPs £203 million ($303.9m USD) by 2013. The...

  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 6:58 PM UTC

• BitTorrent directory now with trends
  BitTorrent directory now with trends

  Global BitTorrent Trends You can now follow the worldwide BitTorrent evolution with the new BitTorrent Trends section. The total amount of torrents,...

  Tue, 9 Mar 2010 6:12 PM UTC

  Site News
• Torrent Scan now multilingual
  Torrent Scan now multilingual

  Torrent Scan has been upgraded to allow you to use a localized version. The localized versions offer the same functionality and same torrent search...

  Mon, 22 Feb 2010 5:17 PM UTC

  TorrentScan.com News
• File Sharing Community upgraded
  File Sharing Community upgraded

  The new File Sharing Community sports a completely new look & feel compared to the old version. Making it easier to interact with our community...

  Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:41 PM UTC

  Site News
• Image comments trial
  Image comments trial

  As of today we are running an image comments trial. On the pages displaying your images to visitors you will see a new comments section that allows...

  Sun, 31 Jan 2010 5:21 PM UTC

  IMGboot.com News
• You can now connect with your Facebook account
  You can now connect with your Facebook account

  You now have the ability to associate your Facebook account with an existing File Sharing Community account, or create a new File Sharing Community...

  Sat, 9 Jan 2010 1:50 PM UTC

  Site News
• FileSharingZ.com Home Page Updated
  FileSharingZ.com Home Page Updated

  The FileSharingZ.com home page has been updated to increase its value for you. If you hover over the title of a news article, from now a tooltip...

  Sun, 6 Dec 2009 10:23 PM UTC

  Site News
• Open Trackers BitTorrent Directory Upgraded
  Open Trackers BitTorrent Directory Upgraded

  The FileSharingZ.com BitTorrent directory has been upgraded. The Open Trackers page, which shows which private torrent trackers have open...

  Sat, 10 Oct 2009 8:13 PM UTC

  Site News
• New News Source Available
  New News Source Available

  A new news source has been added to the system. You can now scroll through the latest ZeroPaid.com news headlines on the home page. Zero Paid is a...

  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 6:50 PM UTC

  Site News

• Europe trashes ACTA as Obama praises it
  Europe trashes ACTA as Obama praises it

  Earlier this week, we noted that the major parties in the European Parliament had all agreed on a resolution trashing the...

  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:00 AM UTC
• Week in tech: ad blocking, whitelisting, and privacy
  Week in tech: ad blocking, whitelisting, and privacy

  The biggest story this past week on Ars was ad-blocking. You may not have realized it, but blocking ads truly hurts the websites you...

  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 6:00 PM UTC
• Netflix settles privacy lawsuit, ditches $1 million contest
  Netflix settles privacy lawsuit, ditches $1 million contest

  Netflix has canceled its $1 million contest aimed at finding a better recommendation engine in the wake of a privacy lawsuit settlement. The...

  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 9:04 PM UTC
• New Zealand relies on BGP router protocol to filter the 'Net
  New Zealand relies on BGP router protocol to filter the 'Net

  New Zealand's government-run Internet filtering system is now running, and two ISPs are already using the system. Seven thousand...

  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 8:00 PM UTC
• etc: ICANN will create a database to protect trademarks on the Internet and make it easier to challenge infringements.
  etc: ICANN will create a database to protect trademarks on the Internet and make it easier to challenge infringements.

  ICANN will create a database to protect trademarks on the Internet and make it easier to challenge infringements. ...

  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 7:45 PM UTC
• China and Google playing game of Chicken over censorship
  China and Google playing game of Chicken over censorship

  Chinese authorities are pounding their desks over compliance with the law as Google's C-Day approaches. The "C" is for Censorship, of...

  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 6:40 PM UTC
• Science journo quits writing to fight chiropractic libel suit
  Science journo quits writing to fight chiropractic libel suit

  The UK's libel laws, which place the burden of proof onto those who have published inflammatory statements, have had a chilling...

  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 5:23 PM UTC

• Newzbin Trial Concludes - Now We Wait
  Newzbin Trial Concludes - Now We Wait

  Yesterday, the trial of Newzbin vs. the MPA concluded. The Newzbin team had just one day to use their augmented legal team in the courtroom. But now...

  Thu, 4 Mar 2010 1:25 PM UTC
• It's All Over for RealDVD
  It's All Over for RealDVD

  Flashback to 2008. RealNetworks created a DVD copying program called RealDVD that claimed legality by not defeating CSS copy protection. Instead, all...

  Wed, 3 Mar 2010 1:22 PM UTC
• Third Round of Threatening UK File-Sharing Letters
  Third Round of Threatening UK File-Sharing Letters

  Which?, a UK based consumer affair organization, is reporting that yet another round of threatening letters are being received Brittons. Typically,...

  Wed, 3 Mar 2010 8:22 AM UTC
• Third Round of Threatening UK File-Sharing Letters
  Third Round of Threatening UK File-Sharing Letters

  Which?, a UK based consumer affair organization, is reporting that yet another round of threatening letters are being received by Britons. Typically,...

  Wed, 3 Mar 2010 8:22 AM UTC
• Are P2P Users 'Stuffed'?
  Are P2P Users 'Stuffed'?

  That seems to be one of the rationals provided by the NPD Group, referring to yet another survey about the behaviors and downloading habits of...

  Mon, 1 Mar 2010 7:01 AM UTC
• Newzbin Trial to Resume Tomorrow
  Newzbin Trial to Resume Tomorrow

  Here's a head's up on the Newzbin/MPA front. If you've nuked your Newzbin account out of fear of the MPA (an unnecessary move by the...

  Mon, 1 Mar 2010 6:49 AM UTC
• Newzbin Trial to Resume March 2
  Newzbin Trial to Resume March 2

  After a dramatic first week to the Newzbin vs. MPA trial, the folks over at Newzbin have regrouped and are ready for their trial to resume on March...

  Mon, 22 Feb 2010 4:08 PM UTC
• UK Government Responds to Anti-Digital Economy Bill Petition
  UK Government Responds to Anti-Digital Economy Bill Petition

  The UK is moving in a direction that will soon see the infamous Digital Economy Bill either become law or face defeat. In an effort to achieve the...

  Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:40 AM UTC
• MPAA, RIAA Want Canada to Remain on Copyright Watch List
  MPAA, RIAA Want Canada to Remain on Copyright Watch List

  What does China, Canada, and Russia all have in common? If you said copious wheat production, you're right. But they also have something else in...

  Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:28 AM UTC

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• Search Engines and NZB - This newsgroups guide will teach you a thing or two about newsgroup search engines and NZB files.
• Usenet Access - This newsgroups guide will teach you how to get access to Usenet newsgroup content and files.

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Updated File Sharing Software

• 12 Mar 10 - eMule 0.50a Beta 1
  As of today, eMule is one of the biggest and most reliable peer-to-peer file sharing clients around the world. Thanks to it's open source policy many developers are able to contribute to the project, making the network more efficient with each release.
• 11 Mar 10 - Transmission 1.91
  Transmission is the most popular MacOS client around. It has all the advanced features and uses only a low amount of memory when in use. Transmission has been adopted by various big companies and even embedded into hardware.
• 11 Mar 10 - Deluge 1.2.1
  Deluge is an open source, free BitTorrent client that is lightweight and offers cross-platform support.
• 11 Mar 10 - uTorrent 2.0 (build 18488)
  uTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients.
• 11 Mar 10 - BitComet 1.19
  BitComet is a powerful, clean, fast, and easy-to-use BitTorrent client. It is P2P file-sharing freeware and one of the most popular P2P protocols designed for high-speed distribution. BitComet supports simultaneous downloads, DHT networks (trackerless), a download queue, selected downloads in the Torrent package, fast-resume, chatting, disk caching, speed limits, auto port mapping, proxies, and IP filtering.
• 11 Mar 10 - Halite 0.3.2.2
  Halite (named after the mineral) is a C++ BitTorrent client based on the excellent libtorrent library from Rasterbar Software. The program also relies heavily on the Boost libraries.
• 11 Mar 10 - ApexDC++ 1.3.1
  ApexDC++ is an innovative Direct Connect client based on StrongDC++ 2.

Most Popular File Sharing Downloads

• 1. Kazaa Lite Resurrection 0.0.9
  Kazaa Lite Resurrection is a continuation of the notorious Kazaa Lite K++ client. Resurrection picks up where Kazaa Lite K++ was left, after Sharman Networks shut down the Kazaa Lite K++ project. Kazaa Lite Resurrection, also called KLR for short, offers updated and new tools, for the current times. It also integrates the latest ideas and support that a user would need.
• 2. uTorrent 2.0 (build 18488)
  uTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients.
• 3. BitTorrent 6.4
  Harness a community of over 150 million users to deliver files to your PC faster than anything else.
• 4. Kazaa Lite K++
  Kazaa Lite K++ (sometimes called 'K-Lite') is a Peer-to-Peer File Sharing application that does not contain any 'Spyware'. In actual fact, it is a modified version of the very popular Kazaa Media Desktop (often called the 'Original Kazaa' or 'KMD'), which is made by Sharman Networks. Both programs are very similar, with almost identical features and appearance. The main difference is that Kazaa Lite has been modified so that it does not have any of the so-called 'Spyware' and 'Adware' that comes with the Original Kazaa.
• 5. BitComet 1.19
  BitComet is a powerful, clean, fast, and easy-to-use BitTorrent client. It is P2P file-sharing freeware and one of the most popular P2P protocols designed for high-speed distribution. BitComet supports simultaneous downloads, DHT networks (trackerless), a download queue, selected downloads in the Torrent package, fast-resume, chatting, disk caching, speed limits, auto port mapping, proxies, and IP filtering.