The upshot of the parts of the Digital Economy Act relating to filesharing is that VPN providers in other countries will make a mint, and non tech-savvy folk who download the odd film will have their internet cut off. Hmmn.

"Alan Ellis is not guilty of Conspiracy to Defraud the music industry. He walked out of Teesside Crown Court a free man today, his name cleared." Jolly good, but this is just the countdown to the criminalisation of sites like OiNK in the UK.

"Interestingly, the charges against Ellis are not related to copyright offenses. Instead, he has been charged with 'conspiracy to defraud'". IANAL, but that seems a bit odd.

FTP client for iPhone. Shame it doesn't let you email files as well.

Oink dead.

The Swedish Pirates Party have set up a darknet for anonymous filesharing.

New OS X client for Kazaa, Gnutella, OpenFTP. Early version.

The BPI are prosecuting 28 filesharers, RIAA-style. Interesting that they've been spamming people via IM with warnings to stop using filesharing sites - can we prosecute them for that under EU anti-spam legislation?

'A private and secure environment to share files with people you know'

Alternative client for OS X