“In two years, this type of piracy will be over,” said Ludvig Werner, chairman for the Swedish arm of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. I say “Not bloody likely”. It’s not that piracy is right or wrong, its just simply cheap and easy. Cheap and easy will beat out right or wrong almost anyday. Now I’m not saying I condone piracy, as I of course pay for all of my movies, music, and software. Getting back to the fines and jail time, isn’t this a little steap? I mean The Pirate Bay didn’t host any actual content for download, but only a list. Because they provided a list that its users help to create, these guys being the blame, just pure nonsense. -Greg

I’ve been using uTorrent for a long time, easily my favorite along with everyone else. I’m going to let lifehacker.com explain a little about uTorrent 2.0 and how its improved or its previous version. -Greg

uTorrent 2.0 Brings Performance Updates, Bandwidth Control, UDP Support, and More

Windows only: uTorrent is far and away the most popular BitTorrent client among Windows users, and they’ve recently pushed out a shiny new 2.0 release, bringing with it bug fixes, performance improvements, UDP support, automatic bandwidth regulation, and more.

We explained the UDP update when uTorrent 2.0 beta came out way back in August of last year, but in a nutshell it means better performance for torrent trackers and ultimately for you, the user.

We also discussed the new transfer cap when the release candidate hit the streets, but again, simply put, it allows you to set bandwidth transfer caps to limit how much your client uploads or downloads over time to help avoid going over ISP caps.

As for uTP (which is kind of like your router’s Quality of Service functionality):

uTP is an alternative communication method for BitTorrent traffic that allows the client to automatically regulate its bandwidth usage to avoid adversely impacting your internet connection. This will allow you or other users on the network to download their torrents but still allow others on the network to function with little difference. This does not require any additional setup.

In addition, uTP in this version has added its own form of STUN, a method of getting incoming connections without direct connectivity to the Internet. This allows µTorrent to punch holes through routers and firewalls to increase connectivity and improve speeds. It is even possible to connect two firewalled peers through uTP’s NAT traversal feature.

In a nutshell, uTorrent 2.0 is a download any BitTorrent lover will probably want to grab in short order.

uTorrent 2.0 is a free download for Windows. The app is available for the Mac, but this 2.0 release doesn’t apply. Note: Be sure to skip the Ask.com toolbar when you’re installing—unless of course you want it, which you don’t.

uTorrent 2.0 [via Download Squad]

I’ve noticed more and more that when I travel to The Pirate Bay, I get stupid pop-ups, redirects, and a bunch of crap loading that I don’t want to load. I still push through and continue my journey till I find that 100% completely legal file that I need for testing purposes. I rarely stray from TPB, but I’m starting to look at the greener grass, places that have less crap trying to force its way into my PC or browser. Lifehacker recently put out a nice little list, 10 to be exact, of alternative sites for Mininova, which closed its doors to the general, I call it my alternate list for TPB. Anyway, I wanted to share this list with all of my fellow torrent leechers, because its a great list! Make sure your only downloading legal files and seed more than you leech! -Greg

*Update – #1 Best torrent site in my opinion is Demonoid. It’s better than TorrentSpy reborn! -Greg

Here is the list:

1. Torrentzap

2. Fenopy

3. ExtraTorrent

4. KickassTorrents

5. BTjunkie

5. Monova

7. isoHunt

8. yourBitTorrent

9. The Pirate Bay

10. ShareReactor

There was not a single doubt in my mind, that when The Pirate Bay announced it would be selling out and going legit, that a clone, if not several, would take its place in minutes. Even better Btarena.net has already stepped up and begun rebuilding The Pirate Bay. They took one of the greatest torrents around, an entire db copy of The Pirate Bay, and put it together. Now, they still have a few bugs, like the search engine, to work out, but I’m happy to say, “I’m HAPPY”. When torrentspy.com went to the dumps back in the day in took a little while before anything came close to it’s size and “quality?” should I say, was touched. Then came The Pirate Bay, which is obviously the best so far. Now it seems they became large enough to sell themselves and make a buck, good for them. Funny thing is once its bought and becomes “legit” its going to crash and burn. HAHA, do you really think that its going to continue getting hit as much as it does now when you have to pay? Yeah, right, I’m sure I won’t be alone when I say good bye to the Bay after telling me I have to pay and head on over to the quickest replacement. Currently in the lead would be, Btarena.net. Thanks guys! -Greg

By Kevin Parrish, published on August 20, 2009 at 7:31 PM
Source: Tom’s Guide US

A Pirate Bay clone website launched using the torrented Pirate Bay database.

Recently we reported that a special torrent was available that contained a copy of the entire Pirate Bay database, including most of the torrents that were available on the site. According to Mashable, the inevitable finally happened, as someone has launched a fully functional clone of The Pirate Bay right here using the downloaded database.

While the site reveals that the search function doesn’t work for the moment, it claims to index 873,671 torrents. Previous Pirate Bay visitors will also notice that the overall appearance isn’t a spitting image of the original classic, and many of the functions are still missing. But torrent seekers can still browse and download as if nothing ever happened. New torrents will be tracked via tracker.btarena.org.

But as Mashable points out, while one torrent-tracking website can be knocked out of business, another will come along and take its place. Perhaps government officials and copyright advocates will see that piracy of this nature will not end unless the entire Internet is knocked offline.