Top Torrent Site BTjunkie Shuts Voluntarily

BTjunkie, one of the largest torrent file-sharing sites, shut down voluntarily over the weekend. The service ranked among the top five torrent sites on the Internet and was never involved in legal action, but recent moves against the likes of MegaUpload and The Pirate Bay have influenced BTjunkie’s closure. Continued

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This blog is officially dead until further notice. 99% of the files were hosted on Megaupload so therefore NONE of them work. It appears that more uploading sites will disable their sharing features in the weeks to come. I'll be back to post more music if the dust ever settles.

Forget SOPA, Europe is about to ratify its bigger brother ACTA

Just as the SOPA and PIPA debate winds down in the US, the European Union is later this week set to work on ratifying a global intellectual property enforcement treaty: the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. 

European countries, including Ireland, will later this week join the US, Australia, Korea, New Zealand, Mexico, Jordan, Morocco, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and Canada in supporting ACTA. Continued

Following Megaupload takedown, FileSonic & FileServe remove sharing features

After employees of file-sharing services Megaupload were arrested, similar digital locker services FileSonic, FileServe, and others have stopped allowing users to share the files they upload with others.

The “cyberlocker” provided by these companies is essentially a cloud service that allows people to upload a number of different files that can be shared/downloaded by others for a limited period of time (or permanently for premium customers).  The move to shutter this functionality by FileSonic, FileServe, and others is undoubtedly a response to legal action taken against competing site Megaupload, which was shut down last week under accusations of piracy by the U.S. Department of Justice in conjunction with government authorities from many foreign countries. Continued

Feds Kill Megaupload (Updated)

Mixtape mecca and openair piracy expo Megaupload has a serious problem: it's just been shut down by the feds. The feds. And they didn't even need SOPA! Continued

United States Is About To Destroy The Internet - Anti-PIPA & SOPA

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His entire discography is available here for free. Enjoy.

Skull Defekts with Daniel Higgs - April 8th 2011, Floristree , Baltimore Maryland [Full Show]

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Daniel Higgs: Sing A Song Pt.I from Windows Have Eyes on Vimeo.

Daniel Higgs: Sing A Song Pt.II from Windows Have Eyes on Vimeo.

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