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| Internet pirates winning with war on copyright with new software "Tribler" |
The
never-ending war between copyright holders and online pirates just entered a
new phase.
However, this time hackers are armed with the ultimate weapon that
may grant them victory.
The new
software called “Tribler” is the new weapon in the battle for Internet liberty
and does not need a website to track users sharing torrent files.
According
to The Raw Story, it is a “peer-to-peer network protocol that enables computers
to share files with thousands of others.”
For many
this could be the solution movie and music pirates have been waiting for.
Essentially it leaves no accountability for website owners.
This
couldn’t have come at a better time since Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
(D-NV) has launched a second attack in an attempt to censor the Internet.
The bills
SOPA and PIPA embattled access to websites worldwide that provided bootleg
materials and pirated products like movies and music but both were shelved back
in January.
Now the
bills have taken a new form according to Reid, and will soon be pushed as
cybersecurity legislation.
While
lawmakers are dreaming of a censored web, many believe Tribler will be a true
nightmare for them.
According
to the technology blog Torrent Freak, the attempt to disconnect users from the
Internet for “illegal” purposes will be foiled by the software that has been in
the works for the past five years and will make it nearly “impossible” to stop
file sharing.
“The only
way to take it down is to take the Internet down,” stated Doctor Pouwelse of
Delft University of Technology to the Daily Mail.
Tribler
will be entirely decentralized, leaving the control in the hands of the users.
“Individuals
can rename files, flag phony downloads or viruses, create ‘channels’ of
verified downloads, and act as nodes that distribute lists of peers across the
network,” The Raw Story reported.
If you are
thinking of getting your hands on the next generation of torrent software,
Tribler.org is up but the website is limited “due to high popularity.”
Recently
such sites such as The Pirate Bay sites and BT Junkie have been going offline
due to increasing fears of US Federal crackdowns, and are attempting to evade
the same fate as MegaUpload.
The file
sharing giant, MegaUpload, is being
accused of facilitating media piracy and American authorities helped issue
arrest warrants back in January for four individuals in New Zealand that were
responsible for the website.
As RT
reported earlier, the official indictment is accusing MegaUpload of costing
copyright holders upwards of $500 million in lost revenues because of content
illegally uploaded to its servers.
Many
believe none of the anticipated enforcement methods would affect Tribler.
As you may
recall, the war on online piracy was made mainstream when Napster was being
sued by the Recording Industry Association of America in the 90s and since then
the piracy platform has metamorphosed into the current platform.
It seems
that history is repeating itself and just when the war was thought almost over,
another powerful online weapon emerges.
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