A Japanese high court overturned the conviction of the developer of a file-sharing program called Winny on Thursday in a high-profile case over copyright law. The high court reversed a 2006 ruling by ...

Denis uses the BBC's iPlayer software but wonders why Kontiki comes along too I have installed the BBC iPlayer, but every time I activate it, a program called Kontiki pops up. Denis When you download ...

It is not just the music industry that has a problem with file-sharing. Net service providers and network managers are struggling to cope with the deluge of data that peer-to-peer systems can generate ...

Movies and music could be shared faster over the net thanks to a system pioneered by researchers in the US. The speed of current services, like BitTorrent, is limited by the number of people sharing a ...

File sharing has become a core part of modern digital work, allowing users to send large files instantly with strong security protections. With advances in file transfer apps, users now benefit from ...

Students who have lost thousands of dollars in settlements with the Record Industry Associate of America are hoping to recoup their losses by suing the founder of i2hub – the program that enabled them ...