Who needs TiVo when you’ve got a computer? TorrentFreak revisits its list of top 10 most torrented TV shows.
1. Lost
2. Battlestar Galactica
3. The Daily Show
4. The Colbert Report
5. So You Think You Can Dance
6. Top Chef
7. The Tudors
8. Men in Trees
9. The Ultimate Fighter
10. Greek
Note that I didn’t say most “pirated” TV shows. If anything, networks should consider peer-to-peer distribution free market research. In fact, they already do.

Here’s a nice big fuck-you to the MPAA and RIAA: BitTorrent traffic is up 24% since November. The tide is rising; Hollywood can either ride the wave or wipe out.

TorrentSpy closing down was pretty depressing, but here’s a ray of hope.
Torrent.is has won in court over the Association of film rights-holder in Iceland (SMÁÍS)
The case is a study in classic big business bullying. Like similar cases in the US, SMÁÍS complained to the court about alleged copyright infringement activities on the BitTorrent site, and got a preliminary injunction, blocking the site.
However, justice works swifter in Iceland than it does in the US, and after only 4 months, the case has been to court.
The decision, however, was as surprising as it was swift. Instead of deciding for or against the …read more