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.

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Top 10 TV Shows on BitTorrent

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.

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Torrent Traffic Up 24%

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 defendants, the court simply dismissed the case. It is likely, however, that the plaintiffs will appeal the decision to the Icelandic ‘Supreme Court’ (Hæstiréttur).

The verdict seems to hinge on the fact that under Icelandic laws, searching for files, or providing accessibility to them, is legal, as long as the files provided by the service are not themselves copyrighted. Torrent files, are not themselves copyrighted, but are instead metadata – data about data- describing copyrighted material, as indeed are reviews.

Spot on, Icelandic courts! This is the elusive obvious! Amazing how MPAA money can blur such common sense over in American courts.

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Iceland Rules Torrent Files Not Copyrighted