Scene Releases

These are just estimates and are not always correct. This gives you a general idea of when the R5 will be out.

August 2009
I Love You, Man (2009) – August 11 [DVDRip]
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) – August 13 [R5]
Killer Bean Forever (2009) – August 13
Terminator Salvation (2009) – August 20 [R5]
The Boat That Rocked (2009) – August 25 [DVDRip]
Funny People (2009) – August 25 [TELESYNC]

September 2009
All About Steve (2009) – September 3
Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past (2009) – September 8 [DVDRip]
The Invention of Lying (2009) – September 8
Fighting (2009) – September 8 [CAM]
District 9 (2009) – September 10 [R5]
Aliens in the Attic (2009) – September 24 [R5]
Monsters VS. Aliens (2009) – September 25 [DVDRip]
Observe And Report (2009) – September 29 [DVDRip]
Young Americans (2009) – September 29

October 2009
Talking of Pelham 123 (2009) – October 1 [TELESYNC]
Year One (2009) – October 1 [DVDRip]
The Hangover (2009) – October 8 [DVDSCR]
I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009) – October 13
The Ugly Truth (2009) – October 15 [TELESYNC]
The Proposal (2009) – October 22 [TELESYNC]
Orphan (2009) – October 27 [TELESYNC]
Star Trek (2009) – October 27 [SCR]
Julie & Julia (2009) – October 29

November 2009
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) – November 3 [TELESYNC]
Jennifers Body (2009) – November 5
My Sister’s Keeper (2009) – November 10
Public Enemies (2009) – November 10 [TELESYNC]
Armored (2009) – November 12
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) – November 17 [TELESYNC]
Imagine That (2009) – November 24 [TELESYNC]
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) – November 26

December 2009
Four Christmases (2008) – December 1 [TELESYNC]
2012 (2008) – December 10
Inglourious Basterds (2009) – December 12 [TELESYNC]
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) – December 15 [TELESYNC]
The Soloist (2009) – December 15 [DVDRip]
The Stepfather (2009) – December 17
Final Destination 4: Death Trip 3D (2009) – December 22

Surrogates (2009) – January 2010

You can also compare this with the old release dates.

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I copy from the PirateBay page..

The Swedish minister of justice, Beatrice Ask, told the Swedish national radio that she believed that The Pirate Bay did not give Sweden a good reputation :-/ (this time regarding the threats from IOC towards TPB).

We hope (and think) that’s wrong, so we now urge our users to tell her how they feel about the bay!

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After months of hard work and more than six months since their previous stable release, the uTorrent team has released version 1.8 of their BitTorrent client, with significant improvements and updates. Adding to the excitement, a public Alpha of the Mac version will be released in the next few weeks.

uTorrent is the preferred client among many BitTorrent users. Users have had to wait a while for this new release, since the last stable uTorrent, version 1.7.7, was released back in January. A lot of work has been done in the meantime though, and the list of changes and additions that were implemented is absolutely massive. One of the most significant updates in the latest version of uTorrent is that it comes with built in IPv6 support, which improves connectivity and thus performance. Other new features are better Windows Firewall registration on Vista and improved distribution of new connections across torrents.

The journey from 1.7.7 has been a long one, but now that 1.8 stable is out, the uTorrent team will dedicate more time developing the long awaited Mac version of the client. The good news for Mac users is that Greg hinted that the first public Alpha version will be released in just a few weeks.

uTorrent 1.8 can be downloaded from the uTorrent website, and the list of changes, improvements and additions is available in the forum thread announcing the release.

After 5 years, the popular BitTorrent client Azureus is no more. The Vuze team has officially abandoned the Azureus name and the new “social” BitTorrent client is now completely integrated into the Vuze content distribution platform.

The first version of the Java based BitTorrent client Azureus was released in June 2003, and soon became popular among the early adopters of BitTorrent. Over the years, Azureus turned into one of the most feature-rich clients, backed by a dedicated team of developers and an active community.

Things changed in 2006 when Azureus launched the content distribution platform it called ‘Vuze’ (aka Zudeo), backed up by a total of $34 million venture capital. For a while, they kept releasing a no-Vuze version of Azureus (when Vuze/Zudeo was in Beta), but Vuze CEO, Gilles BianRosa said that this only caused confusion among their users.

“We started to change our name from Azureus to Vuze over a year ago, but we did not make the change in a clear or consistent manner,” Gilles said. “This has caused a great deal of confusion amongst our users. We want to rectify this situation by changing our name to Vuze consistently.”

“Whilst we recognize the strength of the Azureus name and the frog, it is only associated with our original BitTorrent application. As we move towards creating an all-in-one application for finding, playing and sharing great content, that goes beyond the realm of just a BitTorrent client, we wanted to change our name to reflect that, but bring with us the frog who is such a part of our heritage,” Gilles added.

Today, Vuze comes with a brand new release of their client (v3.1), introducing several new features. One of the most drastic changes is the new social layer that has been added to the client. Vuze users are now able to add friends, share torrents with friends, and give friends a speed boost when you are downloading the same torrent.

The new client also includes a meta-search engine that allows you to search across several popular BitTorrent sites, in addition to content from Vuze.com. The search functionality is completely customizable, so you can add you personal favorite if it’s not already included.

Unfortunately, there will not be a Vuze client available without the Vuze platform integrated. Gilles said: “We are focusing our efforts on delivering against our vision of creating an all-in-one application that enables users to find, download, play and share in one streamlined application.”

“We have started on a path of creating an all-in-one application that enables users to find, play and share torrents. In particular, we believe that by enabling users to share content and bandwidth through the “Friends” feature we are adding a completely new dimension to peer-to-peer – a new social dimension, or what we call ’social P2P’,” Gilles said.

Azureus is no more, the name change is permanent. On the one hand this is a step forward, as the new interface and functionality will appeal to new users. However, it has also caused quite a heated debate among both developers and users who were happy with the classic UI. Although, it’s a bit hidden, the original interface still remains accessible with the UI switcher. Time will tell if it is the right move.

Source: torrentfreak.com

TV shows are by far the most wanted files via BitTorrent, and according to some, it’s fast becoming the modern day TiVo. But what are all those people downloading? Let’s find out, and take a look at this weeks “Most pirated TV-episodes” chart.

Nearly 50% of all the people who use BitTorrent at any given point in time do so to download a TV show, with popular series such as “Lost” getting close to 10 million downloads per episode. These figures are getting awfully close to the viewer count on TV as reported by Nielsen, and they are still rising.

People are getting used to on-demand content. They simply want to watch their favorite shows whenever they want, wherever they want. To give some more insight into this growing phenomenon, and because Nielsen is not counting BitTorrent downloads, we decided to start a weekly report of the most downloaded TV shows on BitTorrent.

Top Downloads May 25 – June 01

Top Downloads 2007

As of June 3, 2008…

As of May 27, 2008…

As of May 20, 2008…

A federal judge is hitting the shuttered TorrentSpy service with a $111 million penalty for facilitating the infringement of thousands of copyrighted works.

U.S. District Judge Florence -Marie Cooper in Los Angeles, ruling in a case brought by the Motion Picture Association of America, said site operator Justin Bunnell and associates must pay the maximum $30,000 for “each of the 3,699 infringements shown.”

The case, producing what is among the largest fines in copyright history, was bolstered after the MPAA allegedly paid a hacker $15,000 for internal TorrentSpy e-mails and correspondence.

“This substantial money judgment sends a strong message about the illegality of these sites,” MPAA Chairman Dan Glickman said in a statement.

TorrentSpy, a U.S.-based torrent tacking service, shuttered in March after it lost its case against the MPAA. TorrentSpy did not lose on the merits, but defaulted after it failed to produce internal records.

Judge Cooper ordered TorrentSpy permanently shuttered.

TorrentSpy attorney Ira Rothken was not immediately available for comment. He has appealed the default order to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.