file sharing

Between 30 percent and 40 percent of all file-sharing traffic went through MegaUploads until it was shut down. Since then the number of files being downloaded has remained steady, but from different sites, many of which use data centers in the EU or Asia rather than the U.S.

Aaron Schwartz, 24, a political activist and serial founder of non-profits is charged with data theft for spending months allegedly hiding in closets, covering his face with a bike helmet and dodging network blocks to keep him from downloading masses of academic data to distribute free.

The Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm in Cambodia, recovering from an unnamed illness; opponents charge he's hiding from Swedish justice.

The RIAA's and other media companies' anti-piracy lawsuits aren't about making a profit per se; they're about scaring you back into buying DVDs and CDs.

There are various alternatives to attaching large files in an email message, and I review some of the services that are out there and their limitations.