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| MakeGreatMusic (MGM) – Music Torrent Tracker signups open Posted: 27 Nov 2008 08:36 AM CST MakeGreatMusic.net (MGM) is a private music torrent tracker. You can find and download torrents of English music, personal performances, Audiobooks, Guitar/Bass Tabs, concert videos and Sheet MP3s on this tracker. In addition to actual music, MakeGreatMusic tracks music books, music related TV Shows, radio dramas, instructional media and lots of other goodies as well (See categories below for more details). You might not have heard about this tracker before but MGM has a decent number of registered members and tracks a lot of torrents. At time of this post, MGM tracks over 2500 torrents and has a user base close to 10000. Most of the releases on this tracker seem to be non scene releases so there is always the chance of finding unique content not available on other trackers. MGM has a requests section where members can make request torrents not found on the tracker. There is also a Karma Bonus Points system where members can spend points earned (mainly by seeding torrents) in exchange for additional upload credit, custom titles, etc. Make Great Music (MGM) signups are currently open so interested readers may join for free.
Site Name: MakeGreatMusic.net Signup URL: http://www.makegreatmusic.net/signup.php Categories:
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| GTA 4 to use SecuROM DRM, Requires online activation Posted: 27 Nov 2008 12:00 AM CST If you are a PC gamer, then you are no doubt eagerly awaiting the release of GTA 4 (Grand Theft Auto IV). Actually, the game's PC release date is less than a week from now on; it will officially be released in North America (NA) on the 2nd of December and in Europe (EU) on the 3rd of December. Unlike its console counterparts, PC version of GTA4 comes embedded with DRM (Digital Rights Management) software. Yep, you guessed correct; it's SecuROM. Not just any other version of SecuROM but the online activated, supposedly 'hard to crack' variant of SecuROM 7.1. This essentially means that every legitimate user needs to activate their copy of GTA 4 online in order to play the game. There is however no limit to the number of activations allowed per user and nor are any reactivations required. Embedding a DRM as controversial as SecuROM into Grand Theft Auto 4 is somewhat surprising on Rockstar's part, especially considering that their last PC release Bully : Scholarship Edition, was completely DRM free. Anyway, embedding SecuROM into GTA 4 does not mean that pirates won't crack it. So far, every major PC title of 2008 which used SecuROM protection has been cracked by scene groups such as RELOADED, Razor1911, ViTALiTY and non scene individuals such as DarkC0der. Pirates successfully released DRM removed, modified but working executables (aka cracks) for games such as Spore, Mass Effect, Alone in the Dark, Dead Space, Fallout 3 and many more. Crackers initially had trouble with the new SecuROM and it took them some time to fully crack games such as Mass Effect and Alone in the Dark. But now the protection is somewhat popular and unless SecuROM devs did some major changes to their DRM, expect a cracked version of GTA 4 to surface very soon after (or before, who knows) the game's official release. And judging by comments on various gaming forums, it's not just pirates that use cracked exes. Cracks are apparently popular among legitimate buyers who just don't want SecuROM on their systems. Speaking of cracked versions, there are many fake GTA 4 torrents floating around in public BitTorrent trackers. Do not be fooled into downloading these; the game has not leaked (yet) and these torrents are most likely viruses, malware or gay porn. When or if GTA 4 does leak, FILEnetworks Blog will be one of the first to update on the news so stay tuned. |
| PassThePopCorn signups open – Movie torrent tracker Posted: 26 Nov 2008 04:46 PM CST Specialized movie torrent tracker PassThePopcorn.org (formerly Scenemovies) has just opened registrations. This is the first time they have opened signups since they moved to a new domain and changed the tracker name to PassThePopCorn. Although the name might sound new, PassThePopcorn did not start from scratch. Entire torrents index and every single user account on Scenemovies was transferred to the new tracker. Currently, there are 4700+ active users and 2250+ torrents on PassThePopcorn. This tracker is based on the shiny new Gazelle codebase so navigation is fast and the site is a pleasure to browse. As mentioned in the title, Pass The Popcorn is all about movies. Uploaders have done a very nice job of adding some great torrents to this tracker; they've only been online for around two months but there are already over 2000 movie torrents indexed. At Passthepopcorn, it's not just about downloading torrents. You can find a lot of information related to indexed movies through various installed add-ons (Album Art Coverflow, IMDB auto-fill and Actor catalog with 17000+ actors to name a few). You can even discover new movies through the 'Staff recommendations' and 'Collections' features on this tracker. Signups are currently open but don't expect them to stay open forever. Following is from the site homepage:
If you download movies via BitTorrent, PassThePopCorn is a must have tracker. Get in while you can.
Site Name: PassThePopcorn.org Signup URL: http://passthepopcorn.org/register.php Categories: action, adventure, animation, arthouse, asian, biography, camp, comedy, crime, cult, documentary, drama, experimental, exploitation, family, fantasy, film noir, history, horror, martial arts, musical, mystery, performance, philosophy, politics, romance, sci.fi, short, silent, sport, thriller, video art, war, western |
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