We’ve watched the myth of Game of Thrones unfold online. We’ve seen the stories: how the season finale set a new “BitTorrent Piracy Record”, allegedly downloaded by 5.2 million people worldwide. And on that note: we’d like to set the record straight. The idea of a “BitTorrent Piracy Record” is a complete fabrication. Because there’s…

In this edition of FDL: rock revivalism and alt-country experimentation. We’ve got three live shows from My Morning Jacket, spanning a decade of the band’s work; lovingly preserved by Internet Archive’s intrepid curatorial team. A soundtrack worthy of this (fine, first) summer weekend. Links to the torrents, below. Friday Download: My Morning Jacket 1. The…

Another day, another mobile milestone. We’re stoked that 25 million of you are now getting your torrents to go. Guess this smartphone revolution thing that people are talking about is for real. Haven’t tried our apps? They’re pretty rad. See what other users are saying. We’ve also got some good news for our current mobile…

Public Enemy broke out over 25 years ago: a sonic bomb of crazy invention and crazier virtuosity; a call to arms and a call to change (music) culture as we know it. Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys maybe said it best: “No one has been able to approach the political power that Public Enemy…

Arthur Newman, distributed by Cinedigm, is an independent film with an Oscar-winning cast; a comic romance about identities, stolen and shed. It’s also among the year’s most controversial movies – but not for the reasons that you’d think. Internet-Age folklore has forever propped up the myth of California gang wars: Hollywood versus The Valley, studio…