Ask HN: Is there a torrent client that suggests torrents ...

Posted by johnmarius on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @05:12AM
from the ask-hn dept.

... based on the other torrents that people seed who also seed that torrents you leeched?

If many people that seed some movie I leech also seed others, or if the same person that seeds a few movies I leech also seeds others, it seems likely that I'd like those movies too.

This would basically be "People who liked this also liked ..." but it would work for everything (I'm not aware of any site that shows what movies I might like based on what books and music I like, even though there must be some corelation) and it would be hard to spam, you'd have influence only to the extent you support the torrent network.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a torrent client that suggests torrents ... by herbst on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @05:15AM (#11992415)

I am pretty sure that would make the software illegal in most countries.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a torrent client that suggests torrents ... by johnmarius on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @05:19AM (#11992432)

Seeding IP-protected stuff is already illegal everywhere, yet people do it.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a torrent client that suggests torrents ... by herbst on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @05:29AM (#11992469)

But thats private people. We talk about "companies" that build products here. Thats a huge difference IMO.

We all know in the civilized worlds a private person wont happen much more than a small fee. A company would most likely be destroyed after a very expensive law war.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a torrent client that suggests torrents ... by johnmarius on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @05:32AM (#11992475)

One could publish such a software anonymously. All the data is already publicly available from trackers.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a torrent client that suggests torrents ... by herbst on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @05:42AM (#11992507)

one could. I however would'nt suggest playing with this laws. Just create a Torrent tracker frontend that is able to do this, so you only "classify" information on the tracker side, which is most likely not illegal in most countries.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a torrent client that suggests torrents ... by brudgers on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @02:01PM (#11995976)

Sounds a bit like popcorn time.

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