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Re:Torrentz Shuts Down, Largest Torrent Meta-Search Engine S... by mikegerwitz on Friday August 05, 2016 @12:18PM (#12233488)
Thank you for sharing this! This is not only a good piece of history, but an excellent example of history repeating itself.

Correct me if I'm wrong---I haven't read it yet, but I'm excited to do so over the weekend.

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Re:Torrentz Shuts Down, Largest Torrent Meta-Search Engine S... by alanwatts on Friday August 05, 2016 @12:24PM (#12233547)
It's simply luditism. Their business model depends upon the constraints of obsolete technology, so they will resist every new innovation as an evil killer until their artificial monopoly finally bleeds out.
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