If a file exists, there is torrent of it. If not, it will be burned

Re:If a file exists, there is torrent of it. If not, it will... by henryw on Monday September 13, 2010 @08:46PM (#1688915)

it's pretty cool idea to let people create their own torrents for their files on their blogs/sites/etc. they provide the torrent tracker server so you don't have to use thepiratebay or something like that.

  toy.story3.flv 46.5% complete 1.67 GB  =)

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Re:If a file exists, there is torrent of it. If not, it will... by thristian on Monday September 13, 2010 @09:18PM (#1688999)

http://openbittorrent.com/ have been providing a free torrent-tracker service for a while now. At least originally, OpenBitTorrent's trackers happened to have the same IP addresses as TPB's trackers, although I'm not sure that's still the case.

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Re:If a file exists, there is torrent of it. If not, it will... by sp332 on Tuesday September 14, 2010 @09:42AM (#1690486)

TPB doesn't run a tracker anymore, they just host .torrent files (and magnet files). They depend on Peer Exchange and Distributed Hash Tables for clients to find each other.

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Re:If a file exists, there is torrent of it. If not, it will... by atomical on Tuesday September 14, 2010 @12:33AM (#1689465)

Clearly this is an omen for what this service will become: A haven for pirates.

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Re:If a file exists, there is torrent of it. If not, it will... by andymorris on Tuesday September 14, 2010 @08:38AM (#1690294)

Or, you could think of the legitimate uses ... someone who just wants to offer something for download, and then has to pay a fortune in bandwidth. Instead, someon uses this service, and we all benefit! -- Ayjay on Fedang

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Re:If a file exists, there is torrent of it. If not, it will... by alinajaf on Tuesday September 14, 2010 @05:20AM (#1689986)

The fact that you used the word 'haven' and 'pirate' makes it sound like salty pirates on the high seas of swashbuckling adventure. Why not just say illegal file-sharers and skip the pretense?

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Re:If a file exists, there is torrent of it. If not, it will... by xiongchiamiov on Tuesday September 14, 2010 @04:02PM (#1692063)

Why the hell would you download toy story 3 as an flv?

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