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punky · 15-02-2005, 23:19

There is on prominent torrent website I am hoping won't go down. If it does, it won't be the end of the world.

BitTorrent was designed to prevent its own death from the MPAA et al. The shared file can't be stopped while the .torrent file can be moved around and everyone can be trackers. Some of the major torrent groups have their own IRC channels for distributing files, and the more websites get shut down, the more it will be pushed towards IRC. The MPAA won't be able to shut that down.

It winds me up though, I don't even download bloody movies. I rely heavily on US TV episodes though, which should be out of the MPAA's juristiction. I wonder if a site deals with only TV episodes would get shut down?

15-02-2005, 23:19	#21
punky Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Age: 44 Posts: 14,750	Re: File Sharers Can No Longer Hide There is on prominent torrent website I am hoping won't go down. If it does, it won't be the end of the world. BitTorrent was designed to prevent its own death from the MPAA et al. The shared file can't be stopped while the .torrent file can be moved around and everyone can be trackers. Some of the major torrent groups have their own IRC channels for distributing files, and the more websites get shut down, the more it will be pushed towards IRC. The MPAA won't be able to shut that down. It winds me up though, I don't even download bloody movies. I rely heavily on US TV episodes though, which should be out of the MPAA's juristiction. I wonder if a site deals with only TV episodes would get shut down?