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If Pirate Bay Is Shut Down, It Could Take All of BitTorrent With It [BitTorrent]
Gizmodo —
... And as many of you commenters are pointing out, this of course does not include private trackers, but when considering the ecosystem as a whole, private trackers represent a tiny slice of overall mainstream torrenting traffic. [Torrent Freak via ...
Thanks, RIAA: Osama bin Laden
p2pnet news —
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony BMG’s RIAA has done more to pave the way for future terrorist infrastructure than Bin Laden could ever hope for.
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TorrentFreak is running an article which states, in part, “BitTorrent is often praised as an indestructible force moving petabytes of data around every day. It does have an Achilles’ heel though, and prominent p2p researchers warn that millions of downloads will come to a halt if eight ...
The Definitive Primer to the Pirate Bay Trial [NewTeeVee]
GigaOM Network —
... What happens if the Pirate Bay has to shut down? The Bay’s admins have promised to have back-up plans in place, but even a temporary interruption could lead to a domino effect that could knock out some other sites because of increased traffic. Torrentfreak reported this week that some even expect a “BitTorrent meltdown” due to the wide reliance on the Bay’s tracker servers. That may be a little overstated, but there would definitely be some collateral damage — if for no other reason that the ...
Future of P2P: What Comes After The Pirate Bay
NewTeeVee —
... There has been a lot of speculation in recent weeks as to whether The Pirate Bay will eventually be forced to shut down as well, and what impact that might have. Some believe that any takedown of The Pirate Bay’s trackers (the servers that facilitate the actual P2P connections between its users) will lead to a complete meltdown of the BitTorrent world, while others hope that competing sites would just take over. ...
5 Things to Know About The Pirate Bay Sale
NewTeeVee —
... The BitTorrent meltdown will not happen. The Pirate Bay is tracking about half of the world’s torrent files, meaning that the site’s tracker servers facilitate the downloads of these files by letting users know who is sharing which bits and pieces. Researchers rang the alarm bells a few months back that shutting down the site’s tracker servers would severely impact sites like ...
Post-Pirate Bay, a Federated Tracker Network Emerges
NewTeeVee —
... Let’s take a step back and look at the situation as it is today: The Pirate Bay’s trackers are still up and running, helping around 20 million users connect with each other and download files linked to almost 2 million torrents. Dutch researchers estimated earlier this year that the Pirate Bay is responsible for tracking around 50 percent of the world’s publicly accessible torrents. Take down these servers, and the file-sharing world would be left in shatters. ...
The Pirate Bay: Distributing the World’s Entertainment for $3,000 a Month [NewTeeVee]
GigaOM Network —
... Still, the impact of The Pirate Bay’s trackers are enormous. It tracks up to 2 million torrents and connects around 20 millions peers at any given time. Researchers estimate that 50 percent of the world’s publicly available torrents are tracked through The Pirate Bay. So how can just a massive system be so cheap? ...
BitTorrent After The Pirate Bay: Do You Still Need Trackers?
NewTeeVee —
... First, a quick primer so we all know what we’re talking about: When you download a file via BitTorrent today, you start off with a .torrent file that contains some meta data, including the address of at least one torrent tracker. These trackers facilitate your download by letting you know who else is sharing the file. The Pirate Bay’s tracker has been one of the biggest and, thus, most important of these facilitators, tracking by some estimates around 50 percent of the world’s BitTorrent traffic. ...
BitTorrent After The Pirate Bay: Do You Still Need Trackers? [NewTeeVee]
GigaOM Network —
... First, a quick primer so we all know what we’re talking about: When you download a file via BitTorrent today, you start off with a .torrent file that contains some meta data, including the address of at least one torrent tracker. These trackers facilitate your download by letting you know who else is sharing the file. The Pirate Bay’s tracker has been one of the biggest and, thus, most important of these facilitators, tracking by some estimates around 50 percent of the world’s BitTorrent traffic. ...
