Thread: Torrent trackers to shut down soon?

As feds are shutting down more and more file-sharing sites (megaupload, mediafire, fileserve, etc.), could torrent trackers be on it's way to the end?



let's discuss!

There is a very big difference between a filesharing site with hundreds of terabytes of data on it, and a torrent tracker.

There are many sites i am a member on with less than 1,2,3,4,5, thousand members. Why go after them when you can go after the big fish?

Sure, but both infringe copyrights. I dare you to find a filesharing site that has more music releases (And i mean quantity of albums, not quantity of links to each album) than what.cd, for example.

Originally Posted by n3rd_pr1de

Sure, but both infringe copyrights. I dare you to find a filesharing site that has more music releases (And i mean quantity of albums, not quantity of links to each album) than what.cd, for example.

There is absolutely no music on the what.cd website. Everything is on the user's PCs.

Originally Posted by Azitox

There is absolutely no music on the what.cd website. Everything is on the user's PCs.

But don't you think that they can track people?

Originally Posted by n3rd_pr1de

But don't you think that they can track people?

Technically yes, but thit is a very large number of people. And +90% of the traffic comes form public and open torrent trackers that are very easy to track.

Yeah, you're right. It would be A LOT easier (and would "catch" more people) if they tracker TPB, and shit.. I guess we're safe for now :P

next question: who's next to shutdown? I bet on rapidshare. I used to have MegaUpload premium, what will happen about that? money back?

My bets are also on rapidshare, because it is and has been most widely spread filehost.
And i doubt that people will get their premium account money back...