Thread: STUDY: Only 1% of BitTorrent Files are “Non-Infringing”

Source: STUDY: Only 1% of BitTorrent Files are “Non-Infringing”

First are the results about the types of files available. Note that they only surveyed the Mainline trackerless BitTorrent system and did not take number of downloads into consideration, meaning that some may have never been downloaded, only that they were available.
The breakdown:

46% movies and shows (non-pornographic)
14% games and software
14% pornography <-- LOL!

10% music
1% books and guides
1% images
14% could not classify

Your take on this? I truly believe that this is true, lol.

BitTorrent census: about 99% of files copyright infringing


Ahh, very similar to this topic. But the findings are less than shocking, nonetheless. I mean, seriously, how many linux ISO's and free albums can honestly be released, to support this many trackers?

We all already knew that most of the files where "illegal"... this just tells us our thoughts where right xD

I have never downloaded a single legal torrent, wouldnt even know where to find one lol.

Originally Posted by TangoSeeder

I have never downloaded a single legal torrent, wouldnt even know where to find one lol.

Im with you TangoSeeder, well there is 1 place and thats mininova

I am surprised it is not 100% infringing

if you don't count indietorrents most sites offer only pirated material, i have even seen in some trackers upload rules that uploading freely available material is against their rules (stuff like freeware)

Why do you think nobody has heard of LegalTorrents - Film, Music and Digital Media.
tlnz is right, it's hilarious that uploading legal and freely available files on trackers is usually looked down on haha.

Originally Posted by MriEat

Im with you TangoSeeder, well there is 1 place and thats mininova

Mini-who? lol