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What.CD was a private, invitation-only music BitTorrent tracker and community launched in 2007. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The site was shut down on 17 November 2016, after French authorities seized the site's servers.
Oink's Pink Palace (frequently stylized as OiNK) was a prominent BitTorrent tracker which operated from 2004 to 2007. Following a two-year investigation by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the site was shut down on 23 October 2007, by British and Dutch police agencies.
It adds such an ability to the BitTorrent protocol using a gossip protocol, somewhat similar to the eXeem network which was shut down in 2005. The software includes the ability to recommend content as well. After a dozen downloads, the Tribler software can roughly estimate the download taste of the user, and recommend additional content. [18]
BitTorrent files and links can be accessed in different geographic locations and legal jurisdictions. Thus, it is possible to host a BitTorrent file in geographic jurisdictions where it is legal and others where it is illegal. A single link, file or data or download action may be actionable in some places, but not in others.
1337x is an online website that provides a directory of torrent files and magnet links used for peer-to-peer file sharing through the BitTorrent protocol. [1] According to the TorrentFreak news blog, 1337x is the second-most popular torrent website as of 2024. [2]
As of 2008, it is a legal music download service. August – Yahoo! Messenger adds drag and drop file sharing capability with version 7. September 5 – UMA v. Sharman [78] September 13 – WinMX servers owned by Frontcode are shut down due to a cease and desist letter from the RIAA. Developer groups would set up new servers days later. [79]
Torrent files are normally named with the extension.torrent. A torrent file acts like a table of contents (index) that allows computers to find information through the use of a torrent client. With the help of a torrent file, one can download small parts of the original file from computers that have already downloaded it.
Sleep is an eight-and-a-half hour concept album based around the neuroscience of sleep [3] by German-British composer Max Richter. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was released on September 4, 2015, accompanied by a one-hour version with variations, From Sleep , [ 6 ] later remixed as Sleep Remixes .