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YIFY Torrents or YTS was a peer-to-peer release group known for distributing large numbers of movies as free downloads through BitTorrent.YIFY releases were characterised through their small file size, which attracted many downloaders.
In 2005 HBO began "poisoning" torrents of its show Rome, by providing bad chunks of data to clients. [31] In 2007 HBO sent cease and desist letters to the Internet Service Providers of BitTorrent users. Many users reported receiving letters from their ISP's that threatened to cut off their internet service if the alleged infringement continued ...
RARBG was a website that provided torrent files and magnet links to facilitate peer-to-peer file sharing using the BitTorrent protocol. From 2014 to 2023, RARBG repeatedly appeared in TorrentFreak's yearly list of most visited torrent websites. [1] It was ranked 4th as of January 2023. [2] The website did not allow users to upload their own ...
Before creating WebTorrent, the developers first created PeerCDN, a peer-to-peer content delivery network which was bought by Yahoo! in 2013.. The idea behind WebTorrent is to make a BitTorrent-like protocol that works on the web browser, maintaining as much compatibility with BitTorrent as possible. [2]
RuTracker.org (also stylized as rutracker★org; known as torrents.ru until 2010) is the biggest Russian BitTorrent tracker. [1] As of December 2024, it has 14.9 million registered active users, 2.484 million torrents (2.479 million of them being active), and the total volume of all torrents is 5.8 petabytes .
AnimeSuki (from Japanese anime and suki (好き, "like" or "love")) is a website and once considered "... the largest database of BitTorrent anime shows" [1] that focused on providing unlicensed anime fansubs using the BitTorrent peer-to-peer system. The website was created by GHDpro on December 26, 2002. [2]
Academic Torrents [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] is a website which enables the sharing of research data using the BitTorrent protocol. The site was founded in November 2013 ...
In 2020, the National Diet passed a law expanding the penalties to the download of manga, academic texts, and magazines, as well as banning "leech websites" that provide users hyperlinks to download torrent files of pirated materials, pasting hyperlinks of illegal websites on an anonymous message board, or providing "leech apps" for similar ...