The Centralization of BitTorrent Networks

Writes writes writes writes "A group of graduate students from the University of Washington have posted a a new independent report about the extent of centralization in regards to BitTorrent communities. The report indicates that irrespective of the recent damage dealt to global torrent sites, the communities are still very active, even despite their large degree of centralization (and perhaps exposure/liability). Furthermore, the report attempts to determine if the torrent communities follow the 80/20 rule, by measuring the Long Tail of torrent distribution."

Comments

Re:Umm, no, it won't ever die.

[Kaptain_Korolev]

Bit Torrents are now... Bit Trickles

Re:Don't be surprised...

[stupidfoo]

Speaking of C&Ds - are there any good central repositories for legal torrents? Not just linux distributions either. But just a nice collection of legal stuff I can download and help to share.
Just curious.

Re:A matter of access and exposure

[killmenow]

I guess they just hoped they could scare most people into stopping.

When I first read that, I thought you wrote:

I guess they just hoped they could scare most people into shopping.

Which, come to think of it, is probably their ultimate goal.

Re:While we're on the subject

[Anonymous Coward]

Do any slashdotters know of any good Bittorrent websites.

Yes, we do. And the reason they're good and still available is that we don't post their frickin' addresses in public forums whenever some randon person asks.

Remember:

The 1st rule of Torrent club is we do NOT talk about Torrent club!

The 2nd rule of Torrent club is no smoking.

MOD PARENT UP!

[Spy der Mann]

Informative.