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Exeem Open Beta Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the download-it-with-kazaa dept.

BrasOnMyGuitar writes "The file sharing application known as eXeem (made by the creators of the now-defunct file-sharing site SuprNova.org) has gone into public beta. The program is based on the BitTorrent protocol. However, it eliminates the need for trackers and decentralizes the user from the network. This allows for Kazaa-style searching with the speeds and benefits of the BitTorrent protocol." Reader Eeknay points out that Linux users can run it too.

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  1. Well... by Neophytus · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It now does nothing really that new, apart from using the bittorrent protocol. Networks like the long lost WinMX have supported downloading from users with partially downloaded for years now.

    I guess it just saves the client from searching for the peers itself, leaving that job to the supernodes.

  2. Mini Review by bgreg03 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    As the guy above said, when you first open this program, it appears to be a very normal p2p program, like kazaa and ares. The ability to create your own 'torrents' is what will really set this service apart. Some of the downsides of the other p2p applications (including bittorrent apps) was the inability of the layman user to contribute and share things new and unique. I personally think you will see this take off VERY quickly, and will be the next level of p2p. Lets see how this turns out.

    1. Re:Mini Review by aero2600-5 · · Score: 3, Interesting

      "The ability to create your own 'torrents' is what will really set this service apart. Some of the downsides of the other p2p applications (including bittorrent apps) was the inability of the layman user to contribute and share things new and unique."

      I'm sure this has never occurred to you, but do you think it's possible that not allowing the average user to create their own torrents might be a good thing? Really, do I want to sift through 20 different torrents for the most recent episode of The Daily show because some boobs downloaded it from Loki and wanted to be the first to post it on Exeem? The reason why Suprnova.org was so great was that just about every torrent, unless posted by a regular submitter, was checked before making it onto the front page. Having people download from 20 different torrents instead of just one completely defeats the purpose of swarmed downloading.

      I think Exeem will quickly turn into another Kazaa, except slightly better. It'll wind up being full of garbage just like Kazaa. I hope I'm wrong, but that's what will happen when you let anyone submit anything they want.

      And before someone tries to lecture me on the comment system built into Exeem, and how it'll prevent all of these problems, it won't. For anyone looking for an example, the second most seeded file on Exeem at the moment is called 'Barbie web cam sexe.mpeg' It has 102 seeds, a rating of 81.6%, yet all of the comments say it's stupid and not worth the bandwidth. I'm glad the comment system is getting rid of all those worthless downloads.

      I'll stick to the real BitTorrent, open-source and spyware-free, and I'll just continue to support the sites that aren't willing to cave like suprnova.org.

      Aero

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  3. eliminate trackers, doom bittorrent by sbma44 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Hey! No need for trackers! Hurrah! Peers can just find each other automatically! Gosh, I wonder how that works -- could it be a standardized port range? And could that make it incredibly easy to throttle, track and persecute BitTorrent use?!?!

    If my hunch is correct, these guys are morons. The nominal point of Exeem is to reduce the ability of copyright owners to sue pirates. Actually, it'll make it much easier for BigChampagne and others to track down users and prosecute them. Way to go, guys.

    Please note that I'm not making a moral judgment about piracy -- please withhold the flames. My point is simply that the Exeem architecture, while created to fix BT's legal vulnerability, is actually likely to enhance it.

  4. the profiling they do for adverts would help RIAA by CdBee · · Score: 3, Interesting

    a P2P company is going to be profiling its users - and you;re worried about spyware?

    Can you imagine the legal field-day if the RIAA got hold of Exeem's user profiles, with records of everything they downloaded?

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    I have been a user for about 10 years. This ends Feb 2014. The site's been ruined. I'm off. Dice, FU
  5. Re:First Thoughts by I(rispee_I(reme · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Exeem Lite coming soon