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Is BitTorrent Search Harmful?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the do-you-peer-what-i-peer dept.

protee writes "p2pnet published a report arguing that the robustness of BitTorrent to free-riding might have been more related to the lack of meta-data search rather than to its tit-for-tat-like strategy. The question now is: how the release of such search engines is going to impact the BitTorrent network?"

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  1. Yeah! by Seumas · · Score: 5, Funny

    That Braham Cohen is so dumb, he probably never considered anything like this when he put together his own official bit torrent search engine. What does he know, sitting there coding in his mommy's basement when all the real geniuses are on Slashdot and p2pnet!

    I mean, c'mon... *eyeroll*

    1. Re:Yeah! by CHESTER+COPPERPOT · · Score: 3, Funny

      Seasonal greeting to you generic /.'er.

      I see you have encountered what us elite /.'ers call sarcasm. I hope you and your one eyeball have much fun implementing your end-time protocol while us genius /.'ers live it up in our penthouses with our supermodels, 18-inch guns (and wangs) and use our keyboards like Hendrix used his guitar.

    2. Re:Yeah! by richie2000 · · Score: 2, Funny
      use our keyboards like Hendrix used his guitar.

      By smashing it to bits against the stage floor?

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  2. Re:Funny search by CHESTER+COPPERPOT · · Score: 1, Funny

    I like how pirate bay relishes in its criminality. So what happens when pirate bay gets busted by the RIAA-imperial navy? Do they bury their trackers in secret locations, kill all the leechers and hope in 50 years time someone will make an 80's themed movie about cyber pirates, booty-porn traps and a russian internet gang called the fratellis?

  3. Is BitTorrent Search Harmful? by colonslashslash · · Score: 2, Funny

    <MPAA_Exec> Does a bear shit in the forest?!?!

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  4. Re:Blocked already by StikyPad · · Score: 3, Funny

    Uh oh.. describing a process for circumventing DMCA restrictions is also in violation of the DMCA!

    Just repeat after me, "These aren't the torrent files you're looking for."

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