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HBO Attacking BitTorrent

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the hand-that-feeds dept.

DIY News writes "HBO is actively poisoning the BitTorrent downloads of the new show Rome. In addition to an older tactic of offering bogus downloads that never complete, HBO is now obstructing the downloads offered by other people. HBO runs peers that tell the tracker they have all the chunks of the show, but then send garbage data when a downloader requests a chunk. While the bogus peers can be detected, it will take much longer to download shows."

6 of 844 comments (clear)

  1. That's Funny by mommywheresdaddy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Rome is actively poisoning my HBO. What a craptacular waste of programming.

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  2. give it time by r2tincan · · Score: 5, Funny

    rome wasn't built in a few shows

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    "Lead my skeptic sight."
  3. Rome wasn't built in a day by saskboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Rome wasn't downloaded in a day either, I guess.

    Good things take time, so I guess Bit Torrent users will just have to wait a little longer for legitimate video files to become available if they desperately want to see this show.

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  4. Re:Thankfully by SmartyFartBlast · · Score: 4, Funny

    so..what you are saying is...

    in Russia...you own the Torrents?

    ah hmm....oki dokie

  5. Re:My Infringement Notice by aaza · · Score: 4, Funny
    Dear Media Sentry,

    According to me, 2.4k of 359,196k is 6 ppm (or about 0.000006%), and as a result, is far less than is allowed by fair use (10%, depending on context). As this is the case, I feel fully justified in offering the following statement as payment for the half a frame which was downloaded:
    Fuck off, you tit.

    Thanks and regards,

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  6. Or as Caesar might say... by bullitB · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Veni, Vidi, Vici"...roughly translated into modern English reads:

    "I came, I saw, I 0wned your BitTorrent tracker"

    Of course, after watching a few episodes Rome, I've learned that in Ancient Rome they actually spoke English anyway. Who started this Latin rumor?