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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."

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  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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    Its raining men!
  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. 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?