Third of Content On Popular BT Portals Are Fake

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Third of Content On Popular BT Portals Are Fake

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday January 25, 2011 @05:32AM from the that-sounds-optimistic dept.

siliconbits writes "A study published by a group of researchers, most of them based in Europe, analysed the publishers of content on two major BitTorrent portals, Pirate Bay and MiniNova, and found out that almost a third of all files on the two sites were fake."

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Same ratio as /. by Anonymous Coward · 2011-01-25 05:34 · Score: 5, Funny

Same ratio /. has for how many stories are real.
1. Re:Same ratio as /. by NFN_NLN · 2011-01-25 06:54 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I believe the Pirate Bay site has "flags" for trusted content and respected uploaders. Does it not?
  Of course, other trackers have them also. And checking the number of seeders/leechers helps, too. As well as having a quick look on the comments to see if someone reported nasty stuff.
  What?
  Are you saying the copy of "Matrix 4 Leaked - DVDRip", with 1 seeder, 6 negative votes, a comment saying "This is a VIRUS - don't download", a file size of 30MB, a file listing with a single .exe file... that this isn't legit?
  I don't believe it, but I guess I'll find out after I download and EXECUTE the video file myself... now good day sir!
2. Re:Same ratio as /. by tom17 · 2011-01-25 09:05 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  HAMMERTIME!
Ironically... by Damek · 2011-01-25 05:50 · Score: 3, Funny

Ironically, it's the two-thirds of US users without fast broadband who are responsible for supplying the two-thirds non-fake content. It's a tough job...
Re:I suggest by russotto · 2011-01-25 06:00 · Score: 2, Funny

OK - but what is the point of this claim if everyone is ignoring the fakes anyway? Just because there are more fakes listed doesn't mean that there will be more fakes downloaded.
It means TPB is useless because there are too many fakes and therefore the MPAA and RIAA need not worry about it.
Re:Don't have a problem by WeatherServo9 · 2011-01-25 07:06 · Score: 3, Funny

when it gets to the "good part" suddenly cut off the audio and/or video?
Ah, so most movies play all the way through with no problems then!