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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!