Comments on: Malaysia Boleh (BitTorrent Edition) http://www.wackywombat.net/2008/02/20/138/ :: any similarity to wombats dead or living is purely coincidental :: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:37:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Azmeen http://www.wackywombat.net/2008/02/20/138/#comment-8014 Azmeen Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:53:14 +0000 http://www.wackywombat.net/2008/02/20/138/#comment-8014 Hosting a bittorrent tracker does not amount to piracy. The tracker does just that; <em>tracking</em>. It doesn't host any files, it doesn't facilitate the transfer, it just tracks. And this doesn't even touch on the issue that bittorrent is a good protocol to transfer big files using P2P protocol. Whether the files are "pirated" or otherwise isn't a fault of the protocol nor the trackers. Hosting a bittorrent tracker does not amount to piracy. The tracker does just that; tracking. It doesn’t host any files, it doesn’t facilitate the transfer, it just tracks.

And this doesn’t even touch on the issue that bittorrent is a good protocol to transfer big files using P2P protocol. Whether the files are “pirated” or otherwise isn’t a fault of the protocol nor the trackers.

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