A Question

[JPaul]

If we can have verifieds, ed2k and nbz files is there any reason we can't have torrent files.

Is this because of technical, legal or policy issues. Or perhaps something else.

[RPerry]

If I'm not mistaken, its a legal issue

[tesco]

Yes legal issue, torrent sites are watched more closely than others as they're most popular, afaik.

Reality can tell you more.

[Peerzy]

Technically, posting a torrent is legal, hosting torrents or hosting a tracker is where the line becomes grey.

Posting links to torrents that people have hosting themselfs or on a free host would be completely fine in the eyes of teh law.

This is providing the server is US. based.

[JPaul]

Thanks chaps, I can understand the logic.

However we did have verifieds when Kazaa was by far the most popular system. Are we simply being more circumspect now (which I think is a good thing) in order to avoid legal problems.

[RealitY]

The fact that torrents contain info to the tracker may be the issue.
Although yet to be challanged on that alone that I know of...