A torrent file is 100% legal in every country that I know of.
It is a text file that contains the following.
The Location of a tracker, a user given file name, and size.
For example, the following sentence contains all the information in a torrent file.
The file by the name of "how to burn a cd", is on a tracker located at 22.3363.xxx, it is 53mbs in size.
Nothing illegal. And I have to say it really pisses off "the powers that be", that there is nothing illegal there. Absolutly nothing that even close the the work that they may hold the rights to.
This reminds me of a situation that another torrent forum site went through with Warner Bros. I copied this post by thier Admin.
Little story for you all.......................
Our tracker hosts received this on friday night/saturday morning depending on where you live
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Dear Network Operations Center:
We are writing this letter on behalf of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
("Warner Bros.").
As you may know, Warner Bros. is the holder of rights under copyright,
including exclusive distribution rights, in and to the motion picture(s)
listed above.
No one is authorized to perform, exhibit, reproduce, transmit, or otherwise
distribute the above-mentioned work(s) without the express written
permission of Warner Bros., which permission Warner Bros. has not granted to
We have received information that an individual has utilized the
above-referenced IP address at the noted date and time to offer downloads of
the above-mentioned work through a "peer-to-peer" service.
The attached documentation specifies the location on your network where the
infringement occurred, the number of repeat violations recorded at this
specific location, as well as any available identifying information.
The distribution of unauthorized copies of copyrighted motion pictures
constitutes copyright infringement under the Copyright Act, Title 17 United
States Code Section 106(3). This conduct may also violate the laws of other
countries, international law, and/or treaty obligations.
Since you own this IP address, we request that you immediately do the
following:
1) Disable access to the individual who has engaged in the conduct described
above; and
2) Terminate any and all accounts that this individual has through you.
On behalf of Warner Bros., owner of the exclusive rights to the copyrighted
material at issue in this notice, we hereby state, pursuant to the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act, Title 17 United States Code Section 512, that we
have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained
of is not authorized by Warner Bros., its respective agents, or the law.
Also pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we hereby state that
we believe the information in this notification is accurate, and, under
penalty of perjury, that MediaSentry is authorized to act on behalf of the
owner of the exclusive rights being infringed as set forth in this
notification.
Please contact us at the above listed address or by replying to this email
should you have any questions.
We appreciate your assistance and thank you for your cooperation in this
matter. In your future correspondence with us, please refer to Case ID
2555193.
Your prompt response is requested.
Respectfully,
Mark Weaver,
Director of Enforcement
MediaSentry, Inc.
(212) 925-9997
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Infringement Detail:
Infringing Work: Mystic River - DVD
Filepath: Mystic.River.FS.DVDR_BooZerS[torrent files are not allowed]/
Filename: mysticfs-boozers.r00
First Found: 4 May 2004 14:10:9 EDT (GMT -0400)
Last Found: 4 May 2004 14:10:9 EDT (GMT -0400)
Filesize: 48,828k
IP Port: 80
Network: BTTrackers
Protocol: BitTorrent
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So our tracker server got taken offline - we were shut down again..... BOOOOOO!!!!!
Till we decided - well f**k that - it aint happening - and we went to the server hosts with everything we got. and the long and short of it - they looked and said - -- yeah you're right enough - f**k them ---- you're clean and turned the server back on -------
the reasoning behind this
Theres no links on the server
Theres no files on the server
In fact - there aint much of anything on there apart from the 110 K of tracker software - which is 100 % LEGAL - and the server peeps agreed with us - its 100 % legal
So what does this mean for us ????
well basically now our hosts have looked and said nah you're perfectly legal and given us the server back - the initials need to go to ANY tracker hosts and say - they have software on your servers which is 100% legal, but then could be used for illegal stuff to and we just dont like it - shut them down...and like they're gonna listen to that line especially now they have taken OUR side
So there we go - we could have just accepted the loss of another server, and took our tracker elsewhere - but f**k that - we made a stance against the intials and its paid off in not only this forums favour but the whole BT communities favour - we now have server hosts and isps tellnig them to go f**k themselves it aint illegal to run a tracker
The same thing goes for torrent files, F**ck'em. It ain't illegal to host a torrent file, and it ain't illegal to run a tracker.
I won't say that there is no risk to users of the torrent files. Many torrent forums host warning like this....
Disclaimer: None of the files shown here are actually hosted on this server. The links are provided solely by this site's users. The administrator of this site cannot be held responsible for what its users post, or any other actions of its users. You may not use this site to distribute or download any material when you do not have the legal rights to do so. It is your own responsibility to adhere to these terms.
If you want to see how a torrent forum is set up, here is one of the best. Learn from what others have already done.
www.phoenix-torrents.com
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