This is a very old project, and has been online for a long time. It started getting popular when TPB ran into trouble and they started to add OBT as a secondary

This is a very old project, and has been online for a long time. It started getting popular when TPB ran into trouble and they started to add OBT as a secondary tracker to uploaded torrents. They also got sued by Hollywood studios but it didn't go anywhere apparently. - https://torrentfreak.com/publicbt-tracker-set-to-patch-bittorrents-achilles-heel-090712/ https://torrentfreak.com/publicbt-tracker-set-to-patch-bitto... - https://torrentfreak.com/hollywood-appeals-decision-not-to-shutdown-openbittorrent-100106/ https://torrentfreak.com/hollywood-appeals-decision-not-to-s... - https://torrentfreak.com/court-refuses-to-order-shutdown-of-openbittorrent-091202/ https://torrentfreak.com/court-refuses-to-order-shutdown-of-...