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They allow you to download Torrents and seed them on your behalf. Now of course, you might just be seeding Linux ISOs, but we both know that is probably not wha
by sva_ 4y ago
They allow you to download Torrents and seed them on your behalf. Now of course, you might just be seeding Linux ISOs, but we both know that is probably not what 99.9% of their customers intend to do.
- mbesto 4y agoThe downloaded files are technically sitting on Amazon's server (IIRC). Put.io doesn't know an illegal file is there (it's encrypted), so how would any one else?
- sva_ 4y agoBy seeding a copyrighted file, someone could get Amazons IP address, who would in turn know the data was hosted by Put.io? I doubt they could get out of DMCA that easily.
- mbesto 4y agoPut.io uses magnet links. IIRC there is no way to track an IP address of a seeder because they use DHT's.
- anacrolix 4y agoThis is not correct. The point of the BitTorrent DHT is to share address information of peers for a torrent.
- anacrolix 4y agoPut.io reuse download content amongst all its users. It's only present on the network for a short period of time. Because it's a paid service, actual usage is quite small compared to all regular users combined, so they would not get much attention.