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Why does tribler automatically download random torrents without user intervention? Is it just to perform distributed search? In this case, it downloads random

Why does tribler automatically download random torrents without user intervention? Is it just to perform distributed search? In this case, it downloads random torrent _metadata_ right? How could the case be brought with just metadata? Regardless of whether the torrent cache was personal or not, if it was just metadata it still didn't contain anything illegal

jazzyjackson 3y ago
linking to illegal data may be prosecuted as distribution, even if you're not the host if you're contributing to a distributed index where people are searching and retrieving material thanks to the meta data on your drive, IMHO that's pretty close to distribution
- amelius 3y ago
  So if someone puts a sticker on your car that has the url of an illegal website, then you may be prosecuted for illegal distribution?
  - jazzyjackson 3y ago
    If i signed up for a membership to the "stick an url on my car club" then yea
- nextaccountic 3y ago
  > linking to illegal data may be prosecuted as distribution, even if you're not the host Google also links to illegal data and actually Google is probably the largest distributor illegal data in human history (if by "distribution" we include linking)
  - jazzyjackson 3y ago
    and they benefit from safe harbor laws allowing them to remove the link as they are notified of its illegality
    - nextaccountic 3y ago
      Yeah the point here is how this kind of legislation can also benefit distributed search engines Otherwise what is actually being legislated here is that search engines must be centralized, cementing Google's stranglehold on this field
1oooqooq 3y ago
here's the thing with law, it's not code. if they argue nonsense and the judge buys, it's that. law enforcement uses hashes of bad content. torrent conveniently uses hashes. the expert can argue if you have the hash you have the content because how torrent works. the judge that accepted the argument about how torrent works but refused the argument about how tribler or freenet etc works should be disbarred imho.

jazzyjackson 3y ago

linking to illegal data may be prosecuted as distribution, even if you're not the host if you're contributing to a distributed index where people are searching and retrieving material thanks to the meta data on your drive, IMHO that's pretty close to distribution

amelius 3y ago
So if someone puts a sticker on your car that has the url of an illegal website, then you may be prosecuted for illegal distribution?
- jazzyjackson 3y ago
  If i signed up for a membership to the "stick an url on my car club" then yea
nextaccountic 3y ago
> linking to illegal data may be prosecuted as distribution, even if you're not the host Google also links to illegal data and actually Google is probably the largest distributor illegal data in human history (if by "distribution" we include linking)
- jazzyjackson 3y ago
  and they benefit from safe harbor laws allowing them to remove the link as they are notified of its illegality
  - nextaccountic 3y ago
    Yeah the point here is how this kind of legislation can also benefit distributed search engines Otherwise what is actually being legislated here is that search engines must be centralized, cementing Google's stranglehold on this field

1oooqooq 3y ago

here's the thing with law, it's not code. if they argue nonsense and the judge buys, it's that. law enforcement uses hashes of bad content. torrent conveniently uses hashes. the expert can argue if you have the hash you have the content because how torrent works. the judge that accepted the argument about how torrent works but refused the argument about how tribler or freenet etc works should be disbarred imho.