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Meta's BitTorrent Uploads of 'Pirate Library' Data Equaled 30% of Downloads

• rdtsc 2y ago
  > Meta’s expert, for example, stresses that data is broken down into “pieces” and further into “blocks” during BitTorrent transfers. It’s argued that, even if Meta shared small blocks of data, they would be unusable to the receiver. > While this description is correct, these pieces and blocks, combined with data from other people sharing the same torrent, eventually make up the full copies of the authors’ works. I guess the plaintiffs can sue a set of defendants: Meta plus others who shared enough of the blocks to form a complete archive which can be unpacked and actually used. Maybe a case for “conspiracy to distribute” by coordinating via the BT protocol / algorithm? Very dubious I would say.