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How do some torrent sites manage to stay online for so long? And what services would even dare host such content?
(lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Recently I learned a reason the most popular BitTorrent Index is still online is because of cloudflare and easydns.com
https://who.is/whois/thepiratebay.org
Obviously cloudflare could never host the site, it probably redirects the users to the servers that host it. Yet for some reason the domain has not been seized by authorities, but like the FBI did it with a Nintendo Switch ROM Site ?.
If you are wondering why I am asking is because of a ROM site concept I have been thinking for the past 9 months (image redirect to my rentry page)
By the way, you don't have to mention such service in public, you can always send me a private message!
These days, torrents are honestly not as big of an issue from IP holders perspective as you would think.
In the mid 2000s, torrents accounted for 30% to 50% of all internet traffic (with higher share during peak hours). It was a big deal.
Nowadays, there are other priorities and torrents are seen as less pressing challenge.
The attention has gravitated away from torrenting to streaming. Where, the anti-piracy outfits are more concerned sniping down streaming services. It was almost like they completely forgot torrenting was a thing. But, they have also taken down some big names too during the heydays of torrenting.
As Gaben said, piracy is a service issue.
Streaming sites are a bigger issue because they're so easy to use, to the point where it's often easier to just view something on an illegal streaming site than to view it on Netflix. You can email your grandma a link to a torrent site and she can use it immediately. (I'd set her up with adblock first, ofc. But everyone should be using adblock.)
Meanwhile torrents, for people who aren't already set up to use them, are hard. You can't just email your grandma a link to The Pirate Bay.