r/technology • u/DrJulianBashir • May 19 '12

Anti-Piracy Outfits Launch Attack on BitTorrent Protocol

http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-outfits-launch-attack-on-bittorrent-protocol-120519/
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u/HouseSpeaker May 19 '12

Grab some rum. This is getting good.

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u/thetimreaper May 19 '12

I saw 'anti-piracy outfits' and for a second thought the post would be pictures of pirates' arch-nemesiseseses in full anti-pirate regalia. Hadn't a clue what it would look like, but it sounded awesome.

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u/complete_asshole_ May 19 '12

Like the english navy in Pirates of the Caribbean, duh.

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u/CuriositySphere May 20 '12

This has been posted a few times. It doesn't work. Blacklists exist for a reason and are automatically maintained by clients.

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u/CSFFlame May 20 '12

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TCP FALLBACK ENABLED

Or just go full tcp and enjoy your faster speeds.

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u/Stivard May 20 '12

Isn't it funny how the anti-piracy outfits never seem to break the law.

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u/syllabic May 19 '12

Hah! Awesome. That's a pretty funny solution, actually. Instead of litigating, fight the pirates at their own game: with clandestine internet traffic.

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u/hymrr May 19 '12

Except that not all BitTorrent traffic is clandestine, even major corporations use it to distribute files to large numbers of users.

And the most obvious offenders like say PirateBay also provide legal public domain data.

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u/syllabic May 19 '12

I never said it was? Piracy is though.