Hello,
Please read this; don't just assume what I'm saying is bad. Don't pooh-pooh a technology until you see its potential.
I just saw a thread about BitTorrent that was locked--nobody is willing to discuss this topic. I realize that the terms of service say that this is not allowed, but do you realize the legal uses for such a service?
I am part of FIRST Robotics (www.usfirst.org) and they have an event called "kickoff" where the object of the year's game is revealed. Since this is a national event, FIRST puts a copy of the video on their website. This is a 200-300 meg file, and quickly brings their server to its knees. BitTorrent can ease the use of bandwidth in one place; and a tracker would be very helpful.
So my question is: why not? If we're found to be hosting illegal files, or there are entries in our trackers to illegal files, ban us. There's no reason to shut BitTorrent down--it alleviates use of bandwidth on your side, and is entirely beneficial.
Please consider this.
JBot
Please read this; don't just assume what I'm saying is bad. Don't pooh-pooh a technology until you see its potential.
I just saw a thread about BitTorrent that was locked--nobody is willing to discuss this topic. I realize that the terms of service say that this is not allowed, but do you realize the legal uses for such a service?
I am part of FIRST Robotics (www.usfirst.org) and they have an event called "kickoff" where the object of the year's game is revealed. Since this is a national event, FIRST puts a copy of the video on their website. This is a 200-300 meg file, and quickly brings their server to its knees. BitTorrent can ease the use of bandwidth in one place; and a tracker would be very helpful.
So my question is: why not? If we're found to be hosting illegal files, or there are entries in our trackers to illegal files, ban us. There's no reason to shut BitTorrent down--it alleviates use of bandwidth on your side, and is entirely beneficial.
Please consider this.
JBot
