It was mainly because of some of the more common clients handling magnet links in non-standard and conflicting ways. Private trackers have the luxury of banning certain non-conforming clients, whereas The Pirate Bay hasn't been an actual tracker for a long long time.
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:37 AM, joachim Gwoke <[email protected]> wrote: >> Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:55:26 +0300 >> From: Kiggundu Mukasa <[email protected]> >> To: "Linux Users Group Ug. Group Ug." <[email protected]> >> Subject: [LUG] Fwd: Article: The Pirate Bay Switches from >> Torrents to Untraceable Magnet Links > >> >> > >> > The Pirate Bay Switches from Torrents to Untraceable >> Magnet Links >> > http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_pirate_bay_switches_from_torrents_to_untraceab.php > > > I don't understand why it took them so long to do this. > The other underground characters who were and will never be in the spotlight > were already using Magnet links as far back as 2003 or 2004. It seemed the > safe thing for Pirate Bay to do as soon as the authorities began complaining. > > > regards > Joachim > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way. _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
