08-03-2006, 09:46 AM
There is a lot more on bittorrent than warez.
I think that if someone is going to pay a host for torrent hosting, they probably aren't going to pay to contribute to the warez scene. It would most probably be to just share a large file. I did this recently with a video that I took at a conference on digital rights. The video was around 800mb, and if I were to host it using traditional webhosting, I would have huge transfer charges.
Like sub-zero said, even if people did upload copyright infriging files, the host would only really need to seed it for a month (or until people start sharing it themselves).
I think that if someone is going to pay a host for torrent hosting, they probably aren't going to pay to contribute to the warez scene. It would most probably be to just share a large file. I did this recently with a video that I took at a conference on digital rights. The video was around 800mb, and if I were to host it using traditional webhosting, I would have huge transfer charges.
Like sub-zero said, even if people did upload copyright infriging files, the host would only really need to seed it for a month (or until people start sharing it themselves).