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		sarciszewski on Feb 4, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Pirate Bay is an FBI honeypot? A disconcerting... Sure, but you can also exchange bittorrent packets before the .torrent file is uploaded to TPB. How do you know the seeder is the original distributor? :)

dwild on Feb 4, 2015 [–]

Well the same apply to the torrent file.

sarciszewski on Feb 4, 2015 | [–]

Yes, but BitTorrent users seed without realizing it. Whereas uploading a file to The Pirate Bay is an intentional act of copyright violation. Easier sell to a jury.

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