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The Pirate Bay stops distributing .torrent files

article published on 29 February, 2012

The Pirate Bay has ceased distributing torrent files, a necessary move, they say, to "step forward in technology." Instead of torrent files, the site will now use magnets, which they say will be more efficient and take up less space. Reads the full statement: No more torrents=no changes anyhow Today marks the end of an era. Sort of. TPB will no longer give out links to .torrent ... [ read the full article ]

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Kannz
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_ 		2. March 2012 @ 18:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
TPB said they sold their old domain and didn't know what the new owners would do with it. I guess there's your answer. scam people.
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_ 		4. March 2012 @ 23:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
After you get the Maglink and data you can turn it into a torrent file if you want.

Utorrent does not handle maglinks worth a dame anyway even the latest version.
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pmshah
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_ 		9. March 2012 @ 21:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
For all you Windows users there is a freeware utility called OpenExpert available. You can simply point to your bittorrent client for the magen files or simply right click on the file, select properties and set your torrent client as the application to handle the file.

I have had occasions to use magnet links in the past. These work essentially with DHT, Peer Exchange and Local Peer Discovery.
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bratcher
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_ 		10. March 2012 @ 01:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I've found that magnet links work just fine with the latest Utorrent.
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_ 		10. March 2012 @ 01:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i use vuze it says asks what application to open with you select vuze or azurus and it puts it in vuze and downloads it.
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