According to a Waffles.fm post, the private music tracker has banned one of their "power users" after it was found that he was selling invites on the auction site eBay.
From the post, "Thanks to a cooperative effort with staff at what.cd, we?ve busted one of our own well-known members for selling invites on eBay. towelie, aka shad0w on what.cd, eBay username sueles810 has been banned, ... [ read the full article ]
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Originally posted by wiseguy0: What's this about? What's an "invite"?
Lol im not sure if you are being sarcastic or not but ill answer anyways :P
On most private torrent trackers, power users, or other higher levels, are given "invites" to give to anyone they want. They need invites to get new users to the site, as registration is closed. This guy was selling those invites.
Pirates ripping each other off??? How could THAT happen??? Ha! Ha!
Quote:What's this about? What's an "invite"?
Restricted membership helps to keep out the leechers and cheaters. And, maybe it makes things a bit harder for the RIAA,the MPAA, and the legal authorities.
