Reefa Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 A brand new entrant to the torrent site market is set to take the Internet by storm. A P2P veteran, fresh from defeating the major recording labels in a 13 million euro lawsuit, has obtained 1.6 million euros from the Spanish Government to power his new dream – a 30 million torrent search engine. Throw in a brand new advert-free torrent client, a Free Software promise, plus a determination not to be bullied by corporations, and we have a very potent mix indeed. In 2008, Universal, Sony, EMI, Warner and “Spanish RIAA” outfit Promusicae joined forces to file a 13 million euro lawsuit against MP2P Technologies, a company created by Spaniard Pablo Soto.Soto had been in the computer business since he was 16 and had created several file-sharing applications including Blubster, the so-called “Spanish Napster”. The labels claimed that Soto’s creations were designed to profit from infringements of their copyrights, something which amounted to unfair competition. In trying to prove their case the labels went as far as spying on Soto with a hidden camera.In 2011, Madrid Commercial Court No. 4 rejected the compensation demands of the labels and ruled in favor of the developer, declaring that his technology was “totally neutral.”Things quickly improved for Soto. In December 2011 he received a 1.6 million euros grant from the Spanish Government to develop a new search engine called Foofind, a project described by the Government as having “enormous potential for the future of our country.”Now Soto is back – and ready to cause the biggest file-sharing stir in recent memory by not only launching his own BitTorrent client, but by launching a Foofind-powered (and by default Spanish Government-funded) torrent site.Add in the fact that Soto is releasing all the code as Free Software to “ensure the open Internet” along with a promise not to infringe on users’ privacy and we have a very potent mix indeed. “Lately we’ve seen more and more proof that what just a few ‘conspiranoids’ like myself were alerting years ago is now unfortunately becoming true: the war to control the Internet is being won by corrupt governments and corporations,” Soto tells TorrentFreak.“We believe that the most powerful weapon we have in this important battlefield is Free Software. Constructing search engines, P2P servants, robots and what not, and releasing them all under a free license that lets everybody read the code, modify it, and replicate it, is a way to give control back to the people.”The end result is two products. The first, called Torrents Downloader, is a no-nonsense torrent client with built-in search and freely available source code. It has no adware, no third-party software ‘additions’, and at v0.1 is just beginning its life.“We are trying to make the most streamlined Bittorrent client, one that everybody would feel comfortable with. We realized that too often, we engineers tend to build software that we love to use but our moms would hate, and we want to change that!” Soto explains. The second product in the Spaniard’s offering is almost certainly going to cause chaos. Soto and friends have secured one of the most desirable domain names (torrents.com) to launch possibly the most important torrent site (torrents.fm) in recent memory. The team have not only created a great product, but unlike the vast majority of other torrent site operators they are not hiding away. They are proud of their product and ready to stand by it – no matter what.Torrents.fm-30 million torrents so far and looking good.“We’ve been fighting for what we believe is right for almost 15 years. I received my first multi-million lawsuit from the majors six years ago. We will keep defending ourselves, and so far we’ve won on every court decision,” Soto says.“When dealing with those organizations, you can’t avoid being harassed, but you can avoid losing the legal fight. Moreover, we’re open to sustainable partnerships with content companies but not to being controlled by copyright conglomerates that are merely protecting dying, legacy business models.”The indications are, however, that Soto will indeed find himself in a head-on collision with Hollywood and the major labels. His torrent site is not only beautifully presented (Soto says his team comprises the most talented designers and coders he’s ever met), but also indexes tens of millions of torrents linking to every kind of content imaginable.Indexing every type of content available,Courtesy of the spanish goverment. “Our robots are crawling everything, they discover new torrent sites on a daily basis. Some have a small number of magnets, others have vast amounts of torrent files. Either way, we work to make everything easily findable. We just surpassed the 30 million files mark and we are rapidly growing,” Soto explains.So how will Soto and his team make themselves less of a target? Most importantly the site will remove links to unauthorized content within the parameters of applicable law but Soto says that being tough is equally important.“In the past we have found that by doing the right thing, and fighting every legal attack, not surrendering to injustice, are the only ways to endure. Sooner or later, every industry that believes they can make a living from litigation ends up eaten by their own business model,” he explains.For the entertainment industries, learning from the lessons of the past would be a good place to start, the Spaniard says.“History repeats itself. In the past, some of today’s biggest money makers for Hollywood were enemies but they put down their weapons and subsequently made money together, like the infamous fight between broadcasters and cable companies, who now make billions of dollars together. We’re open to talks but we will continue to defend the open internet for society’s sake,” he concludes.Torrents.fm can be found here and test pilots for Torrents Downloader should head over here.Source:http://torrentfreak.com/most-important-torrent-site-in-years-to-take-the-internet-by-storm-131219/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonar Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 What? its not blocked by Virgin Media? WOW - lets see how long it lasts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefa Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 What? its not blocked by Virgin Media? WOW - lets see how long it lasts! :lol: BT not blocked (yet) neither.Wont be long im sure :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackieo Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 KAT is king in my universe, however its always nice to have an alternative, Thanks ! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockstar_26 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 + 1 for KAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasbridge Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 (edited) I have never heard of the Foofind search engine. Has anyone here used it? Edited December 20, 2013 by rasbridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtmulc Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 So, now that linking to copyrighted material is illegal, how long before linking to a page linking to copyrighted material is illegal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugatme Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 After dl'ing a few files it knocked out my internet connection. Had to restart the router and uninstalled it, not necessarily in that order lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariacanet Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 http://www.elmundo.es/tecnologia/2013/12/19/52b30f8822601d5f378b457c.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locoJoe Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Giving a test drive...rides smooth and gets good mileage. Thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locoJoe Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 (edited) Giving a test drive...rides smooth and gets good mileage. ThanxIm too quick for the forums...lolThe administrator has limited the number of new posts you can submit within a short time frame. Please wait 16 seconds before replying or posting a new topic. Edited December 21, 2013 by locoJoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefa Posted December 21, 2013 Author Share Posted December 21, 2013 Giving a test drive...rides smooth and gets good mileage. ThanxIm too quick for the forums...lolThe administrator has limited the number of new posts you can submit within a short time frame. Please wait 16 seconds before replying or posting a new topic.Lol no probs it rolls smooth for me to :) Enjoy :showoff: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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