Bolt_Gundam510 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 by Ernesto In real life, aXXo is just an average American teenager, but on the Internet he’s a celebrity, with over a million people downloading his DVDrips every month. The search term “aXXo” is among the top searches on every torrent site, and even anti-piracy organizations use his name to trap people into downloading fake torrents. We had the chance to ask him a few questions, and find out a little more about him. For those of you who never heard of aXXo, he is responsible for hundreds of DVDrips that find their way to millions of PCs around the world. Most of the rips are 700MB, made to fit on a single CD. Some have criticized his preference for single CD rips because of the inferior video quality, but most pirates agree that he does a great job. Earlier this year aXXo temporarily stopped uploading movies because axxotorrents.com was trying to profit from his name. After a few weeks that site went down, and aXXo continued releasing DVDrips.Most of the time it is impossible to track down the source of DVDrips, especially with people from “the scene“. But aXXo is not a member of the scene, and although was not very talkative either, he was at least willing to answer a few questions.TorrentFreak: What motivates you to share these movies?aXXo: Not everyone can afford $8.50, or whatever it cost’s these days, to see movies.TorrentFreak: Don’t you think that ripping and uploading these (copyrighted) movies is wrong?aXXo: The movie industry loses only 1% of its yearly profits, in a multi-BILLION dollar industry. I think the people who can’t afford movies deserve to be entertained just like more privileged people. TorrentFreak: Are you alone in this, Or do you get help from others?aXXo: I have help, I could never do this alone of course.TorrentFreak: What do you think of sites that (mis)use your name, like axxotorrents.com?aXXo: They can go to Hell, we are here for the community, and will never ask anything in return. TorrentFreak: How can people tell if the torrent is not a scam, or a fake torrent? aXXo: aXXo torrents will never be a RAR archive, and the torrents will always contain 3 files.TorrentFreak: Where do you get the movies, and do you use scene releases as well?aXXo: …TorrentFreak: Okay, perhaps this one is easier to answer. What is your favorite BitTorrent site?aXXo: I like TorrentBox.TorrentFreak: Anything you want to add to this?aXXo: Just a quick note: I have been hearing cases of the people being tracked by downloading fake aXXo torrents, so please be careful! If you’re not sure if it’s legit, DONT DOWNLOAD.TorrentFreak: Thanks!aXXo: You’re welcome. Source: Torrent Freak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I'm sorry, but before this interview I never even heard of aXXo. Hardly the most popular DVD Ripper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus_Hunt Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Heard of him quite a few times.... and I visit Torrent sites very less... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erRor67 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I'm sorry, but before this interview I never even heard of aXXo. Hardly the most popular DVD Ripper.Go to Isohunt and look at the top 20 highest searches... Go to piratebay and search for axxo and check out the # of people seeding the torrents. Hell, just look at the number of torrentsThat being said, I never heard of him either. :)But after I read this, now I see him everywhere. I guess I just never paid attention to it.That, and I dont download dvdrips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnDnsane Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Ive known about him for a couple of months. & I can say his work is excellent!!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JunkInternetMail Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 If you're not a douchebag kvcds are great for a quick solution to sharing movies with families and friends...They play on almost any dvd player and are quite watchable...most times equal to or just a little less in quality than good old VHS tapes.Guys like axxo deserve respect and all of our protection... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I very rarely download films unless there from aXXo :) his uploads are always high quality (on average 700 mb) and never have problems burning to disc or while watching :D We should all thank the people like aXXo and nSane for their contributions :dance2: Thank You All :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Can Fix IT Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I'm sorry, but before this interview I never even heard of aXXo. Hardly the most popular DVD Ripper.yeah bruh... you need to pay more attention to the road while you're driving, okay. this isnt a flame, my way of flaming is to ignore youI'm telling you you need to watch yourself. if you've been downloading a lot and haven't seen or should i say noticed axxo. then thats a really bad sign that your observation skills need some improvement, or you just may find yourself in serious trouble. then again. I suppose it matters what your downloading, i suppose there is the off chance that every single thing you've downloaded was something that axxo had nothing to do with, but considering you are here. i find that hard to digest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeNace Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 aXXo rips are awesome :sneaky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 I'm sorry, but before this interview I never even heard of aXXo. Hardly the most popular DVD Ripper.yeah bruh... you need to pay more attention to the road while you're driving, okay. this isnt a flame, my way of flaming is to ignore youI'm telling you you need to watch yourself. if you've been downloading a lot and haven't seen or should i say noticed axxo. then thats a really bad sign that your observation skills need some improvement, or you just may find yourself in serious trouble. then again. I suppose it matters what your downloading, i suppose there is the off chance that every single thing you've downloaded was something that axxo had nothing to do with, but considering you are here. i find that hard to digest.That's because aXXo doesn't encode H.264 rips. I only download rips from a particular private bittorrent community that offers those rips.I don't need to watch myself. Pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashad Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 aXXo torrents rox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudeboy2025 Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 I second rashad although I barely get his torrents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mivanx77 Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 aXXo is the man... FIght the Power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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