HBO messing up BitTorrent downloads of Rome

10-07-2005, 10:30 AM

DIY News writes "HBO is actively poisoning the BitTorrent downloads of the new show Rome. In addition to an older tactic of offering bogus downloads that never complete, HBO is now obstructing the downloads offered by other people. HBO runs peers that tell the tracker they have all the chunks of the show, but then send garbage data when a downloader requests a chunk. While the bogus peers can be detected, it will take much longer to download shows."

Charlie5x5 · 10-08-2005, 12:09 PM

arg! i dont watch that show but i rely on bittorrents for The L Word. I hope other networks dont get the same idea.... [img]graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

10-07-2005, 10:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
TrineX Guest Posts: n/a	DIY News writes "HBO is actively poisoning the BitTorrent downloads of the new show Rome. In addition to an older tactic of offering bogus downloads that never complete, HBO is now obstructing the downloads offered by other people. HBO runs peers that tell the tracker they have all the chunks of the show, but then send garbage data when a downloader requests a chunk. While the bogus peers can be detected, it will take much longer to download shows."

10-08-2005, 12:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
Charlie5x5 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,172 My Profile	arg! i dont watch that show but i rely on bittorrents for The L Word. I hope other networks dont get the same idea.... [img]graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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