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Re: Upload files using torrents to your personal space with Put.io

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Post by digitalengineer »

sunsetandlabrea wrote: post #17
bryanh wrote: post #5

Careful with the .io domain, though I've never heard of them shutting down a startup over content, their rules do state: No .IO domain may be used, directly or indirectly, for any purpose that is sexual or pornographic or that is against the statutory laws of any Nation. The "laws of any Nation" could be a rather onerous clause one hopes never gets called upon. It has happened for .ly domains...

I own the putio.com domain and they approached me when they first launched to buy it, presumably to redirect to put.io but maybe because of these rules.

So either they didn't want to pay what you asked or you've got your own plans for putio.com?

Re: Upload files using torrents to your personal space with Put.io

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Post by aam1r »

salman89 wrote: post #3

So what happens when copyright holders see a bunch of put.io IP addresses connected to the bit torrent swarm? Or will it be a game of whack a mole? Just interested in the general legality. I suppose no one can really monitor the downloads from random sites like megaupload... will sites like that begin to actively monitor and disable downloads from services like these (as they circumvent the ads)..?

I am wondering the same thing.

Another thing to consider is the scenario that copyright holders start going after Put.io like they did for Megaupload. If they were to get their hands on the database, they will have a record of exactly what each user has downloaded/shared. I wonder what that would mean for the user in terms of legalities and may be even penalties?

Re: Upload files using torrents to your personal space with Put.io

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Post by aluhut »

li-ch wrote: post #10

In fact, Xunlei, the download software that has most users in the world, does a much better job for a much lower price (10GB for 15 USD per year). But you have to be able to read Chinese... http://vip.xunlei.com/freedom/lixian.html

I'm ok with the free account on put.io.

I use torrent only for foreign tv shows. They are not that big anymore. 1gig will be enough because I don't plan to store the stuff.

Re: Upload files using torrents to your personal space with Put.io

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Post by jaimebuelta »

StavrosK wrote: post #30
jQueryIsAwesome wrote: post #20

I really hope you are not trying to reach the spanish market... because "Putio" sounds way too much like an spanish slang word (hard to explain, lets says its a verbalized version of what in english would be "b*tch"). Something similar happened with "webOS" and every spanish forum were making jokes about it.

What's the joke about WebOS?

Pronounced in "regular Spanish" will sound like "huevos" (literally eggs, but, in slang, testicles)

Re: Upload files using torrents to your personal space with Put.io

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Post by StavrosK »

jaimebuelta wrote: post #46
StavrosK wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the joke about WebOS?

Pronounced in "regular Spanish" will sound like "huevos" (literally eggs, but, in slang, testicles)

Ah, I see, thanks. I didn't catch the pronunciation initially.

Re: Upload files using torrents to your personal space with Put.io

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Post by jaimebuelta »

shanelja wrote: post #25
jQueryIsAwesome wrote: post #20

I really hope you are not trying to reach the spanish market... because "Putio" sounds way too much like an spanish slang word (hard to explain, lets says its a verbalized version of what in english would be "b*tch"). Something similar happened with "webOS" and every spanish forum were making jokes about it.

In which way is Putio similar to Puta other than that they both start with the same three letters? The pronunciation is completely different, Puta is pronounced 'pooh - ta' where as Putio is 'put - eye - oh' or if pronounced by a native spanish person 'pooh - tee - oh' (in which case the 'tee' would be pronounced extremely quickly.) I honestly believe this is a false concern. Source: Lived in Spain for 2 years up unt…

Putio could be pronounced very similarly to "Puto", which is a swear word in Spanish. It can have different meanings depending where you are, but in Mexico it can be used directly as an insult.

Re: Upload files using torrents to your personal space with Put.io

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Post by prezjordan »

highace wrote: post #36
bryanh wrote: post #5

Careful with the .io domain, though I've never heard of them shutting down a startup over content, their rules do state: No .IO domain may be used, directly or indirectly, for any purpose that is sexual or pornographic or that is against the statutory laws of any Nation. The "laws of any Nation" could be a rather onerous clause one hopes never gets called upon. It has happened for .ly domains...

Startups needs to think twice when they decide to use a .io domain. .io domains aren't top level domains like .com, .org, or .net. They're ccTLDs - country specific domains - like .co.uk, .us, or .com.au. Io is the local domain for the Indian Ocean states. Unlike the TLDs, and a handful of the early ccTLDs, Google doesn't treat .io as a global domain - it treats them as domains specific to the Indian Ocean. This mean…

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Re: Upload files using torrents to your personal space with Put.io

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Post by phpnode »

rainboiboi wrote: post #42

I don't understand how they made the service so blazing fast so much so that the moment I pasted a magnet link in, the next second I could direct download from it.

deduplication. Likely someone else had already downloaded that file so put.io just serves you the copy they already have.
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