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Re: Database-less torrent website

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Enhance it with the fact you can lazy load sqlite query using HTTP Range as demonstrated in: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27016630

As the SQLite file is being downloaded vie IPFS it wouldn’t be a HTTP Range request. Does IPFS have the equivalent? (My guess would be yes as I believe it breaks up the file for distribution, but have no idea if it’s exposed in the IPFS.js api) EDIT: After a quick scan of the docs, I think you can do this (but I certainly don't know enough). With at least the "The Mutable Files API" which "is a virtual file system on…

It doesn't have to be range requests, you could split the file instead of depending on the range requests. Essentially it's the same as the chunking instructions for hosters who have a maximum file size as is demonstrated here: https://github.com/phiresky/sql.js-httpvfs/blob/master/creat...

Re: Database-less torrent website

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These projects while technically impressive and interesting, I'm sure wouldn't make much of a difference to copyright holders. I can imagine something like this: - Please take down our IP

- I can't because I am not hosting it

- But you are displaying it on your website, take your website down or filter what your website displays to avoid showing copyrighted material

And that's the end of it. It doesn't matter where the data is stored. It does matter, a lot, where the data is displayed. If your website displays illegal content, you're facilitating access so you're breaching the law. And, honestly, I'm not sure there's an easy solution to that other than using onion or I2P sites which are only marginally more safe against copyright takedown requests because, due to their very nature, they are obscure and difficult to access.

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