@WikiDude said:

Get a dumb enough lawyer & you can sue a goldfish.

From what I read, they don't know the identities (yet) of most of the users, only some of the staff/moderators. They're all listed as "John Doe ###"

The problem I think they're going to have is that in many parts of the world outside of the USA, the laws aren't absolutely insane, so even if someone making a legal claim has a date/time stamped IP address record, most other parts of the world will recognize that having an IP address may prove the subscriber to the internet service, however it does not identify the end-user of the device.

Especially in the days of home WiFi systems, is is realistically possible that the end-user of the device used for the infringing activity could be pretty much anyone who has ever been at or even near the service address of the internet subscription. For this reason, it just baffles me as to why the USA seems to be one of the only places in the world where you do not have to prove the identity of the end-user, and the service subscriber is the one on the hook, for no other reason than they are the one named on the internet service account.

In Canada, a copyright holder absolutely can hold the service subscriber responsible for the damages, however in order to do this, they must prove that the service subscriber was aware of the infringing activity on their internet service, AND that they failed to take the necessary actions to stop the infringing activity. This is where our notice & notice system (as it is called) comes in.

A copyright holder can send a notice to the service provider, who then forwards the notice to the service subscriber. The subscriber then has a certain period of time (48 hours if I'm not mistaken) in which to ensure that the infringing activity has ceased. It is only after this notice is delivered to the service subscriber, AND the infringing activity does not stop that the service subscriber can be held responsible (even if they are not the person who engaged in the infringing activity) as the proof of the delivery of the notice, combined with proof that the activity has not stopped is sufficient evidence to hold them accountable.

@Dracula975 said:

Might be nice if a Mod could create a new .Org thread, and move all the new lawsuit posts to that thread. Then maybe merge all the .Net posts without the .Org stuff. Totally up to the staff, but makes sense to me.

Fork created. The discussions of .net and .org are now separate threads.

@Dracula975 I just forked the topic to separate the discussion of .net and .org into two different threads

@OKCancel said:

@Pandaster94 You can ask him to upload a torrent. He can get first upload bonus points (600 I think) and you can then say thanks and give upto 250 sees points at a time. Never tried if a user can thank and give seed bonus multiple times on the same torrent.

Yes. You can thank and leave SBP on a torrent as many times as you'd like.

Just be careful about asking for things though, as we have a blanket policy that requests for content are not allowed anywhere on the site.

@raphjd Yes. I doubt any of their Canadian users will end up getting named due to the way that laws work in Canada, especially thanks to TekSavvy in the case of Voltage Pictures Inc v TekSavvy Solutions a few years back. The trouble with Canadian users is that it has now been established and is recognized that an IP address alone is insufficient to prove that the end-user of the device used is in fact the account holder, so they're not likely to ever get the identity of their Canadian users. That's just one of many issues that have been established when trying to identify a user by IP address.

@gehgeh That all depends on what you've downloaded and shared on the site. They're currently under legal siege and are not likely to ever come back because of it.

@dereksarte There is a way to switch between the two for now

To see the new site:

https://www.gaytor.rent/setproxy.php?v=develgt

To see the original site:

https://www.gaytor.rent/setproxy.php?v=live

@dereksarte Given that we're in the process of rolling out a new site design, this is not likely to get fixed, as it's just going to get replaced with an entirely different layout.

@Kandor It looks like you're in a low ratio state. When this happens, the system will only allow you to download two torrents at a time. It looks like you already have 2 active leeching torrents. This is likely your issue.

@raphjd I don't know about on stealth VPN, as I don't generally need to use it, but I know that most server locations that they have I'm able to easily crank at LEAST 100 mbit symmetrical through them.

@chuckBKK said:

@MrMazda Not sure if this issue is related, but when I try to use QTM, the categories are garbled as well. Thus, I can't upload manually nor via QTM.

This is a side issue. The issue with QTM is that recent site upgrades have broken the current version. We are working on rolling out a new version that will work with the new site.

As for the picture issue, I have been able to duplicate it for the purpose of submitting the necessary bug report to get the issue fixed. In the meantime, this function should still work on the old site layout. You can find the old site layout here:

https://www.gaytor.rent/setproxy.php?v=live

Then, when you want to change back to the new site layout again, use this link:

https://www.gaytor.rent/setproxy.php?v=develgt

@VONCROFT16 I don't know about free, but I have been using PrivateVPN from PrivateVPN.com for a really long time now, and I've never had an issue. They not only support stealth VPN, but they also support port forwarding, which is critical for using our tracker properly.

@VONCROFT16 Yeah... It sounds like your provider is using some high grade DPI that inspects the full URL and/or looks at the user agent string on the HTTP request to identify that it is a P2P request, rather than just a regular web request. The only way I know of to get around such a DPI restriction is to use a VPN that has a stealh firewall as well, so it can scrub a lot of the information that DPI uses to determine traffic and slip by under the radar

@ianfontinell Because DPI can see the full URL, thereby seeing the passkey in the URL, which identifies it as a torrent related request, rather than just a standard web request.

@VONCROFT16 Ahhhh... Your ISP likely has a more complex DPI system, which they are using for DNS request interception. You may need to use a stealth VPN to skirt around this issue.

@VONCROFT16 After some testing of that part on my end, it would appear there's some kind of freaky redirect issue going on for some torrent clients.

You should be able to get around it either by turning ON the SSL tracker in your profile, then downloading the .torrent file again, or by manually adjusting the tracker URL in your torrent client.

Try changing the beginning from:

http://tracker.gaytor.rent:2710/

to

https://tracker.gaytor.rent/

This will likely resolve the issue you are having.

The other possibility is if it's not an SSL redirect issue, the VPN provider you are using may be imposing port restrictions on port 2710, which is not uncommon, as this is the most common port for HTTP based torrent trackers.

@VONCROFT16 I just noticed that the link I gave you is for the SSL tracker, and the announce URL you provided is for the plain tracker. Try this link:

http://tracker.gaytor.rent:2710/stmdd

Does this link do the same thing, or does it work as well?

@VONCROFT16 Hmmmm... This is strange. This means your actual PC is able to reach the tracker's back end, however for some reason, your torrent client is not. Are you using the same VPN location/session as you're using for the torrent client that is not connecting?

@VONCROFT16 I use PrivateVPN from PrivateVPN.com

They support Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. They also have a strict no logging policy, so if someone approaches them with a legal request to disclose your information, they can honestly respond by informing that person that they cannot disclose information they do not have.

As a bonus, they also support port forwarding of one port on all server locations, except for the locations that forward ALL ports. If your provider uses a high grade DPI to try to intercept or otherwise kill VPN traffic, they also offer a stealth option so that you can fly under the radar of the DPI and go about your business anyway.