BitTorrent Goes Trackerless: Harder to trace illegal downloads
Filed in: Technology — May 24th, 2005
BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen has eliminated the need for Web site hosting of centralized servers known as “trackers” in the latest beta version of the peer-to-peer software. These servers coordinate the BitTorrent download process and have been a key resource for antipiracy units in identifying people downloading and sharing copyrighted material.
The change may cause problems in shutting down the illegal online distribution of software and content, according to the Business Software Alliance, an industry group.
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From BitTorrent official site:
When generating a torrent, you can choose to utilize the trackerless system or a traditional dedicated tracker. A dedicated tracker allows you to collect statistics about downloads and gives you a measure of control over the reliability of downloads. The trackerless system makes no guarantees to reliability but requires no resources of the publisher. The trackerless system is not consulted when downloading a traditionally tracked torrent.
Thought:
It may be a good news for publisher and bloggers who want to share their home made videos. However, how many percentage of BitTorrent seeds are legal video? 
