What Is Sea of Torrent?
The term torrent is used to describe a Web-based method of distributing and receiving files that allows faster access to more data than other methods. Sea of Torrent is a website designed to facilitate the exchange of torrent files; however, the site is not operational as of January, 2011.
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History
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The Sea of Torrent website has been maintained since February 24, 2009. The server was changed once since the site was launched, and it has been operated from one Internet Protocol, or IP, address. The location of the IP address is Scottsdale, Arizona, and the website was operated through GoDaddy.
Function
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The website was set up to allow visitors to register and exchange torrent files. Such files commonly contain popular movies that are usually found on digital video discs, or DVDs; music files; and some software files. The advantages of exchanging movies and data via torrent files includes greater convenience, speed and less cost. However, uploading and exchanging copyrighted files or movie files is illegal.
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Theories/Speculation
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Exchanging certain torrent files carries long-term implications to industries such as film making, as well as potential legal issues related to copyright infringement. Sea of Torrent may be down because of impending legal issues, or simply because the owners have decided to no longer run the site. Little information is available about the status as of January, 2011.
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