isoHunt blocks American users
p2pnet news | MPAA News:- isoHunt has disabled access from US users until further notice.
“This goes for ALL trackers (torrentbox, podtropolis) we run,” isoHunt states, going on:
This is due to the US’s hostility towards P2P technologies, and we feel with our current lawsuit brought by the MPAA, we can no longer ensure your security and privacy in the US.
So, if you’re outside the US, you may notice less peers. We encourage you to add other public, unhampered trackers to torrents you post, in addition to Torrentbox and Podtropolis’s trackers.
But isoHunt isn’t alone in the battle with the MPAA, says Torrentfreak, going on:
Last month TorrentSpy, another site named in the MPAA lawsuit blocked access to US users on their site.
However, the takedown of IsoHunt`s trackers will have an even bigger effect on the BitTorrent community worldwide, especially because TorrentBox runs one of the biggest public BitTorrent trackers.
As mentioned by the Isohunt team, this means that users outside the US will see less peers connected to their torrents which may result in slower download speeds.
Stay tuned.
Also See:
isoHunt – US users blacklisted from trackers — Spam Runs, September 24, 2007
Torrentfreak – MPAA Takes Down IsoHunt`s BitTorrent Trackers in the US, September 25, 2007
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September 25th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
this will affect bittorrent slightly, at best. we adopt and adjust and those torrents will be uploaded to different trackers.
September 25th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
In utorrent under the preferences, you can change the IP address that is reported to the tracker. Anyone want to point me in the direction of a list of Non-US Ip’s I can use?
Thanks,
Liam
P.S. I know some trackers disregard that flag, but it’s worth a shot
September 25th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
I recommend using Tor (The Onion Router) and Privoxy. These will sometimes connect through non-us endpoints therefore allowing use of sites that block U.S. internet addresses. I have been able to download and use torrent files doing this.
September 25th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
List of proxies is available at:
http://proxy.org/cgi_proxies.shtml
September 25th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Or better yet, proxies that are separated by country…
http://proxy.org/proxies_sorted.shtml
September 25th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
On another note, it looks like Demonoid has also been shut completely down here in Canada. BURN IN HE;; CRIA!
http://torrentfreak.com/demonoid-shut-down-by-cria-070925/
September 25th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
behold…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Anonymous_file_sharing_networks
September 25th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
dont use TOR for bitorrent!!!!
September 25th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
The title is very misleading
Isohunt.com will remain fully functional to US users.
IsoHunt’s owner Gary Fung also owns “tracker sites” like Torrentbox.com. It is only these bittorrent TRACKERS that he is disabling to US IP addresses.
Isohunt is a web-wide indexing site, not a public BT tracker. Therefore, no changes will occur on Isohunt.