Torrent Site Boasts 3 Billion Downloads November 07, 2007
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As copyright crimes go, downloadable torrent files of movies, music and TV programmes is way out there in the lead and at its head is Mininova, the Web’s most important torrent site.
The site has just passed the 3 billion download mark since its launch in January 2005, boasting 3 million visitors and 10 million downloads every day. Most of which is illegally copied CDs, ripped DVDs, video games, TV shows etc. etc.
Despite the blatant illegality of much of the content, Mininova exploits certain legal loopholes and so far has managed to avoid the trouble The Pirate Bay [briefly] found itself in.
Speaking to TorrentFreak, Erik from Mininova said he thought they would hit 3 billion faster and claims 4 billion downloads should be passed within the next 4 to 5 months.
Right now there are over 543,000 torrents up for grabs and the most downloaded torrent is Episode 17 of Heroes at 2.43 million.-Martin Lynch
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Torrents are not blatantly illegal in the same way as Google returning links for "free copy of vista" are not blatantly illegal.