How do I make a torrent site of my own? I notice private trackers all seem to have similar interfaces so I'm guessing they're using some kind of open source software? I also don't want to get busted by the police or anything like that. I live in Canada.
get a good dedicated server in your country or somewhere in Switzerland and then get a torrent tracker script off of hotscripts.com set it up and wait for the cops to show up at your door with a $250,000 fine. It would be much better to just make a search engine indexing other trackers instead. Much less responsibility and liabilities.
um the 2nd part doesn't sound too attractive. canada's copyright laws are very lax. when pacific mall (the pirate's mall) is raided by the police, the maximum fine is 300 dollars for selling counterfeit items =S. Only 5 ppl have ever been arrested in such cases in our state. Would Canada be OK? What other countries?
Could be. I'm not sure about the laws in Canada, but I know the RIAA and the MPAA are forcing the canadian government to comply with their standards if they want to do business together....for torrent tracker creation, go to afterdawn.com and search "the pirate bay" and you will get a bunch of results on what they use, how they act, etc. and btw, from the news, aXXo, and maVen both got arrested in Canada, and got something around 1year to 2.5 years jail time.
lol alrite Canada is out of the question. But I want to just create a torrent search engine site. Not one where I upload the files. If I upload I've broken the law no question.
Put it in Russia. Putin and the Kremlin could care less about American corporate laws. My next project will be hosted there. Already did the research. If a software or music lawyer goes from America to Russia to try and sue or track down an owner, the Russian police will through the lawyer in jail instead, then, deport them.
They all use a skinnable open source script. Try searching for it on sourceforge.net Get hosting in sweden or better yet russia too and then wait for your site to get big and the FBI will start following you around.