Torrents? USA?

Is it legal to have a torrent site in the united states?

 

Noways its illegal i suppose

 

look for some where like swedien stay away from USA lol.

if your looking to open your open torrent site their is torrent seed boxs avauable most placs.

TorrentFLux i think its called

 

what if the torrent is for non-copyrighted material?

 

Maybe u should read this blog http://torrentfreak.com/ it has updates regarding diffrent matters related to torrents

 

thanks. I will

 

I don't know the laws of US.
But torrent is the name of technology .
As I know, there are many opensource torrent project in sorceforge dot net .
And skype use the torrent technology to transfer voip data .
Why torrent site is illegal , I can't understand !

 

Torrent isnt illegal infact i think linux also uses torrent technology... But torrents are bieng used mainly for movies and stuff so therefore was refering to that part

 

Torrent itself isn't illegal.. its people who share copyright materials and makeit illegal. and Yes you can Share NON Copyrighted Material through Torrents.. Few Singers released their albums exclusively on Few Torrent Sites in Past.

 

(1)is good to hear that .
Torrent(technology and appllications) will go on and go .

(2)Video sharing site like youtube have such problems .
There should be a solution to work out such copyright problems .

 

it is not legal, and you can get in huge trouble

 

Alot of trackers are still based in the US and live off the "None of the files are hosted here" Stand point but that usually breaks down once the MPAA gets after you. Best thing to do is really go offshore in a country that will allow it (sweden, amsterdam) or don't start one at all.

 

Torrent sites are completely legal in the U.S.A. and you shouldn't listen to anyone who tells you different. People think they understand such laws, but they don't. However, the torrent tracker must be DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) compliant. Let me give you an example of DMCA compliance. You must provide a contact email address that a copyright complaint can be filed through somewhere on your site. This can be something like or whatever you choose. If a copyrighted file is shared and the copyright holder finds out, they can't sue you. They must first send an email to the DMCA address you specified with proof that they own the copyright and links to the infringing file on your site. You must remove it within a few days or else they might be able to take further action. I can't remember the exact deadline. For more info, browse through eff.org and look in the copyright law section.