 YourBittorrent Homepage as of June 2019 | |
Type of site | BitTorrent Search Engine |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Undisclosed |
| Created by | Undisclosed |
| URL | yourbittorrent |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Open[1] |
| Launched | January 2003 |
| Current status | Online |
| Part of a series on |
| File sharing |
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YourBittorrent is a file sharing website founded as myBittorrent in 2003, the new site yourBittorrent is the result of a split in ownership in 2009. The site is a torrent tracking website for the P2P BitTorrent network. As such it does not host files, but hosts information about the location of these files in an indexed torrent file.[2] These torrent files are read by a client located on an individual's computer.
YourBittorrent uses automated software to search the Internet for host file information and does not actively oversee what is indexed in its database. With a lack of oversight, the site hosts some torrents which allow users to access software, movies, music and other items under which are under copyright and thus illegal to distribute publicly,[3] though the files themselves remain on other servers. Illegal trackers are removed by the site when a request is made by a legitimate party.[4]
- ^ YourBittorrent - Signup
- ^ "Slyck News - myBittorrent Expands Lineup". slyck.com. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ "Poisoned Torrents Plague Mybittorrent - Slashdot". slashdot.org. 26 September 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ "YourBittorrent - Legal". yourbittorrent.com. Retrieved 24 February 2015.