@frostycab This happened to me. Might not answer your question exactly.
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Torrent A exists - 7 gig, btw - popular in its day.
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Someone makes Torrent B - exact same 7 gig files as A, except, added 1-2 new files, a few meg.
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B drives out A, somehow. I'm not sure. (Maybe they posted both & got A cancelled somehow? I don't know.)
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B dies out. No seeders.
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I still have A, 7 gig files. I find out about B. I can switch to B & reseed it for others. BUT - first I have to get B - not its main 7 gig, which I have - but only its dumb extra 1-2 files.
In other words, I have 99.9% of B & would love to reseed & spread it, but I can't until someone else reseeds.