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@cinemacapman As I understand it, a new torrent is only a duplicate if there's an existing torrent "with at least one seeder." Duplicating a dead torrent with an identical new one is not a duplicate, if that terminology makes sense.

Uploading a new sort-of-duplicate-of-something's-that-dead has the advantage that it will show up at the top of the search listing, whereas resurrecting a dead torrent by re-seeding it will not. This will expose (!) the new torrent to users who have joined the site since the dead one was posted; such users might not have found the dead torrent otherwise.

I will occasionally upload a new torrent with older material if I think it's of significant value that might be overlooked by other people. I don't do this often, and again, only for something that I think would be of great value to people.

(Sometimes I also take older material and convert it from less popular formats like .flv or .rm, and/or join multiple smaller files into a single file. The torrents resulting from these things would not be considered duplicates even if the source torrents were still live.)

So, I don't think it's necessary to report a new torrent that replaces a dead one, even if the dead one is still in the system. A user could conceivably abuse this process* by uploading a bunch of new torrents, but if other users choose to download the material, perhaps it's a benefit rather than abuse.

• I tried hard to think of some quip connecting torrent abuse to self-abuse, but I couldn't. I need more coffee.

@dilemmax said in Vanishing torrents ...:

If your torrent is report [taken down], please check to see if people are still downloading. Continue to seed please!!

I would underscore this. Even if the tracker software doesn't give upload credit for this seeding, we've all had the frustration of not being able to complete a download because other seeders have evaporated. If you're connected to another peer when the torrent is deleted, the connection with that other user will stay active (at least that's been my experience).

@djsoapbubble said in Vanishing torrents ...:

the 1-star rating ogre

That little brat doesn't deserve attention. When I'm stumbling through the torrent listings and I see one with a single rating and it's one star, I'll sometimes give it a five star rating just for fun...and bingo! The average rating is now three stars.

There are indeed some rather carelessly posted torrents...things titled "Hot guys have sex" with no pictures and a file name like skrjgsghs.mp4. That might deserve one star, but I think most people put some degree of care into their torrents (some obviously more than others) and it's disrespectful to slap one star on that. I especially appreciate members whose English is rather weak, but they still make the effort to post on here.

In a world where people shoot at us in bars or, in some countries, lock us in jail, we can at least be nice to each other online.

@vanman said in Copyright Enfringement - Information:

everything shared is copyrighted

Yes. That's right.

It was produced by someone who has given permission to reproduce or share

Really? I doubt that.

Seriously man.

I won't presume to speak for brother @ianfontinell, but I believe he is serious, accurate, and correct.

At the risk of repeating myself, I really think that we've beaten this topic to death. Before posting another item here, may I suggest that the Gentle Member re-read the preceding 200 posts, and then consider two things:

• Was my question already answered?
• Will my new post add anything to the discussion?

I think the bottom (!) line is that people upload torrents, and moderators are sometimes forced to remove some of those torrents. It has always been that way, and always will be. It's inherent in peer-to-peer file sharing.

I am thankful for members who upload things, and I am thankful for moderators who keep the site safe and available for all of us.

In the mean time,

There's a lot that can be (and has been) said, but @frostycab's admonition to avoid this stuff like the plague is very good advice.

Rather than write a long essay here (which is always my temptation), let me propose a few factoids:

• A website's certification that "all our models are 18+" isn't reliable. Websites are in the business of selling content, and these statements can be nothing more than marketing devices.

• mike18.com can be found on the internet archive "wayback machine," with listings starting in 2005 and ending last year. I don't have any information on why the website disappeared, but if "Mike" was 18 in 2005, he'd be 36 now, and not likely to be featured in that site's content.

• If one's computer is searched by law enforcement, and questionable material is found, it is not a defence to claim that one relied on a website's certification. While it is not possible to determine whether a model is 18 or 16 simply by looking at a photograph or video, police officers tend to be cautious and do an arrest if they have "probable cause" to believe that some material might feature under-age models.

• While the maxim of the law in first-world western countries is that a person is presumed innocent of criminal charge until found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law, in practice it doesn't work that way for child abuse, child pornography, or drink-driving. In those kinds of cases, even well-intentioned and well-informed jurors will presume guilt unless there is a proof of innocence. It isn't supposed to work that way, but this is what tends to happen.

• It is ultimately each person's responsibility to curate their own porn collection to eliminate the possibility of under-age material. There is material on this site--and many others--that I would not be comfortable keeping on my computer. That is not a criticism of this site--it's just a different perspective. Other torrent and tube sites have a variety of approaches to this topic. One torrent that I know site will only list material from Very Big Studios that have too much money at stake to risk using under-age models. I also recall a tube site hosting material, mostly home-made, that is often very questionable. I don't know where they're located or how they stay afloat.

• The bottom line, though, is not, "how do I stay out of jail?" Our concern should be "how do I not exploit young boys/men?" A 15-year-old who is paid a few dollars/pounds/euros to wank on camera might look like he is giving consent to the act, but he isn't able, at that age, to fully appreciate the consequences of his actions. He is being exploited for profit and/or gratification. Even though we might not be holding the camera or paying money to view that performance, we are still participating in the exploitation.

OK, I confess to having written a long essay despite my stated intention otherwise. But these are important issues that need our careful attention.

@Rotron-0 said in 1 Star Rating Troll:

Can someone please do something about this person?

If you click on his name, and then the three dots in the upper right for a pull-down menu, you get a magical option:

This doesn't stop feces from being posted, but at least you won't need to smell them.

For the record, @lololulu19 sent me a PM saying

what legal issues/actions? I have seen ZERO legal issues/actions

To which I responded,

I've never seen a leopard. That doesn't mean they don't exist.

I don't think I'm the one being inane.

@lololulu19 said in Other private trackers?:

Pornography is considered to be obscene

No. This statement is false. Use your search engine of choice and put in "is pornography obscene" and you'll get a lot of hits. (Hint: Pay particular attention to the three-part test in Miller v. California.)

you will not find a single case in which someone was successfully sued for copyright infringement of pornographic content

I haven't looked, and I don't intend to. Even though I've spent a lot of time in Africa, I haven't found any tigers. That doesn't mean that they don't exist.

Give this one a rest. If you want attention, go to your local shopping mall and have a wank in the food court.

How do I get a taste test?

@bear1989 I appreciate your question--I wish more people provided thumbnails with a multi-file torrent. I use Auto Movie Thumbnailer https://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Others/AMT-Auto-Movie-Thumbnailer.shtml

@blissful1011 said in How to download specific file from a torrent:

how do i get more peers

The peers are other users who are seeding the torrent. In some way that I don't fully understand, your torrent client negotiates with the tracker (at gaytor.rent) and hooks you up with other seeders. You won't necessarily be connected with every other seeder. I don't know if there's a way to get the tracker to connect you to more seeders...perhaps another user can chime in.

These questions go away if one is careful with vocabulary. "Gay, bi, & straight," as colloquial terms for "homosexual, bisexual, & heterosexual," refer to what people a person is generally attracted to. These terms are generalised categories that don't fully describe the variety of sexual attraction.

The four behaviours you mention are that--behaviours, or activities. They may bring pleasure and/or revulsion, but they are things people do. Psychologically "straight" men can experience pleasure when their prostate is stimulated by a dildo, a strap-on, or a penis in their rectum (as we find in lots of "gay" porn). Having said that, many such men can have a socially-conditioned dislike of those activities. (Putting this in colloquial language, a guy can enjoy getting fucked in the ass regardless of whether he's gay or straight.) Similarly, psychologically "gay" men can experience pleasure when their penis is stimulated inside a vagina.

As for "sodomy:" This is a legal term, but there is no crisp definition. The traditional definition in law is "unnatural sexual connection." This has been fine-tuned a bit in recent decades to "oral or anal copulation between humans, especially those of the same sex." (Note that this definition would cover oral sex between a married male-female couple. People are often surprised at this.) In the US, sodomy (however it is defined) cannot be prosecuted if performed by consenting adults in private. (See Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003])

Is heterosexual sex outside of marriage sodomy?
Is heterosexual sex which employs contraceptives, sodomy?

If one considers these activities to be "unnatural," then they would be sodomy. Few prosecutors would follow that path.

(It is worth noting that extra-marital sexual activity is not criminalised in Europe or Canada, but is a felony is some US states. It is rarely prosecuted.)

@vmalar Please re-read what I said, and I'll also try to simplify it for you: There's a big difference between a parent who circumcises a child without his consent, and that child who grows up to be a circumcised man.

I think the parent was wrong to enforce this upon the child. While this might fall under the category of child abuse, it cannot be compared to the holocaust.

But the guy who was circumcised is not wrong. He had nothing to do with the decision, and he has a right to enjoy his sex life--and his penis--to the fullest. Telling him that he is defective and mutilated serves no purpose.

@Fennekin said in Site changes 7 March 2022:

... So by removing that [request] section, you've essentially killed the forum.

@kalayaan said in Site changes 7 March 2022:

@Fennekin "Killed the forum" is a little bit stretched, don't you think?

Forum death started several months ago with the new software, making things clumsier, deleting topics, etc. Anyone keeping metrics would have seen a sharp drop in participation.

There are lots of forum topics that you can go to.

Yes, but fewer now than before the redesign...or if they're still live, it's very hard to find them. Many disciplines follow the maxim "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Software--and especially web--designers seem to take an opposite approach: Once they get something working, they redesign it.

@urx585:

He lied about being underage to get his videos deleted.  And it worked – you can't find them anywhere anymore, even on GTRU.

...

If he distributed sexual videos of a minor, he would have been prosecuted for child porn.  He was never prosecuted.

The fact that he wasn't prosecuted doesn't mean he didn't commit a crime; it only means that if he did, he didn't get caught.

That being said, there have been many situations where somebody (or their attorney) claims that porn is "under-age" because they want it suppressed from release–Thierry Pepin comes to mind.  That tactic rarely works, because once's something's out on the Interwebs, it's there forever.

At the same time, I can appreciate websites that, out of an abundance of caution, choose not to facilitate access to material that _might  _be under-age.  I don't know if gt.ru "punishes" the uploader of such material; anyone can make a one-time mistake, especially if the content isn't on the "banned" list.  In this age of home-made videos, it's hard to know if a "model" is under-age.  But if there's a somewhat credible cloud of suspicion about a given video, it's best for websites–and users--to stay far away from it.  Even an unfounded accusation of "child porn" can be very damaging to institutions or individuals.

@scatslut The display you get depends on the client you're using. I use uTorrent, and let's say I get a display like this:

This shows green because the torrent on that line is still active; a dead torrent would show red. But the things to look at are the Seeds and Peers columns:

• This one shows 13 seeders present, although I'm not connected to any of them because I've finished downloading what I want. If you still want to download material from a torrent, this number will need to be something other than zero. If it shows zero, the tracker won't hook you up with a seeder, and you won't be getting any data from them.

• Similarly, it shows 10 peers (also called leechers) present, and I'm connected to three of them. This means that 10 users have not yet fully downloaded this torrent, and three of them are connected to me, able to get data from my files. If the torrent is deleted by the system, I might still be connected to some of them and be able to send them data, but I don't think the system gives me upload credit for that. You can also receive data from other leechers--if they have data that you don't have.

• If the client shows that you're not connected to any seeders or leechers (0 in both columns), then you won't get any new data. Depending on the torrent you might have some complete files, and maybe some semi-useful partial files...but that's it.

I hope this helps.

@parcelhuse I like to swallow it as it shoots from the tap...but I thought the video was worth sharing. It's a send up on the "Slap-Chop" infomercial from a few years ago, that had the wonderful line, "you're going to love my nuts."