@encardium said in Upscaled content:
It doesn't seem to be an upload rule that you can't upload upscales right now, so the first order of business seems to be that the rules should be changed to allow downscales for people who don't wanna spend the bandwidth, but it should be against the rules to upscale.
Then you still can't detect em all, but it is fair to warn users not to post upscales.
Another thing you can do is make people declare whether the torrent post is a rip at the original resolution, downscale or upscale, and if they submit with upscale selected you just eat their submission and time them out. ( you don't just want them to go back and lie, so giving them a 3 week freeze on download and upload will probably make the point)
So first a comment about the technology we're all using here: This (GT.ru) is a torrent TRACKER, not a FILE SERVER. The server (at GT.ru) never - EVER - gets the actual files in question. The server (GT.ru) ONLY ever sees the torrent files themselves (tiny little files with checksums about actual files that are on other people's computers!)
Ever wonder why they depend on USERS LIKE US to detect & report duplicates? If the files were ON the server, it'd be a simple matter to compare them. But this ain't that...BTW: If you see something that's duplicated (and the file size is within 10% of the original), report it as a DUPE. However, if you already HAVE a file, and you just happen so see it uploaded again, only BIGGER... well, I'm afraid it has to be "Let the buyer beware"... There is no reasonable way to expect the Staff (or the server) to be able to detect that!