{"id":77059,"date":"2024-05-18T09:01:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T09:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=77059"},"modified":"2024-05-18T09:01:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T09:01:43","slug":"french-torrent-giant-yggtorrent-goes-private","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=77059","title":{"rendered":"French Torrent Giant YggTorrent Goes Private"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"yggMost of the larger pirate sites serve a global audience, but many countries have their local favorites<\/a> too. In France, that\u2019s YggTorrent<\/a>, Ygg for short.<\/p>\n

The torrent site is not a typical torrent indexer. Ygg sees itself as a community instead, one with a dedicated tracker, something that\u2019s quite rare these days. The site was founded in 2017, to fill the gap left behind when T411 shut down<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With millions of monthly visits, the site also made it onto the radar of rightsholders. Hollywood\u2019s MPA recently listed YggTorrent in its annual overview of the most \u201cnotorious\u201d piracy portals<\/a> and in France, the site has been under increasing pressure.<\/p>\n

YggTorrent had several domain names blocked by French Internet providers in response to a court order, and streamlined blocking procedures are in place to pave the way for follow-up blockades. Meanwhile, the site\u2019s operators also remain in the crosshairs. <\/p>\n

Ygg Goes Private<\/h2>\n

Thus far, Ygg has managed to stay online, but its operators have just taken a drastic measure which they hope will alleviate some of the pressure. Users who try to access the site are now presented with a login screen, instead of the standard torrent site homepage. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Speaking with TorrentFreak, YggTorrent says that the aggressive blocking action in France is the main reason behind this decision. By operating away from the public eye, in addition to a responsive takedown policy, they hope the pressure will fade.<\/p>\n

The site has always blocked American visitors to appease the major U.S. rightsholders, but apparently that wasn\u2019t sufficient.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe decided to make the site private for the moment and to have a DMCA department that is more responsive than before,\u201d YggTorrent says. <\/p>\n

\u2018Pirates Can\u2019t Pay\u2019<\/h2>\n

The torrent site notes that it receives a lot of false removal requests and these will continue to be ignored. However, legitimate takedown claims are now processed regularly to appease rightsholders. <\/p>\n

While YggTorrent is making concessions, the site\u2019s operators believe that the aggressive blocking actions, including administrative blocking orders, will do little to increase the revenues of copyright holders.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not understand the madness behind these blockades,\u201d YggTorrent says, adding that many people simply download content because they can\u2019t afford it. Blocking a website doesn\u2019t mean people can suddenly pay.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccess to culture has a price, if people don\u2019t download it, they simply won\u2019t watch most of it,\u201d YggTorrent notes. <\/p>\n

Action, Reaction<\/h2>\n

At the time of writing, YggTorrent registrations are closed, but the site\u2019s six million registered users can still get in. Registrations are expected to open up again in the near future, however. <\/p>\n

In a way, YggTorrent\u2019s decision may amount to a limited ceasefire. The question is whether rightsholders will see it the same way, but the torrent site cautions that more blocking efforts will only lead to more savvy pirates. <\/p>\n

Earlier this month, a survey by French anti-piracy agency Arcom showed that many people are already aware of circumvention tools such as DNS modification and VPNs<\/a>. If blocking actions continue, YggTorrent expects this awareness to grow.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they continue to abuse their power of blocking, people will put in place solutions to overcome the blockades, and these solutions will become mainstream over time, a bit like decentralized finance which is gaining more and more ground.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cAs we say in French \u2018action, reaction\u2019,\u201d YggTorrent concludes.<\/p>\n

From: TF<\/a>, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.<\/p>\n

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