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I can't stand Torrentfreak for their sensationalist, tabloid, hypist style. They LOVE to title like this, did so many times in the past, and then you find out "in Spain" or "in Germany". Things like this are why I often wish online advertising never happened and nor did anything else where pageviews are considered more important that truthful, accurate and honest sharing of information. </rant>

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Spain and Germany are hardly insignificant countries.

What you mean is "it's not in the US, and if it doesn't mention a country, I immediately think it's the US. I feel like an idiot for doing that, so I'm going to rant."

I wasn't suggesting the story doesn't matter since it's in Germany, but rather that on an international website, the national context helps and should be in the title - even if the nation is the USA.

No, that is not what I mean. The internet is international so if country-specific things happen, one should be upfront and not vague.

And before anyone goes on some "you silly US american" rant, I am from Europe.

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