Upload files using torrents to your personal space with Put.io

Link to those rules: http://www.nic.io/rules.html

I own the putio.com domain and they approached me when they first launched to buy it, presumably to redirect to put.io but maybe because of these rules.

Startups needs to think twice when they decide to use a .io domain.

.io domains aren't top level domains like .com, .org, or .net. They're ccTLDs - country specific domains - like .co.uk, .us, or .com.au. Io is the local domain for the Indian Ocean states. Unlike the TLDs, and a handful of the early ccTLDs, Google doesn't treat .io as a global domain - it treats them as domains specific to the Indian Ocean. This means you're immediately at a disadvantage at being found by your target market via a google search (unless they're specifically searching for your brand).

So while you're more likely to get a common-word .io domain, and they have the obvious relation with technology, if your start up is going to be relying on search engine traffic or might be dealing in a slightly grey area, you should probably just save yourself the bother and go for getX.com or Xapp.com, where X is your website name.

There appears to be a HTTPS version of the site, but it's not asking for it by default/redirecting from HTTP: https://put.io/register/BASIC

I didn't build the app - just submitted it to HN. Feedback is valid nonetheless.

Thank you for the heads up. Fixed immediately.

Most likely put.io will receive any DMCA-notices and will have to comply with these and take down the offending files to remain legal?

I used to operate a tor exit-node and my hosting provider wasn't really interested in whether I was infringing or not; If the data looked to be going to my server, I was responsible so in the end I had no option but to operate as a non-exit node. Put.io will most likely be hosting their own data (or in the cload), so this might not be an issue.

I am wondering the same thing.

Another thing to consider is the scenario that copyright holders start going after Put.io like they did for Megaupload. If they were to get their hands on the database, they will have a record of exactly what each user has downloaded/shared. I wonder what that would mean for the user in terms of legalities and may be even penalties?

This is their DMCA policy

https://put.io/dmca

I'm ok with the free account on put.io.

I use torrent only for foreign tv shows. They are not that big anymore. 1gig will be enough because I don't plan to store the stuff.

I love put.io app, and thank you as an avid user! One thing would be nice to know: you mention its open source?

{Another thing that would be nice to know is a set of fat rss feeds, but I'll reserve that question for elsewhere.. hint hint}

That's what it looks like to me, but other people here seem to be pretty enthusiastic about it. If it's not just a seedbox, ca someone explain it to me?

Without the seed aspect I'd imagine. I could be wrong though but seems kinda pointless/risky for the company to actually seed.

lel how new can you be #lesarcasmface

I find it intriguing and sad at the same time.

This annoyed me, too.

yeah… cool kids learn their french-mixed-up-with-latin and know that media is plural and use the correct "les media"

:)

You let the service download the slow torrent over night and then use a fast download from their servers to transfer it to your computer. This way you don't have to have a running computer in your room all that time.

One reason is that these services provide a much better upstream/outbound connection than most consumer ISPs.

deduplication. Likely someone else had already downloaded that file so put.io just serves you the copy they already have.

My (unique) passwords are always more than 25 characters, and it really irks me when websites place maximum limits on the length.

Worse still is when they don't even tell you about the maximum limit, so you paste your 25+ character password in, fire the registration form off thinking everything is fine, only to find they'd only taken the first 10/15/20 characters and the full length password you gave them doesn't work.

Fixed, sir. All the passwords are hashed and salted, btw. No worries.

do you work for them much?

In which way is Putio similar to Puta other than that they both start with the same three letters?

The pronunciation is completely different, Puta is pronounced 'pooh - ta' where as Putio is 'put - eye - oh' or if pronounced by a native spanish person 'pooh - tee - oh' (in which case the 'tee' would be pronounced extremely quickly.)

I honestly believe this is a false concern.

Source: Lived in Spain for 2 years up until 7 months ago, spent months there at a time previously.

Us hispanic people should pronounce it in English("Pout-ai-ou"), same with webOS("web-ou-es"). Only moronic people Makes jokes on things like this.

On the other hand, Colors is something that UX/UI designers should take more seriously: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_symbolism

What's the joke about WebOS?

While I agree with the word similarities, and that it will surely be "translated" or used in Spanish with the alternate sounding words, I disagree that it's necessarily bad. It may in fact turn out to be an advantage, especially within a bit-torrent using group of people. Funny translations will give it mind-share… at least initially. Surely not in the business world, but by using torrents, that was already a given, IMO.