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Originally Posted by rlauzon
Sorry. Can't find any. All the ones I see are based around the "made available" argument (as in "they made files available for others to download").
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The usual method for downloading files like that tends to be through the use of peer-to-peer protocols like Bit Torrent.
The whole point to Bit Torrent is to reduce load on host servers. When you download a torrent file, the torrent points to a tracker that maintains a list of seeds (sites with the complete file) and leechers (sites getting the file). Your bit torrent client contacts other sites listed by the tracker and initiates communication. At the same time you are downloading parts of the file you
don't have from peers that have them, you are
uploading parts of the file you
do have to other peers that need those parts.
This qualifies as "made available for others to download"
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Dennis