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is it worth seeding for internet archive files? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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from what i've heard internet archive torrents are automatically generated but does it speed up downloads for others or is it just another alternative form of download? (i like more niche archived vhs things so often times the stuff i like isn't popular anyway). just curious, really. i also donate straight to internet archive because i think they're worth it but it was just a late night thought i had and was curious.

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[–] 14 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Definitely useful for helping prevent content from being taken down. Torrents remain searchable through DHT but without seeds they're just clogging search results

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    thanks; most of the time i try to get the torrent and keep it seeding but i found a copy of unfabulous that i went through renaming through qbittorrent only to discover it was stalled and i didn't want to go through the trouble of renaming again because it was late and i was tired. maybe i'll try again tomorrow just to get it up (i downloaded the raw zip straight through ia)

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    If you're talking about downloading the same file twice, you can also pause the torrent, put the finished file in the folder it would be downloading to (make sure it fully matches, same name) then right click the torrent and select "force recheck" to make your client see it has it already

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