“Heroes” and “Prison Break” Torrents Tracked by MiiVi.org
Written by Ernesto on September 28, 2007The latest episodes of Heroes and Prison Break have been downloaded over a million times already. However, quite a few paranoid downloaders noticed that the .torrent files, apparently released by EZTV, were using the MiiVi.org tracker. A trap perhaps?
No, Miivi.org has nothing to do with the alleged honeypot project from MediaDefender which was hosted on MiiVi.com. On the contrary, the Miivi tracker is a project in part sponsored by The Pirate Bay and other BitTorrent sites.
Initially MediaDefender, an anti-piracy organization that has been known to run fake BitTorrent trackers, had plans to use MiiVi.com for their video download site, but those plans were canceled after we posted about it.
It’s great to see that the name “Miivi” is changing into something positive now. The BitTorrent community can use another stable public tracker, especially now TorrentBox and PodTropolis have restricted access to its trackers to block peers in the US.
MiiVi.org describes itself as a tribute to the fall of MediaDefender and was registered by the people behind MegaNova. The Pirate Bay runs tracker.miivi.org which is a public BitTorrent tracker and EZTV uses tv.mivii.org for their TV-show releases.
Isn’t it ironic?
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Cool!
I was reading the title and the few first sentences and was panicking, I am glad I read the rest before going on a trolling spree :/
You think that telling the general public before they did that would be in order. Btw When I started typing this comment I had someone else’s information already filled out for me
“Cartman” “dub.si@*******.co.uk”
big problem has any1 notised that mininova
aint responding very well
i cant access it at all a the mo
[quote comment="176368"]big problem has any1 notised that mininova
aint responding very well
i cant access it at all a the mo[/quote]
Mininova.org works fine over here.
mininova working fine for me
[quote]Mininova.org works fine over here.[/quote]
It goes up and down every once and a while. It was down for a little bit a bit ago, but it’s back.
Ah.. That’s great! I heard about this some time ago, but I was spooked when I saw “miivi” as the tracker. But of course you can’t go wrong when you are downloading torrents from the links on the EZTV site.
Oh.. And great article as always Ernesto. I’m amazed at the high editorial standard you maintain.
Yeah when I saw that MiiVi.org was hosting Heroes I was all “What the hell? The internet is what kept the Black Donniley’s(sp) going for a few extra episodes.”
i never quite figured it out.. what does MiiVi stand for?
It must be some sort of acronym..
“Media Is Illegal etc”
I’m surprised you have taken so long to report such old news.
I too am surprised that it took so long, I actually paid a visit here earlier this week when I noticed the name of the tracker. And nothing.
But Google is our friend, so it only took 5 minutes to be reassured.
“High editorial standard”…..Ernesto…..PAH!!! If you call printing speculation and hoping its true then you’re right. Granted he gets the occasional story correct (like this one, thats been public knowledge for some time). As a rule he is full of shit!! I’m not your usual flamer, but I’ve had enough of his garbage and people buying into it. Before you believe anything on this site, check it out.
Its a shame as when he’s not trying too hard, and posting hearsay as fact, Ernesto can be quite a good reporter. But he needs to learn that not everything he hears is true….but I think he knows that anyway….he’s just a gimp that loves the attention.
I would like to know exactly what you are basing that comment on. I suspect you are one of the people mad at TF because of the story about demonoid.
Miivi tracker is secure or not?
Secure. And this is coming straight from an EZTV admin :)
It’s not only secure, it is also hilarious ;)
Nothing against a little gossip or speculation if it is marked as such!
There was nothing wrong with the Demonoid article either, it didn’t allege anything for sure. Maybe people should actually read the wording before commenting prematurely.
Keep it up, Ernesto!
actually people should get all the facts before printing an article ..
or at least an *
[quote comment="176368"]big problem has any1 notised that mininova
aint responding very well
i cant access it at all a the mo[/quote]
Our servers can’t handle the increase in traffic on some hours so the site might be a bit slow now and then. We are working on it.
Ahhh…….
[quote comment="176602"]As a rule he is full of shit!! .[/quote]
[quote comment="176602"]Ernesto can be quite a good reporter[/quote]
You are full of something too, sir.
Inconsistency
miivi.org is registered with less than real sounding info to some dutch person, and the IP traces to the Netherlands, so I’d be slightly careful.
We know that Piratebay of course is in sweden..
The idea to ’sit’ on the miivi.org domain to stick it to mediadefender wasn’t bad, but to use it as tracker is a bit confusing I must say, but maybe it is confusing to the MPAA/RIAA too ;)
more propaganda spewed . took me a while to realize what torrent freak was designed for.its a physiological way to get people worked yup and to stop using p2p.very clever
I’d noticed when I started the Heroes torrent last week it was using a miivi tracker and immediately stopped it. Thanks for keeping us informed.
This was a bad idea. I wouldn’t use miivi. I laughed when I read that MD thought they could weather the bad press. maybe they were right.
sweet i was woried for a minute. lol
Whew! Imagine my relief! I now know that my illegal downloading can and will continue in relative anonymity!
I’d noticed when I started the Heroes torrent last week it was using a miivi tracker and immediately stopped it. Thanks for keeping us informed.
keeping u informed in fear u mean
[quote comment="176799"]Whew! Imagine my relief! I now know that my illegal downloading can and will continue in relative anonymity![/quote]
You can’t really preserve much anonymity if your name is attached to a comment now, hm? :-P
[quote]You can’t really preserve much anonymity if your name is attached to a comment now, hm?[/quote]
No, never…
– Vladimir Lenin
lucky for me, i’m in malaysia..
miivi.org is too confusing – and it allows miivi.com to “slip back in”. It’s a poor, poor, decision to use the .org version for any trackers.
Confusion, subject to .com injection at some time. Non-power users will brand miivi as good.
Non-power users would also type in miivi.com in browsers at some future time.
Media Defender must be LOL because the torrent society is actually building their reputation.
Sorry, it’s just a bad idea to use miivi.org
Can’t fucking believw people are still using mininova!
Learn how to spell right and use proper grammar, punctuation!
Poetic irony. :D
[quote comment="177308"]Can’t fucking believw people are still using mininova![/quote]
and i cant fuckng believe people still use windows!
Do what I do. I use my trusty iPhantom. What you don’t know what iPhantom is…. I never worry about any of this tripe. I have been using iPhantom since it was first offered. Other services were slow. Before this I used findnot.com. It was ok, iPhantom blows this away.
myBittorrent.com has decided to remove the MiiVi.org tracker from all torrents on its website.
The staff thinks it was a bad publicity stunt to register MiiVi.org and use it as a tracker. The whole decision to do so has caused a lot of confusion & fear within the community.
Hello people… has anyone actually noticed the front page of MiiVi.org?
MiiViNooVa
A tribute to the fall of MediaDefender
Open tracker without registration:
http://tracker.miivi.org/announce courtesy of the piratebay
Piracy is sponsored in part by:
SeedPeer, Torrentz.com, The Piratebay, Mininova, Mybittorrent, Suprnova, Snarf-it, Torrentportal, Monova, Worldnova, Bitenova, Torrentreactor.net, Torrentreactor.to, TorrentSpy, Isohunt, TorrentValley, EztvEfnet, Empornium, Litebay, Fenopy
Any tracker that blocks users from the U.S.A. Sucks ass and you LOSERS who run the tracker can Fuck Off Eat Shit and Fucking Die you fucking ASSCLOWNS!!! The Pirate Bay.org and MiniNova.org RULE the world when it comes to torrents!!!
MiiVi as in Tiivi (or TeeVee as I use it) as in TV or Television. It’s a ‘clever’ play on the the word TV, somehow making it ‘Mine’ or more personal.
I panicked a bit too at first, but then I googled the issue and was reassured. Thanks for looking out TorrentFreak!
I just read this article for the first time and I noticed that it perfectly illustrates whats wrong with the p2p community.
When I first saw the announce url I, too, had to look twice, noticed the .org and had a real good laugh.
But when I just read this:
“…quite a few paranoid downloaders noticed…”
I finally made my peace with this site because apparently they really just don’t know any better.
WTF means paranoid? Suddenly it’s paranoid if you don’t wanna download a torrent that is tracked my MD!? (and I mean tracked as in the tracker is run by them)
I can only assume this was meant to be a smart joke of some sort. The problem is its not funny not even in a nerdy way. Its about as bad as it can get because misinformed and dumb p2p users use the words paranoid and conspiracy way to much these days and being misinformed or dumb is != being paranoid its probably somewhere near the exact opposite.
I had fun the last 3 days on this site but honestly Ernesto you are about as clever as your average user which leaves me with the conclusion that all you guys probably deserve each other.
A Community Like This , Should Be Used To Its Full Potential .We Must realize What We have And Act As One Before Its too Late……
Stargate Atlantis S04E02 is also tracked by miivi.
is the miivi.org tracker down?
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^ What the phuck?
I can't believe you used the term 'paranoid users' …if you're not paranoid then you'll probably get caught, the best method in piracy is looking over your shoulder to see who's watching, fool.
Also, why are people still asking in comments about sites? Ever heard of http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/???
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