VIPeers Intoduces Free BitTorrent Hosting
Written by Ernesto on November 03, 2008Today, VIPeers has launched a new and totally free BitTorrent hosting service. With VIPeers, everyone can easily share large files up to 5 GB with as many people as they wish, without having to seed it themselves. The service can be best described as a mashup between one-click hosting sites like Rapidshare and BitTorrent.
Although millions of people use BitTorrent on a daily basis, only a few are actually publishing content. When someone wants to share a large video file or a couple of photo’s, Rapidshare and similar file hosting services are often preferred.
With VIPeers this might change, since it is one of the few sites that makes it really easy to share files over BitTorrent. The service eliminates the need to create a .torrent file, add trackers, and seed the file - stuff people often find cumbersome. All you need to do is use the web based uploader, point to the file you want to share on your computer, and VIPeers takes care of the rest.
VIPeers Web-uploader
The whole process works very intuitively, and even people who have never heard of trackers, seeds or peers will be able use it without running into trouble. When the file has been uploaded to VIPeers, it will show a list of sharing options, including a direct link to the .torrent file. You can send this link to the people you want to share the file with, or upload the torrent file to any other BitTorrent site if you don’t mind making it public.
In addition, VIPeers offers “widgets” for blogs, forums and other websites to make it even more easy to share files. The other option is to include a link to the download page, which also has a direct download link, and a link to download it via Podmailing.
VIPeers’ Louis Choquel told TorrentFreak that he has seen the highest speed with BitTorrent downloads, especially when more people are downloading the file. Another advantage of using BitTorrent is that the torrent can live on indefinitely. “The duration of hosting is limited to a maximum of 3 months. But after that, we continue tracking the torrent so that the swarm can live on and enable people to continue downloading it, even though it’s not on our server anymore,” Choquel said.
Overall I would say that VIPeers has succeeded in making BitTorrent more accessible as a publishing tool, and a 5 GB limit is much more than most of the competition offers. Also, not having to seed a file can be very convenient. The only downside to the service is that you’ll have to sign up in order to upload files. VIPeers is currently invite only, but TorrentFreak readers can sign up with the invite code TORRENTFREAK888.
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64 Responses
Very very cool…
but how long are the anti-piracy scumbags going to ignore this?
thanks for the invite code as well.
Cheers!
http://www.eZee.se
Sounds too good to be true.
What´s the catch?
I wonder how long until this service is abuse. People might use VIPeers to help seed their uploads by uploading to there first, then to a tracker site.
But I applaud them, one more company that is embracing P2P.
Interesting. I see the form wants your real name. That does make me a bit suspicious. Obviously I faked it. LOL
I just registered using torrent freak’s invite code. I made some tests:
There is not 1, but 2 diffrent seedboxes.
The direct downlaod links, downloads the file from diffrent ip than the seedboxes i got in utorrent. So the file is on three diffrent places, which is good ;)
“stuff people often find cumbersome”
That would include everything requiring you to do anything ..
This sounds really good, except I rely on rapidshare because torrent is blocked where I am, so if everyone switches to this, I’ll be fucked… :(
Interesting. I see the form wants your real name. That does make me a bit suspicious. Obviously I faked it. I just put in my social security number. That´ll show them! LOL
I think you meant Introduces in the title.
Sounds awesome i wonder how long till riaa says people upload movies to it.
Checked out the service using the invite code, not bad at all.
Alarm bells did go off when i saw “first name” and “last name” but entering garbage values is accepted :)
My guess is this will start of free, then become like RapidShare and MegaUpload.
Its worth noting that this is legal even in the US because One-click hosters (and i’m guessing this is what it falls into) are protected by the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act under U.S. law.
The problem is, doing a quick search on google you will see that anti-piracy organizations have taken 1 click hosters like rapid share to court and there is an on going case against them.
Although they dont have to police all their users uploads, once they are informed of infringing material they HAVE TO take it out, which translates to broken downloads at times… which means TPB is still your best bet to upload stuff that people cant take down (TPB legal page anyone? :D )
Simple to use though, even silly uncles and aunts (admit it, we all have them) should be able to download once we upload and send them the link.
Another thorn in the MAFIAAs side/ass…. lovely!
Cheers!
http://www.eZee.se
@6
The easier you make something, the more people will join in on doing such a thing. Don’t you agree?
Roze
This wont last long
Megaupload just got obsolete.
There HAS to be another downside… do they log ip addresses of the users? Remove all illegal uploads? Will it be a lot of ads later? They can’t do that for free without any downside, unless there is someone that already has a lot of money that owns it, like RIAA. Seriously. Give us the whole story, this is just an ad. Cmon, digg a little.
Trying to upload a 1gb file(to test the network).It has YET to finish uploading in an hour.
It fills my pipe(425kb/s) but then will not SUSTAIN THE CONNECTION
This service is shit
Yeah, initial seeding for torrents then once the torrents self serstaining it doesn’t matter if it gets removed.
For example, most of my ups pull about 40 leachers in the first 30 minutes give or take the popularitty of the torrent is a factor aswell.
Trying to cater for this on 256 up just doesn’t work. I don’t care if it gets deleeted after a day - so long as it’ll help me out i’m not fussed.
This does have the potential of being a rapidshare alternative.
*creates an acc, just in case*
its not working for me right now
“Wrong response from the authentification server (502)”
There is nothing like a free meal. Bandwidth is not free, we will have to introduce a premium service someday down the line. But there will always be a free service.
Thanks to BitTorrent, lots of files can be downloaded by lots of people for “free”, so the free service will remain great anyways.
Until we build the premium service, though, it’s all fully free, so enjoy it :-)
Louis, VIPeers.
VIPeers is a fantasy site LoL
How big HDDs they have ? i don’t think they have 1000000TB to keep data for long time lol.
As i mentioned above, VIPeers is a fantasy site, will remain 3-5 months maximum, then running away ;)
and specially holding copyright material, MPAA/RIAA WILL F**K VIPeers deeply due to saving copyright materials on their HDDs ;)
As Copyright companies contact VIPeers because of copyright material, i am very sure VIPeers will give all his users information ( including IP address ) to copyright companies to save their @ss, so it’s not worth to use their service and give your IP to VIPeers ! ! !
VIPeers try to invent something new and much safer not to bust ur @ss.
I am currently uploading a 700 MB file to VIPeers, or at least trying to. Bandwidth is not free, I agree, but when I can´t even UPLOAD at MY full capacity, this service won´t last long. 160 kb/s? You gotta be kidding me!
@19
Idiots like you are why we are having these “OMG BANDWIDTH DOOMSDAY APPROCHES” by ISp’s.
Bandwidth is fucking CHEAP.
There is no “end” to bandwidth nor is there running out of bandwidth.
If you offer a service even if it is free(in this case a startup) it better be fast and saturate my pipe or you can forget about me and alot of other people even bothering to look at your service again.
whats the stance on copyrighted material?
how do they pay the bills??
Im sure they remove infringing material if requested by the “owner” of the material since they host it but its kinda smart as it wont realy do mutch if theres a swarm started.
Like Rapidshare but alot more future proof, alot more speed (until they get greedy and cap everyone not paying or stuff) and versatility.
They will go after it for sure, their going after any technology or means of spreading and sharing digital things no matter if you own them, fair use or whatever..
The Dinosaur needs to die and make way for the new age that a whole industry or several infact forgot or missed out on adapting to, thus we (piwates, torrentfreaks, tv show addicts, computer nerds, regular people with internet etc.) adapted and made the change we wanted AND needed that the guys in suits hauling cash ignored and admitted to ignoring until it was too late.
The damage is done, several generations “do this” and they want to “do it” because “it is the way” to do, get and collect stuff.
Its the industries idiotic ignorance and impotence that caused that problem and they have to live with it!..
Thick headed Dinosaurs will never understand that, they will create their “own” networks and channels and drive forth their ideas and point of views even though Internet users already made up their preference several generations ago!
You cant just turn back time and change everything because you missed consumer change and technology advance.
How long will certain industries be immortal and protected from natural deaths caused by stupidity, ignorance or greed?..
Music will always exist, movies will always exist, games will always exist because they have since the beginning of the ages.
Let the dinosaur die..
yea i SUCK at english and good luck to you Americans on the election soon! :)
RIH BUSH! Torturing piece of scum..
All righty… 700 MB uploaded in 65 minutes. Not good.
Direct download @ 3.5 MB/s. Very good. (That´s about as fast as it gets with my connection.)
DL via torrent: 2 seeds within 60 seconds, 800 KB/s down. Great.
Now let´s see how long the file stays up… ;)
Tried with a 35MB zip with pictures in. Uploading took two attempts, but both the DDL and torrent seem to be working perfectly. Only problem was that it added a random string in front of the torrent file.
mininova has a featured part of the site, seems to work very well and seems anyone can do it
well just tried it, got 1.2KBPS download speed from a torrent then the server left :/
also the torrent has DHT set to private, so if and when they get a take down notice they’ll most prob remove it from the tracker too, and with no DHT its dead -.-
by the looks of the speed its already getting hammered into the dark ages
though i do wish them luck!
and enable DHT!
how can i add thepiratebay tracker to my torrents ?
@ dave: don´t post nonsense please.
DHT is enabled by default and NOT “set to private”. Probably because DHT cannot be set to private. It´s eiter enabled or disabled.
Get your facts straight.
has anyone figured out whether this service can be used to seed to private trackers which require a passkey?
are you able to specify your passkey or manually edit the torrent before distribution?
even if you can’t, still an awesome service. it would really shine as a private tracker seed-box option though.
I’ll give it a shot. ;)
VIPeers is running under french law.
No, thanks…
Only geting boring error messages ( using NAT and routers )
Wrong response from the authentification server (403)
Service fails
Only geting boring error messages ( using NAT and routers )
Wrong response from the authentification server (403)
Service fails
Sounds nice, i mean, we can now upload mods and legal stuff without creating a private tracker.
I just hope they will fix the upload issue that some people are experiencing.
Why french law is bad for file sharing?
Wooooo.. another site for uploading tons of warez!! :)
To #37 : hadopi is your friend.
@38 - The French were the first to surrender to the RIAA’s 23 Strikes policy”. They give in too quick to anything. history has proved this time and time again. I guess it’s just in their nature.
3 strikes sorry.
I have to agree, this law is just evil, hopefully it will be rejected (since it is not voted yet)
But remember, US gov did passed an evil law on copyright too (1998 : The Mickey Mouse Law)
But eh, this is another story ;-)
Very interesting but will they hand over IP logs ect , just to save there own asses?
We have seen the issues some people are having when uploading and found the culprit on our server.
A fix is in the works.
Thanks for your feedback.
@ #45 / Louis Choquel
Anytime, that´s what guinea pigs are for. ;)
Hope you fix that “adding a randon string from the filename”-thingy too.
When one uploads “example.file”, and the torrent then reads “gmpn7Ssb_example.file”, that´s just not cool. Especially since the file adopts that string too…
The Lord : “@38 - The French were the first to surrender to the RIAA’s 23 Strikes policy”. They give in too quick to anything. history has proved this time and time again. I guess it’s just in their nature.”
You dumbshit - have you heard of the French Revolution buttwad? Thanks to the French your living in democracy you ignorant dipshit.
Why don’t you stop regurgitating redneck Yankee views that came about because the French RESISTED (ie. didn’t give in) going to war in Iraq, Cletus.
Neat, thanks for the code. :)
When i try to install the java i get an error message saying somthing about the MSI file being corrupt
I have Windows Xp Sp2 but i dont know what the problem is does anyone else?
Copyrighted material aside, this site seems to implement an interesting idea. Bittorrent is a good way to spread your personal files if you want to control the distribution (and your connection allows it), and most trackers have a different specialization. With a fast seed as a bonus this site has a potential of becoming a good alternative to the aforementioned one-click hosting sites.
PS. The upload applet worked properly only after restarting firefox…
#47 /nef
i am sure it is not a mistake, and could be a trick that makes the service harder to abuse (in some way?)
LOL, Enjoy it while it last! Rest assured the Anti Piracy Scumbags wont let this go on for long unchallenged.
Jiff
http://www.Ultimate-Anonymity.com
yeah, i wonder who pays the bills…
ermm.. my pg2 doesnt allow me to connect to vipeers.com.. :S
Interesting concept! I signed up with the invite code provided, thanks!
French laws !!! escape ! fuyez!!!!
ty for the code.
not to look a gift horse in the mouth but..
why does pg2 have vipeers.com on its block list?
It’s free, but seems to be based on Amazon S3 service. The same 5Gb limit, direct download and torrent. Look @ peer hostname. Honepot sponsored by RIAA?
LOL @ DMCA statement:
“This page describes the information that should be present in these notices. It is designed to make submitting notices of alleged infringement to Google as straightforward as possible while reducing the number of notices that we receive that are fraudulent or difficult to understand or verify. ”
Victim of copy/paste. In some areas, this could be considered stealing…
I did some asking around…they run on amazon s3. So they pay less than 15cents per gigabyte per month. They pay their bills with advertising.The uploading kinks are being worked out, will be better in 1-2weeks
download via torrent doesn’t work. I see three peers but no connection is established.
maybe because I’m firewalled .. shouldn’t happen though.
@61 try with our Podmailing client: you will get an http seed in addition to the BitTorrent seed, and that should work better behind firewalls.
IS ANYONE ONLINE ?
here is a rapidshare account finder. finds acounts ! its totally FREE and hasnt been invalidated yet!
http://rapidshare.com/files/190323284/rapidshare_...
enjoy!
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