YourBittorrent

YourBittorrent
YourBittorrent Homepage as of June 2019
Type of site
BitTorrent Search Engine
Available inEnglish
OwnerUndisclosed
Created byUndisclosed
URLyourbittorrent.com
CommercialNo
RegistrationOpen[1]
LaunchedJanuary 2003
Current statusOnline

YourBittorrent is a file sharing website founded as myBittorrent in 2003, the new site yourBittorrent is the result of a split in ownership in 2009. The site is a torrent tracking website for the P2P BitTorrent network. As such it does not host files, but hosts information about the location of these files in an indexed torrent file.[2] These torrent files are read by a client located on an individual's computer.

YourBittorrent uses automated software to search the Internet for host file information and does not actively oversee what is indexed in its database. With a lack of oversight, the site hosts some torrents which allow users to access software, movies, music and other items under which are under copyright and thus illegal to distribute publicly,[3] though the files themselves remain on other servers. Illegal trackers are removed by the site when a request is made by a legitimate party.[4]

  1. ^ "YourBittorrent - Signup". Archived from the original on 2022-11-24. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  2. ^ "Slyck News - myBittorrent Expands Lineup". slyck.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Poisoned Torrents Plague Mybittorrent - Slashdot". slashdot.org. 26 September 2005. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  4. ^ "YourBittorrent - Legal". yourbittorrent.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.