May 02, 2009 by sharky
With over 20 (and counting) Nordic trackers that have either willfully gone offline or removed all of their torrents, it comes as a complete surprise as to why any new torrent tracker would want to be connected with Sweden. It would appear that brand-new SwePred.org aims to be such a tracker, but it isn’t without controversy. The revolution has begun - or is this just another beginning for a tracker already doomed for the same demise as its predecessors - evidently only time will tell.
Some skeptical Swedes are suggesting that SwePred (translated to English here) is nothing more than a scam to collect information on torrenters, given the fact that opening a new Swedish tracker is an extremely risky proposition these days. Even trackers that are hosted outside of the homeland (but Swedish-owned) are not exempt from liability, as the location of the server is completely irrelevant. Others suggest it’s all just an elaborate hoax.
SwePred discussions can be found here:
- • https://www.flashback.info/showthread.php?t=904726
- • http://swebits.org/forum_trad.php?id=72662&sida=1
However, early images suggest SwePred is a legitimate tracker as seen below - although there are no torrents listed on the site as of yet.
Even if SwePred is what it is - one forum member wrote, "They took quite clear water over their heads when they tried to create a new tracker in such a short schedule they had. Certainly well APB (AntiPiratByran) will send an email as soon as they get the chance to tell them to remove all .torrents… I am too skeptical of nearly all trackers now."
Apparently beta-testing of the tracker is already under way. To get invited, aspiring members need to supply a ‘proof’ consisting of a profile link from Swebits, Swedvdr, PirateBits, ScT, TTi, SCC or TorrentBytes before even being considered for an invite - and have uploaded 500 GB with a ratio of 1.0 or higher (on one of the above trackers).
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