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OpenBitTorrent 
URL http://openbittorrent.com/ Slogan An open tracker project. Commercial? No Type of site BitTorrent tracker Registration No Available language(s) English Alexa rank 
405,912 (November 2011[update])[1]Current status Online OpenBitTorrent (commonly abbreviated OBT) is an open BitTorrent tracker project for the BitTorrent protocol.
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Description
OpenBitTorrent's initiative to provide a free, stable service with no ties to indexing sites or even hosting torrent files has been a huge public success and it has spawned several copies with almost identical services.
OpenBitTorrent has been suspected of being a part of or a side project of The Pirate Bay, because it was observed early on that both sites used the same trackers.[2] The OpenBitTorrent project has countered by stating that the sites merely shared a tracker cluster operated by DCP Networks and Fredrik Neij during a startup period (February through August 2009).
On May 22, 2010, the OpenBitTorrent tracker was shut down, although the site remains.[3] This was a result of a case against The Pirate Bay by many major Hollywood studios. Later the tracker came back online.
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External links
- OpenBitTorrent.com
- PublicBitTorrent - copy inspired by OpenBitTorrent.
- Coverage by TorrentFreak.com
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- BitTorrent websites
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