YourBittorrent

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. 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, though the files themselves remain on other servers. Illegal trackers are removed by the site when a request is made by a legitimate party.