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Also, when lots of people will start to use it, it will be possible for them to cache files.. so you don't even have to wait for them to download the torrent.

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That's exactly what btaccel used to do — http://www.btaccel.com/ . They seem to be gone now though.

I think btaccel became Torrific (http://www.torrific.com).

So they're storing files on their servers and selling access to those files ... hope they have good copyright lawyers.

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