All around the internet, groups of media fans are hunting for and curating some of the best movie, music, and TV collections anywhere. And they're doing it all via BitTorrent. Verge contributor and Lowpass writer Janko Roettgers takes us into the world of private torrent trackers, where some people are saving culture and some people are just in it for the flicks.<a href="https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/1027614/torrent-movies-file-sharing-download-piracy/">Torrent Underground</a>

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