News Post: A Primer on Torrenting

From Never Post by Charts & Leisure

April 2, 2026 · 39 min

About this episode

Georgia chats with digital piracy expert Aram Sinnreich about the complexities and controversies surrounding torrenting.

In the latest installment of Terms & Conditions, Georgia chats with author, professor, and digital piracy expert Aram Sinnreich about torrenting. Peer-to-peer file sharing isn’t new, nor is the legal controversy surrounding it. But what is torrenting? Why does it have such a marred reputation, and what role does it play in our online lives? – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for an ad-free version of the show and bonus content – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – News Links Vote for us at the Webby’s! The U.S. ban on foreign internet routers Explainer on the router ban Hachette pulls “Shy Girl” off shelves Meta loses NM lawsuit on child endangerment Meta and Youtube fined for creating addictive social platforms Judge demands DOGE deposition be removed from YouTube DOGE depositions are back online Supreme Court rules in favor of Cox Media in piracy suit – Terms & Conditions: On Torrenting Aram’s website Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is…

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Hosts: Georgia, Mike Rugnetta

Guest: Aram Sinnreich

Topics covered

torrenting
digital piracy
peer-to-peer file sharing
legal controversy
online culture

Keywords

torrenting
digital piracy
peer-to-peer
file sharing
legal issues

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