infiniter wrote:When it was was founded, which most of you wannabe mods and posters didn't experience, the most sources of movies were coming from ED2K network, because modern sources like Usenet, file hosters , Torrent etc. weren't simply not existing yet or were just starting. This doesn't make the rule that this is an eMule forum. Get it, finally!
No matter where the sources are, they should be posted. Everyone has the possibility to access torrents just like ED2K links. Even Usenet. So this is no discrimination of the users, it is their own decision what sources they use.
The rule, which is you must have an eMule source to be an "official" release, was in fact put in place by Rich and ghost, who were most certainly around when Rich founded FLM
The biggest change since the forum's founding is imo not the proliferation of sources, it is the advent of HD. If you want to post nzbs or torrents for BRrips that is perfectly OK.
The actual practice is that if a file isn't on eMule then people post its source URL (filehosts most of the time these days, also usenet or torrents) and someone here brings it to eMule, generates a link, and the release is now official. If the file is new to eMule the source URL usually gets left alone rather than deleted. Certainly if a file is impractical for eMule (e.g. an 8GB BRrip) the URL stays but noone expects anyone here to be able to reshare if the link dies.
You are making a big deal out of a relatively small issue.