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by Moter8 2655 days ago
The files are available up until they have been downloaded (from 1 to 100 times) or until a certain timeframe has elapsed (from 5 minutes to 7 days). See the screenshot at the article.
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We are working on a plugin for BitTorrent that will automatically re-upload a file to Firefox Send when the old link expires and then make the new link available in the torrent.
Why? Why wreck a good thing so no one else can enjoy it?

The torrent protocol is already there. Don't put that cost on the Mozilla Org.

I certainly hope that Mozilla can/will detect and punish this sort of abuse.
This is why we can't have nice things.