Torrents

theblindarcher · **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:05 pm

Do you guys use em? And i my friend said you can easily be caught if they see you torrentting something is this true :shock:

CrimsonNuker · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 13791 **Location:**

Just read the comments of the torrents before you download them.

Wu · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 2521 **Location:** Around.

It's mostly scare tactics, and it's not illegal if you just use it for non-illegal content ofcourse.

Sylar · **Joined:** Mar 2008 **Posts:** 1571 **Location:**

i use torrents 24/7

NuclearSilo · **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:15 pm

if you are not living in US, you don't need to be afraid

theblindarcher · **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:23 pm

NuclearSilo wrote:

if you are not living in US, you don't need to be afraid

damn

Melez · **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:44 pm

Mostly for music, since I don't think I'm able to find and buy stuff that I like.
Also for games, not all though.

Toasty · **Joined:** Feb 2007 **Posts:** 2568 **Location:**

NuclearSilo wrote:

if you are not living in US, you don't need to be afraid

i've had a threatening letter sent to my house before for downloading some album, ignored it though and nothing happened.

(live in UK).

HardRain · **Joined:** Aug 2009 **Posts:** 172 **Location:** EURO

Torrents are the main source of everything for me. I use them each day, each hour, each minute. Even now.

Thomas42 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2009 4:17 pm

Torrentz are your friends. Friends are good. They understand you. They are kind. They can give you anything.

TheKnight · **Joined:** Apr 2009 **Posts:** 3067 **Location:**

Thomas42 wrote:

Torrentz are your friends. Friends are good. They understand you. They are kind. They can give you anything.

They didn't give me Photoshop

DumboDii · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 2961 **Location:** Finland

Torrents are best way to download something.

Toasty · **Joined:** Feb 2007 **Posts:** 2568 **Location:**

TheKnight wrote:

Thomas42 wrote:

Torrentz are your friends. Friends are good. They understand you. They are kind. They can give you anything.

They didn't give me Photoshop

Then you were asking your wrong friends.

Thomas42 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2009 4:23 pm

TheKnight wrote:

Thomas42 wrote:

Torrentz are your friends. Friends are good. They understand you. They are kind. They can give you anything.

They didn't give me Photoshop

I think I accidentally a PM.

theblindarcher · **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2009 5:30 pm

but cant they really catch you?

Mirosuke · **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2009 5:33 pm

theblindarcher wrote:

but cant they really catch you?

lol' i think its jsut illegal.
catch u? hmm i don't really know. i don't live in the US so..

theblindarcher · **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2009 5:49 pm

Mirosuke wrote:

theblindarcher wrote:

but cant they really catch you?

lol' i think its jsut illegal.
catch u? hmm i don't really know. i don't live in the US so..

lucky

im worried now lol

Wu · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 2521 **Location:** Around.

DumboDii wrote:

Torrents are best way to download something.

Nah, a good newsgroup can give you permanent 5-10 mb / sec downloadspeed on high quality content. But torrents are good anyway, if you are in a small closed community or download content from social people that actually seed.

On a sidenote, if you really like a game it's always good to buy it if the producers are good. Some producers really do deserve to have their game bought.

EA craps out new game after game, buying out smaller companies, but when a team really works on a game with heart and soul they deserve to get the money IMO.

DumboDii · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 2961 **Location:** Finland

theblindarcher wrote:

but cant they really catch you?

In theory they can. But as far as I know no-one cares if you randomly download something. But if you share rate is high, which means that you share a lot of files and I really mean A LOT, the case is different.

theblindarcher · **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2009 6:21 pm

DumboDii wrote:

theblindarcher wrote:

but cant they really catch you?

In theory they can. But as far as I know no-one cares if you randomly download something. But if you share rate is high, which means that you share a lot of files and I really mean A LOT, the case is different.

cool thnx uhh bit torrent is good rite lol

poehalcho · **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2009 6:38 pm

just put your upload rate to the lowest possible and your safe. also at least in the Netherlands, Downloading is officially legal, uploading however is not. that's kinda what makes Direct Downloads more attractive than peer-to-peer torrents. But I don't think they'll really find out unless you download WAAAY TOO MUCH. I don't even use my torrent loader much. every now and then for an anime episode, or to get an unfindable game

tl;dr
don't download too much, and your safe

also just go with utorrent.

Wu · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 2521 **Location:** Around.

poehalcho wrote:

just put your upload rate to the lowest possible and your safe.

You're safe but you kill torrent communities. Torrents are built on sharing what you download, if noone uploads you get the < 5kb / sec download rates people already have now, not to mention without seeders torrents die. It's selfish. But you're safe.

poehalcho · **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2009 6:52 pm

Wu wrote:

poehalcho wrote:

just put your upload rate to the lowest possible and your safe.

You're safe but you kill torrent communities. Torrents are built on sharing what you download, if noone uploads you get the < 5kb / sec download rates people already have now, not to mention without seeders torrents die. It's selfish. But you're safe.

yeah that's true. I never really bother thinking about cus I shut down my loader as soon as I'm done. I just did a system format, i'll just put the barrier on 20kb this time

Thomas42 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2009 6:54 pm

I seed everything until at least 1:1 ratio.

BloodyBlade · **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:10 pm

Wu wrote:

DumboDii wrote:

Torrents are best way to download something.

Nah, a good newsgroup can give you permanent 5-10 mb / sec downloadspeed on high quality content. But torrents are good anyway, if you are in a small closed community or download content from social people that actually seed.

On a sidenote, if you really like a game it's always good to buy it if the producers are good. Some producers really do deserve to have their game bought.

EA craps out new game after game, buying out smaller companies, but when a team really works on a game with heart and soul they deserve to get the money IMO.

thats why I torrent the sims and all the mf expansion packs for my sister.

Sacchin · **Joined:** Sep 2007 **Posts:** 2797

theblindarcher wrote:

but cant they really catch you?

If you are careless and go to random torrent sites. (Though if I'm desperate I do that) The RIAA actually set up their own site to catch people downloading um...I believe it was Battlestar Galactica. The site is probably down now, it was awhile ago. You should be fine if you go to trusted torrent sites. If you'd like a list of secure sites you can pm me and I'll give you 4 links, otherwise I don't think it's appropriate to post publicly.

;d

strangelove · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 1255 **Location:** no

If you're going to do something illegal on the internet, there is always a chance you're going to get caught and it doesn't matter where or how you download things. Public torrenting mostly relies on trusting peers on sites if torrents are "clean" or not, that is, checking to see if the torrent isn't being tracked by the RIAA or something, so always read comments on public torrent sites before you download anything. Private torrent sites are usually much "safer" in terms that they do not allow anyone other than their own community to download the content and you're usually "interviewed" before you join these sites. Anyway, you should get more information before you start doing anything, especially port-forwarding, so you'll have an easier time while setting up the torrent client.

Mirosuke · **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:08 pm

uTorrent, the best

lukefleming1 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:33 pm

i heard pirate bay is also a popular and good site
can anyone confirm this?

Wu · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 2521 **Location:** Around.

lukefleming1 wrote:

i heard pirate bay is also a popular and good site
can anyone confirm this?

It's above average. Big community so alot of content. I do use it sometimes.

Mirosuke wrote:

uTorrent, the best

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