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Apprentice
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written Saturday, November 5 2005 04:55
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Does anyone use Bit torrent here? and can you tell me if its safe Posts: 24 | Registered: Thursday, April 21 2005 07:00 |
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Shake Before Using
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written Saturday, November 5 2005 08:28
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Hmm. I haven't caught word of horrible security holes in BitTorrent, so I'd say the safety of downloading from BitTorrent is about equal to the safety of HTTP or FTP downloading, really. In other words, as long as you're relatively sure the file you're downloading is not a virus itself, it should be fine. Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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BANNED
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written Saturday, November 5 2005 09:17
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[Contents of questionable legality removed.] ... Oh, wait. You were just talking about using it, not using it for what it was made for. ¬_¬ [ Saturday, November 05, 2005 18:21: Message edited by: Restos ] -------------------- * Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, November 5 2005 09:53
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quote:Not worksafe, correct? [ Saturday, November 05, 2005 18:22: Message edited by: Restos ] -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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BANNED
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written Saturday, November 5 2005 09:55
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I was thinking more the "blatant disregard of intellectual property" laws. -------------------- * Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Saturday, November 5 2005 14:54
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I know people that swear it isn't trackable, so they use it to download music (illegally, in the States). I'm not sure how that works out. In the few times I've tried it, I was never satisfied with the performance of BitTorrent. I'd blame it on the source if it didn't act up everywhere I attempted. -------------------- DEMON PLAY, DEMON OUT! Posts: 1582 | Registered: Wednesday, November 13 2002 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Saturday, November 5 2005 15:10
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some online rpgs that have a client require you to use bit torrent....... so theres another use for it........ but is it safe? it all depends on your anti virus software [ Saturday, November 05, 2005 15:11: Message edited by: Ares ] -------------------- George Bush is a Nazi - Eric Cartmen I'm not as think you stoned I am Visit the RIFQ Forums Posts: 462 | Registered: Tuesday, June 21 2005 07:00 |
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Post Navel Trauma ^_^
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written Saturday, November 5 2005 15:17
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Bittorrent is very definitely trackable. Anyone downloading a file can see all the IP addresses of the people they are downloading from/uploading to. -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. desperance.net - Don't follow this link Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Saturday, November 5 2005 17:42
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I use Bittorent, its great for downloading anime. You just have to find the right things to download. Pirating music is a problem on any file-sharing program, just remember that around 95% of artists consider music sharing a blessing. Try it, if you like it buy it, if you dont then delete it. Support the artists........ Posts: 62 | Registered: Sunday, August 14 2005 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Saturday, November 5 2005 18:24
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quote: quote:I really hope you take your own advice. [ Saturday, November 05, 2005 18:27: Message edited by: Eldibs ] -------------------- "We can learn a lot from crayons. Some are short, some are dull, some are sharp, some are tall. Some have funny names and they are all different colors, but they all learn to live in the same box." "Happy is the man that has wisdom and gets discernment. For having wisdom as gain is better than having silver as gain and having wisdom as produce is better than gold itself" Proverbs 3:14-3:15 The horrible part about life is, you'll never get out of it alive. Currently boycotting: AngelFire, GameFAQ's, Macintosh PC's Posts: 818 | Registered: Tuesday, July 9 2002 07:00 |
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Shake Before Using
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written Saturday, November 5 2005 18:26
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Unlike many filesharing tools, however, BitTorrent has many, many legitimate purposes for which it is often used. It lets you distribute large files without needing to pay for webspace of your own, for instance. Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, November 5 2005 18:31
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I'm going to interpret the CoC as forbidding the posting of links to illegal materials. I am admittedly not perfectly versed in international copyright law with regards to anime, but the intellectual property seems iffy. —Alorael, who would be happy to restore the links if evidence can be provided proving legality. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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BANNED
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written Saturday, November 5 2005 20:30
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Well, see, they're technically illegal, but Bandai will actually take the fansub(title)s these groups provide and use them as the official sub(title)s they put on their DVDs, paying the fansub groups accordingly. On the other hand, the maker of BitTorrent also happened to have his ass sued off of his tailbone for making the thing. (And because of the decentralized nature of BT, it can't really be "stopped" as such.) So are anime fansub groups illegal? I guess the best answer is "sorta". -------------------- * Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Saturday, November 5 2005 20:54
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Didn't the maker also get hired by Valve to improve Steam? For those who don't know, Valve is the company that made Half-Life and Half-Life 2, and Steam is their content delivery system. -------------------- "We can learn a lot from crayons. Some are short, some are dull, some are sharp, some are tall. Some have funny names and they are all different colors, but they all learn to live in the same box." "Happy is the man that has wisdom and gets discernment. For having wisdom as gain is better than having silver as gain and having wisdom as produce is better than gold itself" Proverbs 3:14-3:15 The horrible part about life is, you'll never get out of it alive. Currently boycotting: AngelFire, GameFAQ's, Macintosh PC's Posts: 818 | Registered: Tuesday, July 9 2002 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Thursday, November 10 2005 02:52
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quote:Uhm. Actually, it's possibly the most trackable of all filesharing tools. There've been reports of some people getting letters from ISPs for using it illegally, etc. TM; I haven't heard anything about the author being sued. As far as I know, the media industry has kept strangely away from suing the author. Besides, I think he always made out he never designed it for illegal use, and went on to say that using it illegally is a very stupid thing to do, since it's so incredibly trackable. Myself, I don't like it much. -------------------- Apparently still annoying. Posts: 612 | Registered: Saturday, October 13 2001 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Thursday, November 10 2005 07:09
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Suing the Bittorrent author would be like suing the FTP protocol author or suing the guys that made the crowbar that was used to break into a house. Bittorrent is a file transfer protocol, nothing more. It is not a search tool, it does nothing to make it easier for people to share illegal digital media. Sites that post illegal bittorrent links, however, are asking to be sued. -------------------- -- Knight37 Once a Gamer, Always a Gamer. Visit Knight Games! Posts: 1 | Registered: Thursday, November 10 2005 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Thursday, November 10 2005 14:35
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They actually make closed/secure BitTorrent programs for home/office/remote network sharing much like a VPN these days. The technology is not illegal, it has proper commercial uses. Essentially, by putting the onus on the users to dictate what information they choose to share or copy, the devoid themselves of a large part of the liability of copyrighting. At the very least they are an accessory, but even still, they cannot control what people share/copy. Some programs/sites like FolderShare are basically closed-bit torrents, used for Home-Work networking, or remote (as in, multiple cities) commercial networks, etc etc. hooray for bt having uses. -------------------- A Sucaran Child is standing here. You say, "hello" The small child looks at Preserver Aldous wide-eyed and awed. Posts: 269 | Registered: Friday, July 19 2002 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Wednesday, November 16 2005 13:07
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I have Bit Torrent but I can't use it, for some reason it cannot connect to anything. Maybe it's caused because I have a very weird internet connection behind proxy and I don't know how to set the connection... [ Wednesday, November 16, 2005 13:10: Message edited by: chicho1102 ] Posts: 446 | Registered: Friday, July 22 2005 07:00 |