Torrent Thread

[strawbear]

Sorry Strawbear, I am stealing your thread and post to start this Torrent thread. Yours was 2+ years old and had only 1 reply. Thanks!:D

Torrent Thread
This is a comprehensive torrent thread. It has at least 7 older threads combined, so if you try and read it without that in mind you will be very confused. Use it for all things torrent. It's a popular subject, so we might as well have it available.

Since good torrent sites and torrent programs change on a regular basis, we can keep up with them here. We can also address issues with using torrents. Keep in mind to not explicitly discuss illegal downloads, keep those questions general or unspecified for Utopia's sake please.

Wooly

[lakers_kobe]

I know theres already a couple of threads like this but no ones answering them is there any way you can download full cds with ares?

[HOTROD21]

Go to cdnow.com, find the cd you wanna DL, Download all the songs, then copy it to a cd. That's the easiest way I know.

[lakers_kobe]

Go to cdnow.com, find the cd you wanna DL, Download all the songs, then copy it to a cd. That's the easiest way I know.
Ya i know that but i thought there was a way you could just get the whole cd. Ill probaly just end up doing that.

[sirbubba]

Go here (http://www.bittorrent.com/) and download bittorrent. Then go to Torrent Box (http://www.torrentbox.com/index.php) and search for the cd that you're looking for and download it. If you need any more explanation, lmk...

[lakers_kobe]

Go here (http://www.bittorrent.com/) and download bittorrent. Then go to Torrent Box (http://www.torrentbox.com/index.php) and search for the cd that you're looking for and download it. If you need any more explanation, lmk...
I got it i think but can you get soundtracks because im tryin to get the friday soundtrack.

[bighuskermav]

If somebody is sharing it, then yes you can get it. Quite honestly, I wouldn't use bittorrent. You're forced to *upload* while you're downloading so you're at a greater risk of exposing yourself to the RIAA and getting sued. You're much safer to use a program like Limewire where you have the option of *not* uploading. It will be a little annoying at first since you have to look up the song titles beforehand, but at least you're safe from prying eyes.

[jman13]

Go here (http://www.bittorrent.com/) and download bittorrent. Then go to Torrent Box (http://www.torrentbox.com/index.php) and search for the cd that you're looking for and download it. If you need any more explanation, lmk...
Damn, Bittorrent is slow!! Its dling at like 7 kb/s!

[sirbubba]

If somebody is sharing it, then yes you can get it. Quite honestly, I wouldn't use bittorrent. You're forced to *upload* while you're downloading so you're at a greater risk of exposing yourself to the RIAA and getting sued. You're much safer to use a program like Limewire where you have the option of *not* uploading. It will be a little annoying at first since you have to look up the song titles beforehand, but at least you're safe from prying eyes.
I never really worried about getting caught using bittorrent. Is it under the magnifying glass from the RIAA as much as shareware programs?

[bighuskermav]

I never really worried about getting caught using bittorrent. Is it under the magnifying glass from the RIAA as much as shareware programs?

If you're sharing copyright stuff on bittorrent, there's a chance you'll get caught. Maybe not so much if you're downloading software, but I think the RIAA and MPAA have majorly cracked down on movies and music...the MPAA especially. It's not a great chance, but I'm not risking it when there's more secure alternatives.

[Tailback U]

I know theres already a couple of threads like this but no ones answering them is there any way you can download full cds with ares?download a program called i2hub.

[Come2Conquer]

Download Soulseek (http://www.slsknet.org); install.

Set U/L at around 80, D/L at around 25.

Search by album name.

Select all songs from album (same user).

Right-click & "Download all files in folder".

Pat yourself on the back for doing the right thing.

[Come2Conquer]

BitTorrent, for the average user, is not a worthwhile technology to exploit. First off, it's not as simple as installing an .exe then setting everything up via a simple wizard interface. Most clients are comprehensive & utilize jargon common with the dev community/sharing crowd.

Also, it is very much open to public inspection. Your IP *WILL* be evident in a number of paths should anyone (not just the RIAA) want to glean that information.

Back to the first point: a LOT of new users quickly wind up on some sort of BT support forum asking why their downloads are so slow. This is due to a number of factors; some of which are easily managed right within the client itself, but appear as gibberish to the average user. See? I told you it's not for the technologically faint-of-heart or for folks who don't mind spending a bit of time wading through FAQ's & the like.

In addition, a lot of people don't realize that it thrashes the living hell out of your hard drive(s). Ever since I upgraded to a high-speed business connection at home, I've had a dedicated BT box (not always up-and-running, but able to function without affecting any of the other machines). In that time (2+ years), I've replaced 7 hard drives. Lucky for me, I never intended that it be used for storage...DL's are quickly backed up & I only seed files that are also on another machine/medium.

Finally, IMO, BT is only a worthwhile endeavor if you're sharing LARGE files. I'm talking about extracted DVD .iso's & the like. While the MPAA, RIAA, et. al. are currently scrambling legally to circumnavigate current precedents, the bottom line is that files of this type usually fall under fair-use doctrine, where making copies (and even distributing them for free) is still expected to be a part of the normal consumer process. 2 exceptions: software & profit. Be wary of intalling just any old software you might happen to come across. Viruses? Check. Latent connection with manufacturer's site (to include forwarding registry keys)? It happens. "Sharers" who actually work for the companies trying to defeat piracy? They're out there. Letter from ISP demanding that user submit to scrutiny of manufacturer or face loss of service and/or legal action? Happens everyday. Stupid if you're selling stuff like this via the Internet? Absolutely!

BTW: While BH makes a number of valid points, one of his statements might be misread and, as a long-time file sharer, is what I find wrong in newer participants to all of the communities available. Seeding, at least in a BT client, is almost the major point of doing it. Would you rather be DL'ing files without worrying about the bandwidth loss of UL'ing at the same time? Sure...in a perfect world. The problem is, this attitude hurts these communities. If you're using some sort of P2P application, then you go against the whole grain of the effort by simply taking from others and not sharing as well. DON'T DO THIS, OKAY!?!?! Likewise, though it takes a grassroots mentality to realize this...organiztions that are trying mightily to restrict this would be a lot more likely to answer for their methods if more people did share! State & Federal judiciaries have tended to, more often than not, side with the open-ended idea of the Internet and have actually been a tip-of-the-spear formation in the movement to keep regulation & control away from this part of our lives. They are also the final authority on these matters (you think Congress has stroke? Heh!) & can thus compel established industries (movies, music, etc.) to employ different practices to seek satisfaction...or, in fact, bar current practices altogether! There will never come a day (in the near future at least) when the enforcment organizations for these industries will be able to bring thousands & thousands of people to court in order to recoup "losses". In fact, a few of these organizations have been admonished by judicial members, state bar associations, & their ilk for some of their tactics. Do you know how many individuals, facing the threat of legal action by these big companies, have instead signed affidavits to never engage in file-sharing & settled for sizable sums of money? Do you know how many of these people who, in hindsight, were told by members of the legal community that, had they stood up & fought the charges, they probably would've walked away scott-free? Quite a few!

Don't just "snatch-and-grab" folks...try to think about the bigger picture when you're perusing search results in your P2P for a copy of Jock Jams! Oh...and don't use BitTorrent!

;)

[kella]

The best way to get full DVDs over BT is to get them in split up RAR files that are named erroneously. Like Spiderman would look like "rcg-sm.rar" and it's fairly impossible to tell what that might actually be.

[lakers_kobe]

Download Soulseek (http://www.slsknet.org); install.

Set U/L at around 80, D/L at around 25.

Search by album name.

Select all songs from album (same user).

Right-click & "Download all files in folder".

Pat yourself on the back for doing the right thing.
Im trying it but it says im not connected to the internet or the sever is down is this happening for anyone else?

[shakeyjake448]

Is soulseek like kazaa and ares, that kind of program??

[bighuskermav]

If you want to risk it, then go ahead. The only people I will share anything with are people I know and it sure as hell won't be over the internet. I may be a scumbag, but I'm not stupid.

[Come2Conquer]

Im trying it but it says im not connected to the internet or the sever is down is this happening for anyone else?

This is a frequent occurrence; though it rarely occurs for more that 30 minutes at a time. The server admins switch hubs quite often. Just bookmark the homepage...there's a link to a script (called "Click here for server status") that'll give you a realtime update, so you'll know if you're simply waiting on them or if it might be a problem on your end.

[Come2Conquer]

Is soulseek like kazaa and ares, that kind of program??


Yes, and no. SLSK is more for the sharing of music across every genre imaginable. There have been people (who I believe are mistaken) that think it's only useful if you're looking for "alternative" types of music. In my experience, and with the help of my wife's abysmal taste in music, a user can find everything from the latest [/b].50 Cent[/b] album to whole-album collections of celestial satellite recordings. If you can't find it on SLSK, you're not likely to have much success with any other P2P program.

Any other type of files you may come across are usually there by accident (the user hasn't understood & set up correctly the directory shares) or you might find album covers included with albums along with Winamp playlists etc.

Not to mention: you could probably DL the program in under a minute on a dial-up connection. It has a very small footprint, memory-wise, and the interface is clean & simple to understand. The only issues that need addressing in future versions are automated backup of userlists & queued files; if the program is interrupted by a restart, etc., then a lot of times you'll lose whatever you had DL'ing and/or your userlist. Speaking of future versions, it's a good idea to check their site about once a month: they put out revisions constantly, which you can simply DL & install over the current installation (yes, this works now without having to uninstall the older version).

[Come2Conquer]

If you want to risk it, then go ahead. The only people I will share anything with are people I know and it sure as hell won't be over the internet. I may be a scumbag, but I'm not stupid.

Certainly when you're engaging in file-sharing, it pays to err on the side of caution. But, it's difficult to build up a group of file sharing peers if you don't offer anything in return; heck, if I need a particular file from a friend, I'll just stop by his house with a DVD-R, y'know? Again, you can't be prosecuted for the majority of file-sharing behavior that occurs. In fact, a bit less than 2 years ago, the enforcement wings of the large companies found out, for instance, that a court will not recognize litigation where the company committed the very same practices it was trying to curb. In other words: if John Doe, working for the RIAA, is trying to get me to share an album by an artist that seeks their protection, then his employer has no legal ground to stand on in seeking prosecution if, in his attempt to pry the files from me, he allows me to DL something similar from his directory. To wit, that's a good example of being cautious, but not so worried to the point of overly-restricting shares.

Take SLSK for instance. If someone notices via my directory that I am sharing an album where the artist has sought, through them or another organization, redress & relief for potential loss due to my behavior...well, that simply isn't enough. All this person/organization has been able to discern is that the files are in a position to be shared; not that they have been shared. To that end, I have a very stringent procedure that I follow when using this program. First off, I have the requisite "If you share, so will I" message in my shared dir's. I cap my # of connections to 2 & make sure that I've perused the dir's of people in my queue to ensure that they are in fact sharing files. If so, and even if they don't have anything I want, I'll queue up one of their shared folders as well. I tend to be very attentive about these things, so I'm usually in a position where I can start DL'ing from them prior to them DL'ing from me. As long as the connection is made in that direction, then they're clear to DL from me. Any exceptions call for a PM via the program to that user from me explaining the procedure & what they can do to fix things on their end. If they are just under the 2 connection limit I've set & I haven't recieved any response/notification/proof from them that everything's on the level, then I simply cancel their queue requests. Simple.

In 2000, I bought a copy of MS Office from my university bookstore under the educational discount that that company, and many others, offer to students/educational institutions. A friend of mine in the computer science department asked me if he could borrow the copy to try & decompile/compile it so as to reverse-engineer whatever source allows for generative string protection: I believe that means that he wanted to crack it so that it'd accept random entries from a corresponding keygen. Well, he accomplished this. After that, I began sharing that program via a few P2P apps from home (I wasn't living on campus & using their network). Now, despite what I believe, I knew at the time that this was illegal.

If anyone's afraid of the big bad wolf, then don't share software. You think the recording & movie industries are vigilant? They're not even close to the major software manufacturers; not to mention the fact that annual software piracy losses make the other two, combined, look paltry in comparison. However, I think that major software vendors need to stop stocking their coffers & realize that they keep creating an environment that is further distancing the have's & the have-not's insofar as access to their retail software

read: THEY NEED TO START REALIZING THAT PIRACY BEGINS & ENDS WITH THEIR F**CKING OUTRAGEOUS PRICING TACTICS! HELLO!!! COSTS OF HARDWARE KEEP FALLING BUT SOFTWARE DOESN"T APPEAR TO BE FOLLOWING THAT SAME TREND!!!

Okay, now that that bit of soapboxing is out of the way, let me continue. Anyway, a few months go by & one day I find an e-mail from my ISP stating that, in effect, they've recieved notice from MS that one of their customers (me) is sharing illegally gained material that they hold the rights to. Basically it included the forwarded e-mail from MS, along with a request by my ISP that I ensure this file was no longer shared, that I follow a certain sequence of steps to convince them it wasn't being shared any longer, and that I not engage in that behavior again. Also, they told me that I'd be subject to loss of service if I didn't comply & prosectution by MS. So, I did as instructed & that was that. I never recieved any other notice, from my ISP or MS, about it again. Likewise, a friend of mine who works for the D.A.'s office in Orleans parish, and who, prior to that, worked for Cox Communications, told me that the chances for prosectution are very slim, even for very established file-sharers. This is due in part to the fair-use doctrine I mentioned above. They (MS, RIAA, et. al.) have to meet a burden of proof showing a consistent pattern of illegal file sharing if they even want to get a court to hear the case. Also, and this is not very common knowledge, a lot of ISP's that offer high-speed connections have a formidable lobby in D.C. that keep these enforcement agencies at heel. They DO NOT like being told how their networks should or shouldn't be used. Right now, they are compelled to give weight to cease-and-desist demands by companies aimed at individual users; and even then, only begrudgingly. I have a few friends who've recieved multiple letters from their ISP's for the same file(s) and who've yet to remove the material & who've yet to lose service or be served with a notice for either a civil or criminal court appearance. Look, the ISP's don't make money from the software manufacturers. Sure, some of 'em offer virus protection software at a reduced cost via contracts with the vendor, but that money is nowhere near as substantial, or important, as the fees that they generate for their service. Despite what many people think, ISP's tend to be more loyal to their customer base versus any other interest. I'm not suggesting that they condone piracy, but rather that they have a very different view of what constitutes piracy, at least through the lense of how regulation & enforcment should be carried out.

Bottom line: use common sense. Not everyone has to verse themselves on the history, precedents, & current state of file sharing. But, it's not a bad idea to do that if you plan on being involved in a consistent basis with one of those communities. In fact, it's quite similar to the Spyware/Antivirus thread in that an ounce of prevention can make all the difference in the world.

If anyone's interested, this (http://www.slyck.com/) is a pretty good resource at keeping track of the current legal environment in relation to P2P, piracy, etc. If you take the time to keep abreast of these things, PLEASE DON'T JUST SCAN THE HEADLINES! There's more than meets the eye in a lot of these articles; some days it might appear that the RIAA, et. al. are stormtrooping into people's houses in the middle of the night, throwing them in jail & taking all of their computing equipment. This is known as "sensationalism" & it's a common practice employed by media outlets to grab someone's attention in the hope they'll continue using them as a resource for news. Too often though, in this day & age of soundbites and 30-second news segments, the headline has become THE NEWS! Don't fall prey to this lazy behavior folks.

Now, if only NolesFan would weigh in on all of this from a legal perspective. Despite the fact I think he harbors a resentment against everything non-FSU, along with with his student status (as opposed to being a state bar member), I'd still like to hear his opinion...obviously filtered through whatever classes he's taken that might speak directly to the issue either from a constitutional or copyright perspective.

[bighuskermav]

You seem to be implying that I don't keep up on "filesharing news", which couldn't be further from the truth. I frequently read dslreports.com, which posts major "file sharing" happenings nearly every day, and they have a forum dedicated to it. I know the risks, and I really see no need to risk a lawsuit by sharing what I download with anonymous people that I'll never meet. I'll let somebody in Canada or another country who doesn't have the RIAA/MPAA cracking down on them give away their material. If people don't want me to leech off them, then they should do a better job protecting their material.

[Come2Conquer]

You seem to be implying that I don't keep up on "filesharing news", which couldn't be further from the truth. I frequently read dslreports.com, which posts major "file sharing" happenings nearly every day, and they have a forum dedicated to it. I know the risks, and I really see no need to risk a lawsuit by sharing what I download with anonymous people that I'll never meet. I'll let somebody in Canada or another country who doesn't have the RIAA/MPAA cracking down on them give away their material. If people don't want me to leech off them, then they should do a better job protecting their material.

Not at all BH; even though that information was provided in my responses to you, I meant to include relevent information (and links) so that other folks perusing this forum might have a starting point with which to gather more information about the topic. Believe me, I'd already assumed before even responding to you that you already had a firm grasp on all of this stuff.

Again, our approaches might differ a bit, but that's okay; I leech from time-to-time as well & don't have any problems with people who do. However, my problem simply begins & ends with people who are well aware of any pre-existing courtesy I might extend to them vis-a-vis filesharing, but who don't wish to respect that. But, as noted above, I don't even let it get to the point where 20+ people are sucking up my bandwidth with nothing to show for it in return.

You & I both know the risks & the rewards. Others might not, which is the reason for my lengthy responses. Again, I'm sorry if you felt that the brunt of it was simply for your consumption only; it just so happened that my responses to you contained information that I might've just simply put in a separate post.

To be honest, at this point, I should've included the caveat that it's probably better right now to subscribe to a legitimate download service. Heck, there's even a way to remove the inherent file protection on iTunes files right now that has Apple scratching their heads because it doesn't appear to be in violation of their TOS & EULA.

[Thundercles]

Where can I download this and how the hell do I use it?

I used to have it installed, but I never found out how to use it, so I deleted it because it was pissing me off.

[lakers_kobe]

www.araditracker.com go there and you can download your stuff from the site, theres alot more diffierent sites with diffirent files.

[Thundercles]

Is that a form of bit torrent or something else?

I asked for Bit torrent, and that is exactly what I want.

[Nolesfan2740]

A good site to download stuff on bit torrent is Torrentspy.com (http://torrentspy.com)

[ZeekLTK]

This is about the only site you need for bittorrents:

http://www.fbtz.com/forum/

[shakeyjake448]

A good site to download stuff on bit torrent is Torrentspy.com (http://torrentspy.com)

I use torrentspy and i have found everything ive looked for

[BamaRedwingsFan]

what is bit torrent? I have never used it, but i would like for someone to explain it to me. http://www.htguide.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_roflmao.gif

[ZeekLTK]

This is about the only site you need for bittorrents:

http://www.fbtz.com/forum/

Hehe I just got my media player to output my playlist, here are all the things I've downloaded off bittorrent (spaced appropriately):

Highlights:
World Cup 1990 Highlights
All Goals from World Cup 1998
USA World Cup 2002 Highlights
USA Goals Highlight
Soccer - FIFA Best Goals

UEFA:
Portugal vs Greece 1st Half - Euro 2004 (e)
Portugal vs Greece 2nd Half - Euro 2004 (e)
England vs France 1st Half - Euro 2004 (e)
England vs France 2nd Half - Euro 2004 (e)
Denmark vs Italy - Euro 2004 (e)
Sweden vs Bulgaria - Euro 2004 (e)
Holland vs Czech Republic 1st Half - Euro 2004 (e)
Holland vs Czech Republic 2nd Half - Euro 2004 (e)
Croatia vs France - Euro 2004 (e)
Denmark vs Sweden - Euro 2004 (e)
Germany vs Latvia 1st Half - Euro 2004 (c)
Germany vs Latvia 2nd Half - Euro 2004 (c)
Portugal vs England 1st Half - Euro 2004 (e)
Portugal vs England 2nd Half - Euro 2004 (e)
Sweden vs Holland 1st Half - Euro 2004 (e)
Sweden vs Holland 2nd Half - Euro 2004 (e)
France vs Greece 1st Half - Euro 2004 (e)
France vs Greece 2nd Half - Euro 2004 (e)
Portugal vs Holland 1st Half - Euro 2004 (e)
Portugal vs Holland 2nd Half - Euro 2004 (e)
Greece vs Czech Republic 1st Half - Euro 2004 (e)
Greece vs Czech Republic 2nd Half - Euro 2004 (e)
Greece vs Portugal 1st Half - Euro 2004 Final (e)
Greece vs Portugal 2nd Half - Euro 2004 Final (e)
Euro 2004 Trophy Presentation
Denmark vs Ukraine 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
Denmark vs Ukraine 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
Czech Republic vs Finland - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (c)
Romania vs Holland 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
Romania vs Holland 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
Norway vs Slovenia - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
England vs Austria 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
England vs Austria 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
Poland vs England 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
Poland vs England 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
Greece vs Denmark 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
Greece vs Denmark 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
Italy vs Scotland 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (s)
Italy vs Scotland 2nd Half Part 1 - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (s)
Italy vs Scotland 2nd Half Part 2 - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (s)
Greece vs Georgia 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (gr)
Greece vs Georgia 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (gr)
England vs Azerbaijan 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (e)
England vs Azerbaijan 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (e)
Poland vs Azerbaijan Goal Highlights - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (e)
Greece vs Albania 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (gr)
Greece vs Albania 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (gr)
Israel vs France 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (e)
Israel vs France 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (e)
Spain vs Serbia & Montenegro 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (e)
Spain vs Serbia & Montenegro 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (e)

CONMEBOL:
Brazil vs Uruguay 1st Half - Copa America 2004 (c)
Brazil vs Uruguay 2nd Half - Copa America 2004 (c)
Brazil vs Uruguay Shootout - Copa America 2004 (c)
Brazil vs Argentina 1st Half - Copa America 2004 Finals (c)
Brazil vs Argentina 2nd Half - Copa America 2004 Finals (c)
Peru vs Uruguay 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (c)
Peru vs Uruguay 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (c)
Brazil vs Argentina 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (c)
Brazil vs Argentina 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (c)
Argentina vs Bolivia 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (e)
Argentina vs Bolivia 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (e)
Ecuador vs Paraguay 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (s)
Ecuador vs Paraguay 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (s)
Brazil vs Uruguay 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (c)
Brazil vs Uruguay 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (c)

USA:
USA vs Mexico 1st Half - Friendly (e)
USA vs Mexico 2nd Half - Friendly (e)
USA vs Honduras 1st Half - Friendly (e)
USA vs Honduras 2nd Half - Friendly (e)
USA vs Grenada 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
USA vs Grenada 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
USA vs Grenada - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (e)
USA vs Poland - Friendly (e)
USA vs Jamaica - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
USA vs Panama - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
USA vs Panama - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (e)
USA vs Jamaica - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (e)
USA vs Trinidad & Tobago - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
USA vs Mexico 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
USA vs Mexico 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
USA vs Guatemala 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
USA vs Guatemala 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
USA vs England 1st Half - Friendly (e)
USA vs England 2nd Half - Friendly (e)

Other CONCACAF:
Canada vs Honduras 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
Canada vs Honduras 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
Canada vs Costa Rica - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
Canada vs Costa Rica 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (e)
Canada vs Costa Rica 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (e)
Cuba vs Costa Rica 1st Half Highlights - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (s)
Cuba vs Costa Rica 2nd Half Highlights - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (s)

AFC:
Iraq vs Turkmenistan 1st Half - Asian Cup 2004 (c)
Iraq vs Turkmenistan 2nd Half - Asian Cup 2004 (c)
Uzbekistan vs Bahrain 1st Half - Asian Cup 2004 (c)
Uzbekistan vs Bahrain 2nd Half - Asian Cup 2004 (c)
Uzbekistan vs Bahrain Overtime - Asian Cup 2004 (c)
China vs Iraq 1st Half - Asian Cup 2004 (c)
China vs Iraq 2nd Half - Asian Cup 2004 (c)
South Korea vs Iran 1st Half - Asian Cup 2004 (c)
South Korea vs Iran 2nd Half - Asian Cup 2004 (c)
Japan vs Bahrain 1st Half - Asian Cup 2004 (c)
Japan vs Bahrain 2nd Half - Asian Cup 2004 (c)
Japan vs Bahrain Overtime - Asian Cup 2004 (c)
Japan vs Jordan 1st Half - Asian Cup 2004 (c)
Japan vs Jordan 2nd Half - Asian Cup 2004 (c)
Japan vs Jordan Overtime - Asian Cup 2004 (c)
Iran vs Qatar 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (p)
Iran vs Qatar 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (p)
Iran vs Laos 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (p)
Iran vs Laos 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (p)
Iran vs Japan - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (s)
Iran vs Japan 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (e)
Iran vs North Korea 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (p)
Iran vs North Korea 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 1 (p)

CAF:
Cameroon vs Sudan 1st Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (a)
Cameroon vs Sudan 2nd Half - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (a)
Egypt vs Libya 1st Half Part 1 - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (a)
Egypt vs Libya 1st Half Part 2 - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (a)
Egypt vs Libya 1st Half Part 3 - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (a)
Egypt vs Libya 2nd Half Part 1 - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (a)
Egypt vs Libya 2nd Half Part 2 - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (a)
Egypt vs Libya 2nd Half Part 3 - World Cup 2006 Qualifying Leg 2 (a)

'Classic':
North Korea vs Portugal 1st Half - World Cup 1966 (e)
North Korea vs Portugal 2nd Half - World Cup 1966 (e)
England vs Argentina - World Cup 1986 (e)
USA vs Colombia - World Cup 1994 (e)
England vs Germany - World Cup 2002 Qualifying Leg 2 (e)
South Korea vs Italy 1st Half - World Cup 2002 (c)
South Korea vs Italy 2nd Half - World Cup 2002 (c)
South Korea vs Italy Overtime - World Cup 2002 (c)


(e) = English
(c) = Chinese (or Korean or Japanese, I really don't know and can't tell the difference)
(p) = Persian
(a) = Arabic
(s) = Spanish
(f) = French
(g) = German
(gr) = Greek

[rhombic21]

Where can I download this and how the hell do I use it?

I used to have it installed, but I never found out how to use it, so I deleted it because it was pissing me off.
I second this question.

I apologize, but I need a step by step guide on this. I tried to do it before, and ended up getting confused because I didn't think it was working right, and didn't know what to do, so I just uninstalled it and moved on.

First, where do I go to download the program.
Second, how do I install the program.
Third, once I have the program, how do I download files with it.

Thanks.

And Zeek, is there a similar site that has college football games?

[Keith1212]

Wow. That is entirely too much soccer.

Anyway...I have Bit Torrent but I don't know where to find files unless someone directly gives me the torrent. How do I find all the great porn that I heard is on Bit Torrent?

[kella]

http://www.torrentleech.org

King of all. Great for TV and video games as well as DVD.

[ryan327]

I know a lot of Utopians use BT. Go to portforward.com and click on forwarding. Then find your router and your client and follow the directions. Forwarding the ports makes downloading IMMENSELY faster.

[ryan327]

I just went from 1 Kb/s to 84 Kb/s with this little trick!!! It is amazing.

[bighuskermav]

LOL yea. If you're behind a router and running some kind of server without forwarding ports, then you'll be working through a very slow-ass indirect connection.

[ryan327]

Can I do this for P2P programs like LimeWire as well?

[SunkistNiceDrink]

Can I do this for P2P programs like LimeWire as well?

Yes you can, it's actually better although don't get in the habit of forwarding huge ranges of ports because it can increase your risk of hijacking etc. The reason is that your router through its firewall blocks ranges of ports and only lets through certain ones that it deems useful to the computer. Many programs use ports other than this so you are improving your program's connection to the outside world.

[TrickyD]

so uh... wow!

Yeah I went from about 40kB/s to 100kB+

Thanks

[truSteh]

I just went from 1 Kb/s to 84 Kb/s with this little trick!!! It is amazing.

I do 650kb/s :p

[Hollywood]

I hit 400+ a few days ago on bittorrent...and I didn't change shit! :o

(of course, it stopped before the file was finished, and hasn't started back since)

[Noles Fan in MA]

Is this something that'll fuck your computer up like the Firefox trick?

[truSteh]

Opening ports doesn't fuck op your computer no, unless you open them all ofcourse.. just opening ports for a bittorent program doesn't do any harm.

[SunkistNiceDrink]

Is this something that'll fuck your computer up like the Firefox trick?

No, it's a common procedure, just don't open up large ranges of ports, only for the ports that the application uses. Also make sure you don't use the same port for two different applications that run concurrently i.e I have ports opened for starcraft multiplayer and bitlord and I make sure that they are different. Or else you'd have applications fighting over the port.

[Noles Fan in MA]

No, it's a common procedure, just don't open up large ranges of ports, only for the ports that the application uses. Also make sure you don't use the same port for two different applications that run concurrently i.e I have ports opened for starcraft multiplayer and bitlord and I make sure that they are different. Or else you'd have applications fighting over the port.

Seeing as I barely know what a port is, that won't be a problem. :)

[SunkistNiceDrink]

Seeing as I barely know what a port is, that won't be a problem. :)

Think of them as little portals in your computer where data can come through or go out of (they aren't actual physical parts on the computer), if you open up too many then everything can get in.

[Noles Fan in MA]

Think of them as little portals in your computer where data can come through or go out of (they aren't actual physical parts on the computer), if you open up too many then everything can get in.

I pretty much do what ZoneAlarm tells me is a good idea. [down]

[SunkistNiceDrink]

I pretty much do what ZoneAlarm tells me is a good idea. [down]

Haha, well that's probably a good idea most of the time.

[Noles Fan in MA]

Haha, well that's probably a good idea most of the time.

I figured as much. Firefox is allowed to onto the intranet. Program that may not be completely legal for me to own is not allowed to go on the internet. :)

[joker305th]

Am I the only one who does DMZ to a static IP?

I get about 200 to 300KB on BitTorrent.

[Hollywood]

Am I the only one who does DMZ to a static IP?

I get about 200 to 300KB on BitTorrent.

I used to when I would host online NASCAR races. Had to re-install Windows on that computer too :p

[FSUFAN]

Am I the only one who does DMZ to a static IP?

I get about 200 to 300KB on BitTorrent.
My Xbox360 gets the DMZ.

[Hilbs]

[Oo] , this thread gets an A+, downloading season 1-8 on bit comet right now at 400 kb/s =o

[cdj]

Great thread!!! Even though ryan327 is no longer with us, God bless him for posting this.

[Cartman58]

Hello all, from seeing other threads it appears that quite a few of you use it. I went and got it off the website, but I'm having trouble with getting files. I'm trying to download Age of Empires III and I searched for torrents and then went to download it and it just sat at 0.0%. Would anyone mind throwing a few pointers for getting these and what to do once I download them? I would like to try bittorrent but it just SEEMS unworkable.

This can be a bittorrent question thread for others to use if need be, but I just need help. Thanks

[AKS-74]

Hello all, from seeing other threads it appears that quite a few of you use it. I went and got it off the website, but I'm having trouble with getting files. I'm trying to download Age of Empires III and I searched for torrents and then went to download it and it just sat at 0.0%. Would anyone mind throwing a few pointers for getting these and what to do once I download them? I would like to try bittorrent but it just SEEMS unworkable.

This can be a bittorrent question thread for others to use if need be, but I just need help. Thanks

Usually, when I have problems like that, either the file I am trying to download either doesn't have any seeders or leechers online at the time, or else you have to be registered to a bittorrent community and be a member of it before the download can use that source for the file. I was trying to download an album the other day and one of the sources were holding up the download because I had to be a member of that bittorrent community before it would enable me to use that source to download. Make sure to check for both of those and see if either one is what is causing the hold up.

[Cartman58]

Usually, when I have problems like that, either the file I am trying to download either doesn't have any seeders or leechers online at the time, or else you have to be registered to a bittorrent community and be a member of it before the download can use that source for the file. I was trying to download an album the other day and one of the sources were holding up the download because I had to be a member of that bittorrent community before it would enable me to use that source to download. Make sure to check for both of those and see if either one is what is causing the hold up.

hmm. Well I was on bittorrent.com and the thing I was trying had over 100 seeders and about 10 or so leechers and it never started. I dunno, I just suck.lol.

[AKS-74]

hmm. Well I was on bittorrent.com and the thing I was trying had over 100 seeders and about 10 or so leechers and it never started. I dunno, I just suck.lol.

Then your problem may be that one of the sources the download is trying to access requires membership for the site. Look on your program you use to download and see if any of the tracker sources is giving you an error.

[Cartman58]

Then your problem may be that one of the sources the download is trying to access requires membership for the site. Look on your program you use to download and see if any of the tracker sources is giving you an error.

It keeps saying "timeout" if I look on the log. I may just go out and not be cheap and buy the game, but I wouldn't mind knowing how to use this stuff. The bittorent program that I have has a little black looking moon as its icon. I just assumed everyone had the same thing. I'll go check the site again, maybe I have to register or something?

[Hilbs]

open the port on your router that accesses bit torrent, I was having similar problems until I did that.

[AKS-74]

open the port on your router that accesses bit torrent, I was having similar problems until I did that.

Yeah, that could also be your problem with failed downloads. Nice call Hilbs, I forgot about asking if he had the proper ports opened.

[Cartman58]

Yeah, that could also be your problem with failed downloads. Nice call Hilbs, I forgot about asking if he had the proper ports opened.

I don't have a router? I AM on a school network though. How exactly do I open ports? I saw that other bittorrent speed increase thread. But if I don't have a router I didn't see how that site would help me.

[Hilbs]

Someone else is gonna have to answer that, but I'm willing to bet you can't do much about it if you're on a school network.

[Cartman58]

Someone else is gonna have to answer that, but I'm willing to bet you can't do much about it if you're on a school network.

Eh fuck. Well, this is only a temporary problem. At the end of this month I will NEVER be on a useless poor Tennessee state school computer network again.

[SunkistNiceDrink]

I don't have a router? I AM on a school network though. How exactly do I open ports? I saw that other bittorrent speed increase thread. But if I don't have a router I didn't see how that site would help me.

Yeah, you're out of luck. Unless you want to ask the schools systems admin to open ports for you, which he won't do. You could set bittorrent to use a port that everything uses, like port 80, I'm not sure if this will work as intended though.

[AKS-74]

Yeah, you're either out of luck and going to have to wait, or wait for one of our other resident bittorrent techies to see if they know another way for you to get through.

[lakers_kobe]

why the fuck wont either of these work for me anymore? They wont start any downloads.

[Larry Fitzgerald]

Because you touch yourself at night.

[JDogg71]

BitComet has been banned by most sites. Due to the fact that it can allow downloads from unregistered users or something along those lines. Try another Bittorrent client like Bittornado or Azureus.

P.S. Oh yeah, stop touching yourself at night too.

[sayo]

BitComet has been banned by most sites. Due to the fact that it can allow downloads from unregistered users or something along those lines. Try another Bittorrent client like Bittornado or Azureus.

P.S. Oh yeah, stop touching yourself at night too.

Since when was that? I just D/Led like 5 albums last night.

[Hilbs]

Since when was that? I just D/Led like 5 albums last night.

Ya, BitComet is not banned, dunno wtf he is talking about, I have stuff going as we speak.

Try opening a port for bitcomet/reinstalling it altogether

[JDogg71]

Here is a link. http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1021

[killerBsaturn]

I use utorrent. Its good.

[BamaRedwingsFan]

Im new to this type of file transfering. bittorrent is a way to send large files, correct? but its not a way to find files correct? And if not, what do i use to find files with? I hate asking dumb questions, but fuck i'll never know if i don't ask them[down]

[rhombic21]

You can go to torrent search engine sites that will help you find torrents.

Sites like:

www.Torrentspy.com
www.torrentreactor.net

I've been pretty paranoid about torrenting things lately, because I somehow got caught doing it a few months ago by Universal Studios, and they basically forced our ISP to threaten to perma-ban our account.

[BamaRedwingsFan]

You can go to torrent search engine sites that will help you find torrents.

Sites like:

www.Torrentspy.com
www.torrentreactor.net

I've been pretty paranoid about torrenting things lately, because I somehow got caught doing it a few months ago by Universal Studios, and they basically forced our ISP to threaten to perma-ban our account.

Im really only looking for porn anyway[laugh] The truth comes out[laugh]

[Hollywood]

How the hell do you get a torrent on a tracker site? Apparently I'm able to create a torrent and seed it, but it doesn't show up on trackers? uTorrent says:

Tracker URL: http://tracker.bt-chat.com/announce
Tracker status: Working
Update in: (timer countdown here)
Announce in: __ minutes

How can I get someone to download it? It's just a video clip I want to distribute to a few people.

[Soldier Sooner]

anyone know where I can find episodes of I Love The 90s? via bit torrent...or hell, any downloading method...I really do Love The 90s and do not/did not have cable. So I missed VH1 airing this and I would really like to see a few episodes. thanks

[BamaRedwingsFan]

I wish i could get some episodes of that canadian show "trailerpark boys" that show is so damn funny[laugh]

[kella]

How the hell do you get a torrent on a tracker site? Apparently I'm able to create a torrent and seed it, but it doesn't show up on trackers? uTorrent says:

Tracker URL: http://tracker.bt-chat.com/announce
Tracker status: Working
Update in: (timer countdown here)
Announce in: __ minutes

How can I get someone to download it? It's just a video clip I want to distribute to a few people.

Normally, you create the .torrent file with your software. Then you upload it to the tracker, then you start seeding it.

[Hollywood]

Yeah, I was using a crappy Bittorrent client. I changed to uTorrent several days ago and found it incredibly easy to do.

[fried rice]

i've been using bittorrent to download TV seasons. torrentspy.com works great for me, but now i'm trying to find season 3 episodes of house. i tried looking on wikipedia for more torrent sites, and searching yahoo, but i couldn't find anything useful. what sites do you use to find torrents, specifically TV torrents?

[dshban]

Mininova. (mininova.org)

[BigOrange53_dupe]

I use Isohunt (http://www.isohunt.com/), but I have no idea how it stacks up to other torrent sites since it's the only one I've ever really used.

[Estes]

I'm fairly sure we had a thread named this exact thing awhile back. Maybe you could search for it, and see if it has any good ones in it.

[fried rice]

I'm fairly sure we had a thread named this exact thing awhile back. Maybe you could search for it, and see if it has any good ones in it.

i searched 'bittorrent' and didn't come up with anything.

[fried rice]

found what i wanted on mininova, thanks guys.

[kella]

Private trackers are always good (www.torrentleech.org). I actually might have House Season 3 on one of my half-dead hard drives. I'm going to try and getting running here in a few days, I'll let you know if I can get it working.

[fried rice]

got an email from Cox saying that my internet connection will be suspended within 24 hours if i don't do something about a bittorrent file i downloaded (it was one episode of house, i've got every single episode on my hard drive and several other seasons of TV shows so wtf). apparently, i have a couple of options to include in my counter-notification:

(a) a physical or electronic signature of the subscriber;
(b) identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has
been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was
removed or disabled;
(c) a statement under penalty of perjury that the subscriber has a good faith
belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or
misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled;
(d) the subscriber�s name, address, and telephone number and a statement that
the subscriber consents to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for
the judicial district in which the address is located.

what steps should i take? should i be worried about all of the other crap on my hard drive, and should i refrain from using bittorrent to download more stuff?

[gschwendt]

I don't think they mind you downloading, rather hosting is what they don't like... at least thats what I read from that.

[rhombic21]

I had this happen to me. I just had to call Cox and confirm to their tech guy that I had moved it from the shared folder. They have some sort of three strikes and you're out policy, so if this is your first offense, you should be OK. This was about a year ago, so policies may have changed.

[ZackMills]

That would have scared the hell out of me.

[redandblack]

I'm scared now if you got busted for something House. I download all kind of shit, and have about 6 games that I've torrented.

[smeth]

Move to Canada

[fried rice]

I don't think they mind you downloading, rather hosting is what they don't like... at least thats what I read from that.

the thing is, the file they singled out hasn't been in my bittorrent tray for about a week. i deleted the file, do you think that'll be enough to make this go away?

i guess i'll try calling the tech guy, rhombic.

[Mugg]

From what I've heard, this isn't that big of a deal. At least you didn't get something from the tv industry, who would be more likely to sue you. This is a cover their ass move on their part AFAIK.

I got something similar from Clemson a few years back about sharing files. I went to their little meeting, promised to not do it again, and went back to doing it, but I disabled my shared folder for sharing.

I thought bittorrents were supposed to be secure. I guess that's not the case?

[Hollywood]

I didn't realize they could basically spy on what files you downloaded. Although I guess in this case, they tried to download a certain file, and probably sent letters to everyone they downloaded parts of the file from.

[fried rice]

From what I've heard, this isn't that big of a deal. At least you didn't get something from the tv industry, who would be more likely to sue you. This is a cover their ass move on their part AFAIK.

I got something similar from Clemson a few years back about sharing files. I went to their little meeting, promised to not do it again, and went back to doing it, but I disabled my shared folder for sharing.

I thought bittorrents were supposed to be secure. I guess that's not the case?

well the funny thing is that in the email is the original message that Cox received from NBC's director of anti-piracy.

Please be advised that NBC Universal and/or its subsidiary and affiliated
companies (collectively, NBC Universal) are the owners of exclusive rights
protected under copyright law and other intellectual property rights in many
motion pictures and television programs, including the title(s) listed below
(the NBC Universal Properties). NBC Universal diligently enforces its rights in
its motion pictures.

It has come to our attention that Cox Communications is the service provider for
the IP address listed below, from which unauthorized copying and distribution
(downloading, uploading, file serving, file "swapping" or other similar
activities) of the NBC Universal Property or Properties listed below, or
portion(s) thereof, is taking place. We believe that the Internet access of the
user engaging in this infringement is provided by Cox Communications or a
downstream service provider who purchases this connectivity from Cox
Communications.

This unauthorized copying and distribution constitutes copyright infringement
under Section 106 of the U.S. Copyright Act. Depending upon the type of service
Cox Communications is providing to this IP address, it may have legal and/or
equitable liability if it does not expeditiously remove or disable access to the
motion picture(s) listed below, or if it fails to implement a policy that
provides for termination of subscribers who are repeat infringers (see 17 U.S.C.
512).

Despite the above, NBC Universal believes that the entire Internet community
benefits when these matters are resolved cooperatively. We urge you to take
immediate action to stop this infringing activity and inform us of the results
of your actions. We appreciate your efforts toward this common goal.

The undersigned has a good faith belief that use of the NBC Universal Property
or Properties in the manner described herein is not authorized by NBC Universal,
its agent or the law. The information contained in this notification is
accurate. Under penalty of perjury, the undersigned is authorized to act on
behalf of NBC Universal with respect to this matter.

Please be advised that this letter is not intended to be a complete statement of
the facts or law as they may pertain to this matter or of NBC Universal's
positions, rights or remedies, legal or equitable, all of which are specifically
reserved.

Please send us a prompt response indicating the actions you have taken to
resolve this matter, making sure to reference the Notice ID number above in your
response.

[kyleec]

You should call up asking Cox tech support how you send the file back and act like you've been trying to upload it to the original site off of your computer. They'll realize you're a noob and let you go.

[Cjones]

I got e-mailed by cox/hbo. I removed what was in question. Do you think I should do anything else?

[fried rice]

I got e-mailed by cox/hbo. I removed all the shit and deleted the torrent client all together, so they can't do anything now. If you have some minor little file (I had downloaded an episdoe from Rome, and that's what they wanted deleted) they probably won't even check back.

i'm going to watch this episode of The Unit i've downloaded and delete all of my bittorrent downloads. i've seen every episode of house at least twice, not going to be a big loss.

[Hollywood]

Could you not burn them to DVD before removing them from the hard drive?

[Wufpack]

good lord, i would've pissed my pants. I'm actually very glad I live off-campus because the network at App has some sort of really good anti-piracy thing that won't let you download anything.

[fried rice]

Could you not burn them to DVD before removing them from the hard drive?

i don't have a DVD burner.

[Mugg]

I got e-mailed by cox/hbo. I removed what was in question. Do you think I should do anything else?

You're fine. If they wanted to sue you, they already would have I think.

[Cjones]

I'm not worried about getting sued. COX said they would suspend my account if I don't take it off

Noob question: How do you remove something from one's hard drive?

[ZackMills]

Noob question: How do you remove something from one's hard drive?

[wow] Wow. Highlight it and click the 'delete' key on your keyboard or right click and select 'delete.'

[fried rice]

I'm not worried about getting sued. COX said they would suspend my account if I don't take it off

Noob question: How do you remove something from one's hard drive?

well, to truly erase all traces it is an extremely tedious process, but i'd imagine deleting the files from your computer would suffice in this case.

[Cjones]

[wow] Wow. Highlight it and click the 'delete' key on your keyboard or right click and select 'delete.'

Oh, I wasn't sure if you had to access it somehow to *completely* delete the files.

[ZackMills]

Oh, I wasn't sure if you had to access it somehow to *completely* delete the files.

Like Fried, I would assume you just have to delete it that way.

[fried rice]

i just cleared about 62 GB from my hard drive.

[ZackMills]

i just cleared about 62 GB from my hard drive.

any pron?

[fried rice]

any pron?

nope, that's just TV episodes.

[Cjones]

Guess I'm going to have to start buying my shit again.

[GTster]

And so it began. (http://www.ncaastrategies.com/utopia/showthread.php?t=44278&highlight=torrent)

[MtneerManiac]

I'm guessing Cox is an internet provider? Glad I probably won't have to worry about it, since I've never even heard of em'.

But, here's a simple way to not run into the problem rice has gotten:

Downloading something from a torrent isn't exactly illegal, if you claim you are making a backup file. Even then, downloading alone won't get you into troulbe, I don't think. The thing that will get you into trouble is seeding the file, which is essentially hosting it for other people to download (which is what the provider didn't like?)

So just download it, and then remove it from your torrent program. Sure, people will call you a dirty leecher, but who cares. :p

[fried rice]

I'm guessing Cox is an internet provider? Glad I probably won't have to worry about it, since I've never even heard of em'.

But, here's a simple way to not run into the problem rice has gotten:

Downloading something from a torrent isn't exactly illegal, if you claim you are making a backup file. Even then, downloading alone won't get you into troulbe, I don't think. The thing that will get you into trouble is seeding the file, which is essentially hosting it for other people to download (which is what the provider didn't like?)

So just download it, and then remove it from your torrent program. Sure, people will call you a dirty leecher, but who cares. :p

i'll seed it until i realize that it's finished, in which case i take it out of my torrent program.

[Southpaw]

"So what are you in for, fish?"

"Ummm, I like to watch House."

"Bend over"

[Niteboat]

This reminds me of when I got a cease and desist message from Lucasfilm in '99. I was serving up the Phantom Menace using some old sharing/chatting client that I cant remember the name of (it was originally written for macs). Anyway, the message served its purpose and I got scared straight, at least with Star Wars stuff.

NB

[fried rice]

i e-mailed them and told them that i'd deleted the file. situation resolved:

Thank you for the reply. Many people are not aware that most file sharing
programs place downloaded files into a 'shared' directory that will allow others
to see and download these files from them. We understand that you were likely
not aware of this. We recommend that users of peer-to-peer networks disable the
'sharing' feature of their client to avoid future DMCA complaints. For
additional help or instructions pertaining to disabling the sharing feature,
please consult the documentation for your specific software package. If the
materials listed have been removed then everything necessary has been done. We
appreciate your help in resolving this matter. If you have additional
questions, please let us know.

[ZackMills]

i e-mailed them and told them that i'd deleted the file. situation resolved:

So they don't care if you download it, but just don't share it?

[MtneerManiac]

So they don't care if you download it, but just don't share it?

Exactly.

But essentially, if everyone did this, there would be no P2P programs. [laugh]

[kella]

If you're using public torrent sites you always run the risk of Fox/NBC Universal/whoever's bots catching you.

[fried rice]

If you're using public torrent sites you always run the risk of Fox/NBC Universal/whoever's bots catching you.

i read on isohunt that it's foolish to use bittorrent without running it on a proxy...do you know what this would entail, and how it would protect the user?

[Catfish]

Other than the possibility of Cox discontinuing your service, I wouldn't worry about it too much. You already got it off your computer (hope you burned it first), so just tell Cox you won't do it again. You can also throw them some bull about having a wireless router and you think somebody might be piggybacking. Curtail your filesharing for a couple of months, it'll all blow over and you can get back to downloading (but might want to steer clear of NBC-Universal stuff). Don't worry about getting sued...those letters come in the mail, not electronically.

The way this works is certain copyright holders contract with "infringement tracking" companies to sniff out shared material. They'll search trackers for material, record the seeding IPs, and then turn it over to the coypright holders. Those copyright holders then contact the ISPs who in turn send scary emails to the internet users. All the company can ever get on their own is your IP; ISPs hardly ever turn over personal information.

NBC-Universal uses a company called BayTSP, and seems to be one of the more zealous/notorious when it comes to stifling sharing. I know this because they sent the same "unauthorized use" email to my ISP after I got Mulholland Drive on torrent.

By the way, the absolute WORST thing you can do is contact BayTSP or NBC-Universal directly...they have no idea who you are, and giving them any way to figure it out can lead to further problems.

So they don't care if you download it, but just don't share it?Yeah, nobody involved really cares about the downloading...it's the sharing that gets their panties in a wad.

[JDogg71]

Back when I used to use mIRC to download all of my movies, I used to receive emails from Paramount, Disney, Fox, MPAA, Universal and many others. They never did suspend my internet account, but I always thanked God they never went after people that downloaded movies like they did people who downloaded music.

[BamaRedwingsFan]

I bet FrankhouseTold on you fried!:D Im dissapointed you didn't atleast tuff talk them in your email when you told them you deleted it;)

[kooner]

I just started downloading all episodes of fresh prince its about 16GB

[fried rice]

i'm living on the edge man. i've got peer guardian 2 up and running, and i'm going to download the last two episodes of house, which i haven't seen. i wish my house addiction weren't so strong. perhaps if the networks weren't such cluefucks there would be a way to watch past episodes online and still view their commercials so that i don't get chewed out by Cox. i think if i get another one of these letters, i'll claim that a friend did it and never try this again.

[ZackMills]

i'm living on the edge man. i've got peer guardian 2 up and running, and i'm going to download the last two episodes of house, which i haven't seen. i wish my house addiction weren't so strong. perhaps if the networks weren't such cluefucks there would be a way to watch past episodes online and still view their commercials so that i don't get chewed out by Cox. i think if i get another one of these letters, i'll claim that a friend did it and never try this again.

Risking it all for House?[rock] God I hate the show. Primarily I hate Hugh Laurie's acting.

Why don't you search rapidshare for the files? Will they catch you that way too?

[fried rice]

Risking it all for House?[rock] God I hate the show. Primarily I hate Hugh Laurie's acting.

Why don't you search rapidshare for the files? Will they catch you that way too?

i'm pretty sure they would be able to catch me on rapidshare as well. i'm hoping that peer guardian will keep me from downloading another bastard file.

[gschwendt]

i'm living on the edge man. i've got peer guardian 2 up and running, and i'm going to download the last two episodes of house, which i haven't seen. i wish my house addiction weren't so strong. perhaps if the networks weren't such cluefucks there would be a way to watch past episodes online and still view their commercials so that i don't get chewed out by Cox. i think if i get another one of these letters, i'll claim that a friend did it and never try this again.

Most networks are starting to do this... CBS, NBC, & ABC. Granted you can't necessarily go back to the beginning but you can catch typically the last 5 episodes or so.

[Come2Conquer]

I pretty much stay within the Usenet domain now, but when I need to use BitTorrent, I just run it concurrently with Peer Guardian (http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/).

I had a few C&D letters from Cox back when I was a subscriber. I never deleted any of the files, I just e-mailed Cox and told 'em the file was gone. They relented and would leave me alone until another flag was raised.

[Wooly]

Does anyone know of a way to open .rar files (WinRAR), without purchasing a license from WinRAR? I downloaded a few torrent files using uTorrent, and they turned out to be .rar file types. Why, I don't know. Maybe I have WinRAR set as my default compression program or something.

Can anyone help me with this. If there is a different format to get these torrents in, let me know, and if you know how I can get into the .rar files which I now have, let me know.

[OU-11]

I use winRAR without a license.

[Wooly]

I use winRAR without a license.

I downloaded a trial version a long time ago I guess. When I went to open my downloaded torrents, the program said my 40 day trial was over and that I needed to purchase it. There has to be another way. It's only a damn compression program.

[OU-11]

I downloaded a trial version a long time ago I guess. When I went to open my downloaded torrents, the program said my 40 day trial was over and that I needed to purchase it. There has to be another way. It's only a damn compression program.
Mine says that too, but there is another option to just use it anyway. Its weird, winZip is like that too. It notifies me that my trial has ended, but gives me an option to use it anyway.

[redandblack]

http://www.winace.com/


After 30 days, it'll ask you if you want to buy a license, but just choose "continue to use free evaulation version"

[OU-11]

http://www.winace.com/


After 30 days, it'll ask you if you want to buy a license, but just choose "continue to use free evaulation version"

Thats what it says for me only on winRAR

[JeffHCross]

Gag, don't use either of those.

7-zip (http://www.7-zip.org/)
No trial, and will never bother you about one. Can't create RAR files, but it can extract them.

[Wooly]

Thanks again guys!

[gschwendt]

Thanks again for the hard guys!

fixed that for you... :p

[Wooly]

Now if someone can help me figure out what is going on with all these pop ups.

Earlier today I installed and used a torrent program for the first time. In order to do that, I had to mess with my IP address, router configuration, and open ports. I downloaded a few files, including one that I am very suspicious of and I deleted. Now pop ups are occurring in IE every time I use my firefox browser. I am pissed. I checked IE and my settings are no pop ups and the privacy is set to the highest. I don't know why it is happening. I can run AVG antispyware, Ad-Aware, Microsoft AntiSpyware, and Spybot S&D, but I will have to wait until late tonight, when I am done using the computer.

Any ideas?

[JeffHCross]

The Torrent client you installed might have come with some spyware for one. I don't know enough about Torrent programs to know if that's as common as it was with p2p for a while. Another possibility is that opening the port could have allowed a spyware program to be installed.

Probably something AdAware & S&D will clean up easy.

Why do you have to wait until late to run Ad-Aware or S&D?

[Wooly]

The Torrent client you installed might have come with some spyware for one. I don't know enough about Torrent programs to know if that's as common as it was with p2p for a while. Another possibility is that opening the port could have allowed a spyware program to be installed.

Probably something AdAware & S&D will clean up easy.

Why do you have to wait until late to run Ad-Aware or S&D?

They use up a lot of resources, and I am using programs that are slowed down or interrupted by them.

[JeffHCross]

Hmm. I guess my 2GB spoil me :)

[gohuskies]

I downloaded a trial version a long time ago I guess. When I went to open my downloaded torrents, the program said my 40 day trial was over and that I needed to purchase it. There has to be another way. It's only a damn compression program.
Mine says that too, but I can still use it.

[Southpaw]

Yep just hit Cancel or Close and go on about your business.

[Wooly]

I thought we might as well combine the torrent threads into one. Since good torrent sites and torrent programs change on a regular basis, we can keep up with them here. We can also address issues with using torrents. Keep in mind to not explicitly discuss illegal downloads, keep those questions general or unspecified.

[fried rice]

Mine says that too, but I can still use it.

same here.

[maniacpilot931]

Ok So I got a letter from Comcast saying they were contacted by the owner saying I downloaded copyrighted material. AKA NBC is getting pissy about me getting Season 3 Episode 19 of The Office (Good thing they didnt catch that 4.5 gig d/l of the entire 3rd season[laugh] ). My mom got a little ticked off, but whatever.

I think what happened is I usually d/l at night and say shutdown utorrent after finished, and didnt when I d/led that night. Anyone else have comcast and would it be a problem?

The letter itself really wasnt that bad, didnt even say to delete it, just that if I continued to do wo, then they would shut off my internet.

[fried rice]

Ok So I got a letter from Comcast saying they were contacted by the owner saying I downloaded copyrighted material. AKA NBC is getting pissy about me getting Season 3 Episode 19 of The Office (Good thing they didnt catch that 4.5 gig d/l of the entire 3rd season[laugh] ). My mom got a little ticked off, but whatever.

I think what happened is I usually d/l at night and say shutdown utorrent after finished, and didnt when I d/led that night. Anyone else have comcast and would it be a problem?

The letter itself really wasnt that bad, didnt even say to delete it, just that if I continued to do wo, then they would shut off my internet.

yeah, NBC's anti-piracy firm bitched at my ISP too a while back. they caught me downloading a house episode, which is strange because house is on fox. [rock]

[maniacpilot931]

yeah, NBC's anti-piracy firm bitched at my ISP too a while back. they caught me downloading a house episode, which is strange because house is on fox. [rock]

yeah i saw yours, but i meant in dealing with comcast.

You are still downloading though right?

[redandblack]

http://www.tenyardtorrents.com


great site for college and pro football game torrents. have to register though.

[fried rice]

yeah i saw yours, but i meant in dealing with comcast.

You are still downloading though right?

not anymore. i downloaded the rest of the episodes of house and the rest of the episodes of the unit without being hassled again, but both of their seasons are over. i've been watching various movies and rome on that website you posted in the SSF.

[chiefnole85]

not anymore. i downloaded the rest of the episodes of house and the rest of the episodes of the unit without being hassled again, but both of their seasons are over. i've been watching various movies and rome on that website you posted in the SSF.
What site would this be?

[fried rice]

What site would this be?

joox.net

[JeffHCross]

What's the advantage of the non-official BitTorrent clients?

[JeffHCross]

Never mind, figured it out on my own.

[maniacpilot931]

joox.net

yeah its alright, but lately the movies havent been that great, and you can tell the big guys are really pressuring stage 6 to catch copyrighted stuff. 2 months ago everything was on that site.

[maniacpilot931]

What's the advantage of the non-official BitTorrent clients?

I used bitTorrent a long long time ago, so I cant really remember it, plus it was older versions but utorrent is excellent. Uses very little system resources and it has very good speeds as well as a good speed guide for setting everything up. It also has good options with things like shutting down after downloads among others.

[joshuahuskers]

Probalby a noob question, but on soul seek, what does changing the Max UL and Max DL control? I assume it means max up load and max down load...so is it the max number of files you can be uploading or downloading at once?

[JeffHCross]

Probably UL and DL rate rather than files, I'd guess. That's at least the limits on the official client.

[joshuahuskers]

well, it has the max ul/dl, then it also has the max ul/dl KBPS...which would be the rate. On the first page of this thread, Come2Conquer said to set UL around 80 and DL around 25...I was just wondering if those numbers had any significant effect on download speed or effiecency or anything, or why would you even change them...I mean, there's no way you can download 25 files at once.

[Hollywood]

That's probably speed, and not number of connections.

*fuck, I was beaten to it.

[joshuahuskers]

again, it has the Max DL/UL, then the Max UL/DL KBPS. The KBPS would be the max speed. So obviously the plain Max UL/DL is something else.

[JeffHCross]

I'd guess number of user connections rather than files. That'd make more sense, and would explain why I see peers listed as seeds that for whatever reason I can't connect to.

[Chase56]

can anybody hook me up with a demonoid invitation code?

[kella]

I'd guess number of user connections rather than files. That'd make more sense, and would explain why I see peers listed as seeds that for whatever reason I can't connect to.

It's a combination of your settings and theirs. Even if your connections are unlimited, theirs probably aren't.

[MtneerManiac]

FWIW, once you finish downloading something make sure you seed it ... the more you seed, the faster your own downloads go. At least that's how it works with almost all torrent programs.

And IMO, utorrent is best.

[JeffHCross]

I think the seed vs download ratio only works with certain trackers. Other trackers don't care how much you seed ...

That's at least been my experience. Then again, I've seeded nearly 50 gigs just in the last month. (Good lord, 50 gigs?!)

[AKS-74]

I think the seed vs download ratio only works with certain trackers. Other trackers don't care how much you seed ...

That's at least been my experience. Then again, I've seeded nearly 50 gigs just in the last month. (Good lord, 50 gigs?!)

Exactly. I rarely ever seed because I don't care to keep the program running and taking up resources on my laptop longer than I have to. Yet, whenever I download something, it always flies through the download and doesn't take long. So yeah, I think it's just limited to certain trackers, bittorrent sites, etc.

[kella]

If you're on a public tracker I wouldn't fuck with seeding it unless you really want to - I rarely get stuff from public sites but if I do and there's only like 2 seeds going I'll leave it up for a while.

[maniacpilot931]

FYI-torrentspy.com a public tracking site that I like to use is now denying US IP addresses from being able to search. Heres the link to it: http://torrentspy.com/US_Privacy.asp I guess a proxy could probably get around it yeah?

[sayo]

FYI-torrentspy.com a public tracking site that I like to use is now denying US IP addresses from being able to search. Heres the link to it: http://torrentspy.com/US_Privacy.asp I guess a proxy could probably get around it yeah?

That sucks. I use that site quite a bit.

[maniacpilot931]

That sucks. I use that site quite a bit.

The MPAA was apparently putting a lot of pressure for them to track the ips of their uses when they search. Honestly that would be a major blow for the internet and privacy as a whole. So then Google can be tracked eventually? I think its the right move if they were being court ordered to track the searches.

[JeffHCross]

Torrent of the Michigan/Appalachian State game:
Seed is finally up (http://mgovideo.com/download.php?id=c2ac0885f7e10a4befd4498fe0362e7955 487f11&f=2007%20Appalachian%20State%20%40%20Michigan.torr ent)

[bossman]

FYI-torrentspy.com a public tracking site that I like to use is now denying US IP addresses from being able to search. Heres the link to it: http://torrentspy.com/US_Privacy.asp I guess a proxy could probably get around it yeah?

ya'll should migrate up here. its great except for smeth.

[AKS-74]

Torrent of the Michigan/Appalachian State game:

You are my hero. I hadn't been able to find torrents of it until you posted that. :)

[JeffHCross]

From what I'm hearing, the Torrent posted last night was pretty low-res. DVD should be up tonight, but until then ... here's a higher res (http://mgovideo.com/details.php?id=dbe87970e5eeff4e51ae41bef7d838f2f09 e4cd2)

[AKS-74]

From what I'm hearing, the Torrent posted last night was pretty low-res. DVD should be up tonight, but until then ... here's a higher res (http://mgovideo.com/details.php?id=dbe87970e5eeff4e51ae41bef7d838f2f09 e4cd2)

Wow, yeah. The file just got done downloading and the res of it did suck ass. I'm downloading the high-res file right now. Once the DVD version is up later, if you would be so kind to post a link in here. :D

[JeffHCross]

Yeah, the original upper was very surprised his DirecTivo defaulted to that small. Oops!

As you requested, AKS (would've done it anyway).

If anyone's interested, for archive sake.

DVD torrent of the App State-Michigan game (http://mgovideo.com/details.php?id=70c72ead454e042ae667b26575e3bc0eafc f79c8)

[AKS-74]

Yeah, the original upper was very surprised his DirecTivo defaulted to that small. Oops!

As you requested, AKS (would've done it anyway).

Thank you my good man.

[Hollywood]

My download of the game is averaging 35 kb/sec???

It's now running at 16? WTF!?!?

[Hollywood]

Great, now it's under 10.

*What blows ass is that at times, it goes as high as 200+ kb/s, so I know it can run a fuckton faster. Does Charter throttle their torrent traffic as well?

[JeffHCross]

Haha. Mine was throttling down yesterday, because I was the top guy. For whatever reason, I can't get a direct connection to the seeder. So I have to wait for other people get higher than me, then I catch up at like 300 kB/sec.

[Come2Conquer]

Just posting to find out if any of you use newsgroups instead of torrent sites for downloads...I detest torrenting personally.

[bossman]

Anyone know of any torrent sites that have a lot of mac applications (ie. Logic Pro, Final Cut, etc)? I just bought a macbook and am psyched.

[JeffHCross]

I detest torrenting personally.I did until I found football games on it. That's all I download.

And I definitely don't do ^^^^

[Come2Conquer]

Newshosting is now offering 100-day retention; I've rarely not found anything I've looked for. Still, I haven't looked for football games. But, the "TV" section of Newzbin tends to be filled with stuff.

[maniacpilot931]

Newshosting is now offering 100-day retention; I've rarely not found anything I've looked for. Still, I haven't looked for football games. But, the "TV" section of Newzbin tends to be filled with stuff.

what is this and how does it work? Thanks.

[Come2Conquer]

what is this and how does it work? Thanks.

Read more here (http://shsc.info/NewsGroups).

I have to explain though that, typically, access to newsgroups aren't free. Most people will automatically have access to newsgroups via their ISP; however, they're usually limited both in terms of the groups provided and the number of connections that you can make to download content.

I pay $10 a month for a Newshosting account with access to damn near every newsgroup in existence. In addition, I pay about $10 every 3 months for Newzbin, which is the "front-end" for searching groups & finding content.

The beauty of it:

The RIAA, MPAA, etc. have NEVER gone after anyone because of newsgroups. The entire system is decentralized (read the above link for a clearer explanation). I can download to my heart's content with no worries.

Plus, you have the idea of "retention" and connections hand-in-hand. Newshosting allows me 8 simultaneous connections...maxed out! I'd say it's pretty much on par with downloading a torrent with a healty amount of seeds/peers. You NEVER get to a point where the downloading stalls...AT ALL! Since Newshosting's retention is now 100 days, that means that I have over 3 months of access to any file with no change in how quickly I can download it. Plus, after the retention has ceased, the file(s) usually gets reposted anyway.

Torrents are just too damn finicky & subject to the whim of the community. I have to trust that fellow downloaders will continue to seed and keep up good ratios. Sure, some sites are strict about this, but plenty of them are not. Also, the torrent community is being targeted more & more by those groups who deem it illegal, or at least who don't want you downloading something that they insist on you paying. Hell, TorrentSpy just shut down access to its lists by users in the U.S.

BTW, this is my setup:

Newshosting account
Newzbin account
SABnzbd w/ the greasemonkey script (running in Firefox)

Minimum setup with no-hassle at all. If anyone needs help, just let me know.

[Fluff E Bunny]

So....uh.....anyone have access to a keygen prog that will work for the latest VMWare releases? :)

[Hollywood]

Torrents are starting to piss me off. I can download the same file faster via Ares, with fewer peers. WTF?

[buckeyenation]

Ares stopped working for me awhile ago. I've been using soulseek, which kinda sucks, actually.

Anybody know why Ares would do that? I've deleted the software and re-installed several times, and I still can connect, but my searches don't return anything at all. I can type in 'music' and get nothing.

[Wooly]

has anyone tried downloading games on Ares, like game the size of 1gig or so? Are they fast enough, or do they take forever?

[Wooly]

Well, so far, Ares was pretty fast, and the torrents were really slow. This was downloading the same files, at least 1Gig in size.

I am really interested in that newgroup idea of yours C2C.

[PackFan]

I have gone back to Ares as well

[fried rice]

Bittorrent doesn't work on my laptop (Vista). When I try to download a file, it gives me an error message saying that Port 6881 is blacklisted. Is there anything I can do to get it to work?

[FSUFAN]

Bittorrent doesn't work on my laptop (Vista). When I try to download a file, it gives me an error message saying that Port 6881 is blacklisted. Is there anything I can do to get it to work?
Change the bittorrent clients port or open the port on your router using port forwarding.

[Thompson219]

So Ares or Limewire or should i go overseas with parrotbay?

Or should i just fork over money to napster

[proliphik]

just use utorrent. so easy and so much better. to dl the torrents go to www.torrentz.com very easy search menu that lists many torrent websites. i live by this...and my harddrive hates me for it. over 50 gigs of random music movies and tv shows. i know thats not a lot but still.