Anyone download using torrents??

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  1. Sup

    Superdan New Member

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    Been using torrents and downloading for a couple of years now.

    Just got a letter from Orange yesterday about a download I did last week and a warning.

    Should I stop, anyone received a warning before?

    Anyway of not getting caught anymore!!
     
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    use em for anything i download.which isn't that much
    but a couple of my mates spend 99% of their online time using them.
    they've never had any warnings with virgin and tiscali.
     
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    My neighbour got a letter and he hardly uses them. Must just bean unlucky few who gets em.
     
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  4. Sup

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    its orange i use.

    dont do much downloading, just a bit put off now
     
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    you are joking? 'my mate' does loads of downloading all the time. i dont like where this is going. the thought of having to pay for music.
     
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    Download Peer Guardian to protect yourself
     
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    ignore the letter, it was in the news not long ago that they will only send letters out and wont cut you off, they wont even take you to court for it, if you use the right sort of software am sure they will never no
     
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    should peer guardian do it, dont fancy going to court!!
     
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  9. Ron

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    if that was aimed at me kingster

    then i can see where your point.the old home taping is killing music thing.
    however,as mentioned in a previous thread,i go to a lot of gigs,from stadiums right down to
    pub gigs.buy merchandise and even buy bands a pint if i can.
    i don't earn a fortune and from what i'm told the money bands actually receive from cd sales is a very small fraction
    of what you actually pay for a cd.plus i'm a clumsy fecker and cd's always get lost or broke where as my phone hardly leaves
    my side.

    if it wasn't aimed at me then ignore all of the above.
     
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  10. kin

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    RE: if that was aimed at me kingster

    not aimed at you mate. i was just saying, i know alot of people who go on the hmv website, write down the top 20 albums, then go on certain torrent sites, and down load them, free of charge.

    i was just wondering which companies were gonna start sending warning letters out. by my guess, at least 50% of internet users regulary download 'free' music / films etc etc.

    i personally love my music but havent bought a cd for 5 years. 'my mate' gets em all.
     
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    RE: if that was aimed at me kingster

    i know what ya mean.
    my point was if everyone went out and actually saw bands instead of just listening
    then it wouldn't be just the arena filling acts getting the recognition they deserve.
    bands would get teh money they deserved instead of the record company raking it in.
     
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    I bet they don't even listen to it properly

    A few of my mates at work just leave their systems downloading 24/7 and they don't even watch or listen to a fraction of it. It's a waste of electricity if nothing else.

    There are plenty of cheap CD's / DVD's out there and even the lastest releases are quickly discounted. As for computer software, the Web is full of legitimately free stuff that is more good enough for home use.
     
    GudjonFan, Nov 9, 2008
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    Easiest answer....

    ... Say you're sorry, and ask Orange to send you, lets say, Paul McCartney's bank account number and sort-code. That way you can pay him his royalty money, directly.
     
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    andytyke Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    use private bit torrents sites, and

    make sure you enable encryption in whatever client you use, that way your isp knows how much your downloading but not what your downloading.

    been using torrent sites for years and struggle to keep in my 40gb limit yet not recieved any letters. not used any public sites like isohunt etc for about 3 years though.
     
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    RE: use private bit torrents sites, and

    what do you mean by private bit torrent sites? i only know bit comet, piratebay, torrentspy and such like. what should i be looking to use? cheers.
     
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    andytyke Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    RE: use private bit torrents sites, and

    the best torrent sites you need invites to get into, though some are open signup. you have to sign up to use them, speed are quicker, nothing is fake. but you must keep a good ratio on them

    here is a site which lists lots of currently open private torrent sites

    http://btracs.com/

    a decent low level one for mostly movies http://www.nordic-t.org/signup.php is currently open

    and a very good one http://www.torrent-damage.net/signup.php


    here is the list of main sites, the level is how hard it is to get into them, the number in brackets [] is out of 10 for content


    Level 1 ??????????
    These sites are open for sign ups. Those looking to join can register with ease.

    Bitlove[5] - Bitbarat[5] - Rautaportti[5]

    ArenaBG[8] - Bitsoup[8] - Partis[8] - Midnight Torrents[7] - SCLinks[6] - BiTTorrents.ro[6] - BTNext[5] - Powerbits[5] - ALL4Nothing[3] - ILoveTorrents[5] - SceneLeech[5] - WitchTracker[5]- Libitina[5] - MercTech[4] - SceneMachine[4] - LegendaryTorrents[4] - Respect The Seed[4]

    AOM Killer[8] - HDBITS.ro[8] - Sport-Scene[8] -TVTorrents[8] - Cinemageddon[7] - Docs.torrents.ro[7] - FullContactZone[7] - PureTNA[7] - Empornium[6] - FilePorn[6] - AniRena[5] - Majaa[5] - SoundDamage[3]

    and countless others...


    Level 2 ??????????
    These sites are easy to obtain. Chances are you will get in these sites easily


    RevolutionTT[10] - LinkoManija[8] - TorrentBytes[8] - Demonoid[8] - Pretorians[7] - CZone[7] -Pisexy[7] - Torrent-Damage[7] - BitNation[6] - Independence[6] - Insane Team[5] - Majomparade[6] - Torrent.LT[6] - Giga Torrents[5]

    PirateBits[8] - Finpirates[8] - Swebits[8] - Zamunda[8] - BlueDragonTorrent[7] - Danishbits[7] - Delight4U[7] - Evolution PT[7] - filelist.ro[7] - IP Torrents[7] - Power Of Freedom[7] - SuperTorrents[7] - Telugu Torrents[7]- WarezBros[7] - Wild-Bytes[7] - BestShare[6] - BtGigs[6] - ChronicTracker[6] - DigitalHive[6] - Doyanakadar[6] - FileBits[6] -HeavenTracker[6] - MazeTorrents[6] - Moobs and SpeedFire[6] - PotUK[6] - PowerScene[6] - SceneFZ[6] - SceneTracker[6] - RSR[6] - SoftTorrents[6] - TakoRauta[6] - Torrents4All[6] - TorrentZilla [6] - XtremeZone[6] - Acetorrents[5] - AcidLounge[5] - EliteBits[5] - FunFile[5] - Leecherslair[5] - Peers.ro[5] - Seeders Team[5] - SmokingInTheRain[5]- XtremeShare[5] - ThePeerHub[4]- RushBits[4] - TheSharingZone[3]

    The Box[10] - ProWrestlingTorrents[9]- MMATracker[9] - Bitspyder[8] - Brokenstones[8] - BW Torrents[8] - Cheggit[8] - Dimeadozen[8] - TvT.ro[7] - ProAudioTorrents[7] - Ntorrents[8] - STmusic[8] - XboxSky[8] - Audionews[7] - Bitgate[7] - BitHDTV[7]- Goem [7]- Bitseduce[7] - KrayTracker[7] - Christian Torrents[7] - DVDseed[7] - Elbitz[7] - HorrorChannel[7] - Learnbits[7] - TranceBits[7]- MySpleen[7] -ThePlace[7]- The Pokerbay[7] - Softmp3[7] - TorrentBits[7] - UKNova[7] - UnderGround Gamer[7] - XtremeWrestlingTorrents[7] - PussyTorrents[7] - Libble[7] - Shellife[6] -BitGamer[6] - BitHQ[6] - BitVault[6] - CinemaObscura[6] - ExtremeBits[6] - Filmbits[6]- PEC[6] - Sweloaders[6] - TVJunkies[6] - X264[6] - Audiozone[5] -Arabfilms[5] - Diwana[5] - Nemesyz[5] - BitShock[5] - TranceBooster[5] - Filemp3[5] - SoundArea[5] - MagicianTorrents[5] - MusicTorrents[4] - Musicplace.lv[3]


    Level 3 ??????????
    The sites from this level and up are harder to get into.

    TorrentLeech[10] - SCC[9] - TTi[8] - FinBytes[7] - NCore[7] - PeerPortal[6]

    GFT[8] - BT-Arg[6] - FileList[6] - Snowtigers[6]

    BlackCats[10] - BitMeTV[10] - BitMe[9] - KaraGarga[9] - Waffles[9] - What[9] - BTMusic[9] - DesiTorrents[8] - Elektronik[8] - TheDVDClub[7] - DeepBassNine[7] - RMVBusters[7] - TheVault[7] - TranceRoute[7] - IndieTorrents[6] - PTN[5]

    Level 4 ??????????

    IPLAY[8] - DarkSide[7] - Thor'sLand[7] - SCL[7] - TS-Tracker[8] - HDBits[10] - Music-Vids[9]


    Level 5 ??????????

    ScT[10] - PolishTracker[9] - ITS[7]

    Level 6 ??????????

    Bithumen[8] - Norbits[8] - AOM[8]


    Level 7 ??????????

    TranceTraffic[10] - SweDVDR[8]


    Level 8 ??????????
    Sites from this level and up are very difficult if not impossible to obtain.

    FTN[7]


    Level 9 ??????????

    FSC[9]- F***[7] - E****[8]


    Level 10 ??????????

    TTC[10] - U*-*[7]
     
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    Agreed on some points

    CD's can be obtained at a reasonable price if you look hard enough. However, CD is no longer the most convenient format for many modern music consumers. It sadly remains the case that high quality DRM-free portable music files cannot be yet be purchased at a reasonable price. From the online music download stores, a full album in mp3 or similar, costs more than a CD from the discount CD sites. This despite the massive decrease in cost of provision - no disc to manufacture, package and ship to the end user, just a few poxy MB of bandwidth.

    DVD's are not something I frequently buy. Unlike listening to albums, there are very few films I would watch over and over, so there is little point in me buying DVD's unless they cost less than a trip to the cinema. The ones I have, have been watched once and now just waste shelf space.

    Software, on the other hand, I agree entirely. 12 months ago I had a hooky copy of Windows laden to the hilt with expensive software freely downloaded from dubious sources. About this time last year I decided to try to find free alternatives to all my commonly used programs and see if I could last a month without using proprietary software. It proved remarkably easy. So in December last year I decided to go the whole hog and ditch the hooky Windows in favour of the freeware Ubuntu OS.

    Now that isn't for everyone by any stretch. It's not as polished as Windows and you need to do stuff from the commandline more. But it is secure, fast, resource-light and easy on the eye. Also, most of the programs I'd taken to using in Windows (GIMP, Open Office, Firefox, Thunderbird, Avidemux, Audiacity, Sopcast, VLC player) were either bundled with Ubuntu, or readily available for Linux. There is no longer any proprietary software on my PC at all and I've never looked back.
     
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    Also

    Use a torrent search site that supports SSL encryption, i.e. has a URL starting https://

    I believe Peer Guardian isn't available for Vista though.

    Or... don't download dodgy stuff!
     
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