Bit Torrents
 

I used to use suprnova. it was great, but I had a friend (who originally told me about it) who said that I shouldn't use it because "they" were cracking down on it. is it safe to use these?

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Suprnova bit the dust about a month ago. I use filelist.org, demonoid.com, and torrentspy.com now.

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are they safe to use? well, as safe as i2hub or DC++ or KaZaa ?

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AFAIK, yes.

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Just started using them. Kazaa messed up my computer evertime i got it and refuse to re-download it. Is it possible for these torrents to do the same? Are they covered in viruses?

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As I understood it they are not as safe as kazza etc as it can see who is sharing/downloading the file as it uses each share to propogate the file onto each pc, so as you download its using your incomplete file to upload to others.

I have heard rumours that "they" could put out the file then datamine the ip of all those sharing and act upon it but I have no idea a if that is true and b if they are bothered about you downloading or more about those who regularlly leak/record movies and songs. I would have thought they would go after those either sharing lots or doing the ripping but they may make examples of more little people to try and kill it.

I use newsgroups as my preferred method of download handy for new films/albums etc but you are limited to what others post, I never found bitorrents particulary fast downloading so gave up on it.

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I wouldn't say that any bittorrent sites are safe, your ip is available to to anyone that locates the tracker. I wouldn't recommend downloading anything that the RIAA or MPAA would be interested in over bittorrent.

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This article may be of use, doenst look like the crackdown is as bad as I had thought

CNN on Filesharing

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It also seems that exeem is the new p2p to use combines bit torrent and other stuff. Cydoor had been bundled in with it initially but has now been dropped on the latest beta version.

www.exeem.com

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Yep. Exeem's the new sh!zzle.

They built an exeem lite since exeem had spyware, but then exeem removed the spyware...so now it's all good.

I've been hunting for poker vid's. Anyone have a bunch to share? Would be great to find the Poker Superstars Invitational..like someelse asked.

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Does anyone know who got hit with the lawsuits that the MPAA filed about 2 or 3 weeks ago? When the filed the first round of suits in November, they were on eff.org within a week or two... Can anyone lead me to the IP addresses that have been subpoenaed in this second round?

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are they safe to use? well, as safe as i2hub or DC++ or KaZaa ?

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IIRC, i2hub is only available to people on campus networks, and the i2hub people have to come out to the campus and get it set up. There is very little chance of getting caught unless some bitch starts selling people out the them because there is no way for people on other networks to get on.

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here are the sites I use:
http://www.thepiratebay.org/
http://w2.tvtorrents.tv:8081/
http://www.lokitorrent.com/torrents.php
http://www.bi-torrent.com/


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Notice the RIAA and other groups NEVER go after people who are downloading stuff, it's just those who share. I mostly just download TV shows anyways, but just make sure you're sharing stuff that nobody cares about like "the wonder years" or other obscure things. This will help your download/upload ratio and won't get you in trouble.

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Does anyone know who got hit with the lawsuits that the MPAA filed about 2 or 3 weeks ago? When the filed the first round of suits in November, they were on eff.org within a week or two... Can anyone lead me to the IP addresses that have been subpoenaed in this second round?

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Anybody? I'm very concerned. Or would I have found out by other means by now?

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Don't forget ISOHunt:
http://www.isohunt.com/

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Yeah you would have found out by now. I wouldn't sweat it, especially if you were sharing less than 500 songs or so.