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Lincoln-Imp
10-04-2005, 07:13 PM
Since theres quite alot of stuff i would like to download like music and stuff i was wondering has anyone ever been caught like on p2p software? I just want to make sure its alright to do.

Hunted
10-04-2005, 07:22 PM
When I am using p2p clients such as BitTorrent, I hardly ever download stuff that is illegal, I mainly download anime that is unlicensed, I raely ever download licensed anime, only reason I would is because the DVDs are too much.

Lincoln-Imp
10-04-2005, 07:25 PM
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Skiz
10-04-2005, 08:08 PM
Re: Ever been caught using torrents?

Wouldn't that upset Mr. Torrents? :O


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abu_has_the_power
10-04-2005, 10:47 PM
nope. i've been doing torrents since april 2003. my 1st download was a svcd release of Matrix Reloaded. lol

i got my protection

Formula1
10-04-2005, 11:38 PM
Lol yeah i got "protection" also :P. I've been using Bittorrent for over a year now. And i have downloaded and uploaded over 700GB's on it, ATLEAST... :unsure:

Leeson
10-04-2005, 11:50 PM
nope, I've been using p2p scince the old days of Napster, scince then I used WinMX, Audiogallaxy (before they got busted), DC++ and BitComet for torrents and never got caught

Gripper
10-05-2005, 08:57 AM
The only way not to get caught is not to do it,get yourself peerguardian and don't go round bragging to all and sundry about what you're doing.
The big guns aren't interested in little fish like us,life would be so boring without some risk involved,so just say "fuck it" and go for it.

QualityPapers
10-05-2005, 12:27 PM
The only way not to get caught is not to do it,get yourself peerguardian and don't go round bragging to all and sundry about what you're doing.
The big guns aren't interested in little fish like us,life would be so boring without some risk involved,so just say "fuck it" and go for it.

Not having a dig at you Gripper but Peerguardian wont do you any good at all with bittorrent, sure 'they' wont be able to connect to your machine (just like any decent firewall) but 'they' will still be able to see your IP address when 'they' connect to the torrent, therefore 'they' will know which ISP you use. Your ISP will be able to tell them which user got which IP address on which date/time and then the cops come round. If you are on broadband your IP doesnt change often (if at all) anyway.

But use it if it makes you feel better :)

The best bet (as I understand it) is to use private trackers (filelist etc) for most of the stuff and only use public trackers for stuff thats already in the public domain, tv episodes etc

But I do agree with the bit about not going around shooting your mouth off about what your doing. Yes, Fomula1, publicly admitting how much you download is a bit silly.

But hey, im sure the movie police dont read this board :)

Newgroups are the safest to download from, I understand.

Guys, I would be interested to know what 'protection' you use, seeing as proxys wont work with BT

Gripper
10-05-2005, 04:02 PM
Never mind,such is life:)

twisterX
10-05-2005, 06:44 PM
The only way not to get caught is not to do it,get yourself peerguardian and don't go round bragging to all and sundry about what you're doing.
The big guns aren't interested in little fish like us,life would be so boring without some risk involved,so just say "fuck it" and go for it. :D

abu_has_the_power
10-05-2005, 09:04 PM
protowall plus router is da way to go

setanta
10-05-2005, 09:48 PM
I got an email form my ISP, Telus in Canada saying that the motion picture association, or someone representing them had requested info on me because the pinned me downloading "the pianist"
That was about 2 months before suprnova got shut down so I think the heat was on at that time. Fortunately Telus told them to bugger off as they keep their clients Identities unless forced to release by a court order, which at least for the moment will not happen in Canada.


Anyways like everything else in life its only a crime if you get caught, so enjoy the free ride while it lasts.

abu_has_the_power
10-05-2005, 09:51 PM
Canada Rocks!!!

inkmaker23
10-05-2005, 10:05 PM
Forget Peerguardian- once the RIAA or MPAA get on a torrent swarm (easy to do),
they can see everyone else's ip address. I use Stompsoft's StealthSurfXtreme (costs
around $29) . Easy to turn on and off and hides your ip address. I tried Anonx, then
Findnot.. they worked, but cut download speeds badly and sometimes disconnected at the wrong times. Stealthsurf cuts download speed in half (with 5mb/s hispeed DSL I'm
still in great shape ) . Peerguardian can stop the bad guys from peeking into your
shared file (used by other p2p protocols, NOT bit torrent) .

twisterX
10-06-2005, 12:36 AM
i dont think anyone would be here anymore if they got sued. Hopefully now.

brotherdoobie
10-06-2005, 04:36 AM
I been caught using torrents. My wife caught me just the other day masturbating to porn, I downloaded from a torrent site.

Peace bd :blushing:

QualityPapers
10-06-2005, 08:26 AM
protowall plus router is da way to go

Abu, these dont help with Bittorrent, protowall is just another peerguardian/ip blocker.

Inkmaker, do you know how stealthsurf works, I cant see how it can work with BT

Lol @ brotherdoobie

QP :)

furryapplepie
10-06-2005, 12:35 PM
My ISP was contacted once when I was downloading a torrent. The ISP told me to stop, I removed the torrent, and nothing more has come of it so far. It was on PirateBay - not a private tracker.

cldnails
10-06-2005, 01:04 PM
Never been caught and as a matter of fact my ISP sells the higher speed package, citing p2p as a reason to pay for the plus. I don't think I'll have anything to worry about for now. Although a local guy did get busted for downloading music off of LimeWire, but I've never heard anything in regards to anyone being busted in bittorrent.