BitTorrents are legal.
using a BitTorrent client to download some things is legal.
using a BitTorrent client to download the latest RIAA album that you do not own is not legal.
I'd just like to point out the fact that you're very aware. It's illegal no matter what... but the little guys see the idea behind sharing/no-cost advertising... the big guys don't. I actually wrote a 7-page paper on it for school, too. Ahh, how I wish the RIAA would just fizzle away... (honestly, who sues dead people and elementary-aged children? :shakehead )
4. ...Discussion of obtaining software or music illegally through P2P programs is considered a form of warez and will be likewise removed.
1) We can discuss, just not specifics (your question was extremely so)
2) A lot of people just got nailed on Limewire... careful.
3) He was kidding. Chill. You gotta lighten up around here, don't take yourself so seriously (good advice for life in general, too)
4) Backstreet Boys?
1) We can discuss, just not specifics (your question was extremely so)
2) A lot of people just got nailed on Limewire... careful.
3) He was kidding. Chill. You gotta lighten up around here, don't take yourself so seriously (good advice for life in general, too)
4) Backstreet Boys?
1) okay sorry
2) omg really?? please tell me more
3) okay sorry
4) haha yeah- i was trying to DL it for my sister
Pilotwings: You've been warned once about this before. NEVER request anything illegal on this site. This is your second warning.
!! omg no way- have i really??! this is terrible..
haha and omg! once he starts saying something about the rules, THEEENNN you start being like "oh yea.. shouldnt do that" but before you were all in the conversation!
This is a pointless question. The protocol itself is not illegal. If you share copyrighted material through the medium, then that is illegal. If you share legal content, then it is not. I don't get what you're trying to figure out
You were the 2nd person to reply to this post. Right then is when you should've started scolding me for posting something that didn't follow the rules. I don't see this as very fair.
NEVER request anything illegal on this site.
and finally- OMFG did i ever REQUEST ANYTHING??!!!! :shakehead
i kinda think it is like modern day prohibition for geeks. the law says no, but the public doesn't care...
here's a very interesting article about a french magistrate who is concerned with all of the p2p users overcrowding his courtroom, and his ongoing battle against their version of the RIAA/MPAA. so it seems the french aren't all that bad!
Personally I think they need to come up with MP3 exe's that you can download, open with the mediaplayer of your choice, listen to once and they self destruct. Call it radio for the 'net or what have you. I know this is impossible since you could just open up sound recorder and record the song in realtime then compress the wav to MP3 again but I still wish there was some way of implementing something along those lines so that if you got hit with the desire to listen to certain music that wasn't widely available on the air in your area you could and not be stealing nor paying through the nose for something you'll only use once.
For instance, I'm a big (ok insert tall/fat guy joke here) fan of speed metal, death metal and some shred music but finding a station that plays any of that in the bible belt is as likely as finding Bill Gates doing "I switched" commercials for Apple, it's just not going to happen.
So, my alternatives are buy the music (which I do, scouring pawn shops is a great way to find cheap legal music) or d/l the music which I don't since I have no real desire to end up getting hit with a lawsuit because regardless of what the drift of opinion is here, the RIAA can and will go after downloaders, not just uploaders...they were sending out files missnamed as popular songs just a couple years back simply to use the file to track the IP's of the downloaders of said songs. I don't remember the source of that particular info but I remember reading it at a credible source.
But back on track, Torrents are great for sharing freely sharable info, legal in every respect there as well, small unsigned bands can use P2P to get their music heard, patches can be shared and save the que time for the conventional sources and open source softwares can be disiminated freely. Not to mention legal (un cracked) demos of software.
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I'd just like to point out the fact that you're very aware. It's illegal no matter what... but the little guys see the idea behind sharing/no-cost advertising... the big guys don't. I actually wrote a 7-page paper on it for school, too. Ahh, how I wish the RIAA would just fizzle away... (honestly, who sues dead people and elementary-aged children? :shakehead )
ok stfu
I'm having EXTREME problems now with Limewire! I can't download any music w/o it saying that every single file is corrupt!!!
1) We can discuss, just not specifics (your question was extremely so)
2) A lot of people just got nailed on Limewire... careful.
3) He was kidding. Chill. You gotta lighten up around here, don't take yourself so seriously (good advice for life in general, too)
4) Backstreet Boys?
1) okay sorry
2) omg really?? please tell me more
3) okay sorry
4) haha yeah- i was trying to DL it for my sister
!! omg no way- have i really??! this is terrible..
haha and omg! once he starts saying something about the rules, THEEENNN you start being like "oh yea.. shouldnt do that" but before you were all in the conversation!
You were the 2nd person to reply to this post. Right then is when you should've started scolding me for posting something that didn't follow the rules. I don't see this as very fair.
and finally- OMFG did i ever REQUEST ANYTHING??!!!! :shakehead
here's a very interesting article about a french magistrate who is concerned with all of the p2p users overcrowding his courtroom, and his ongoing battle against their version of the RIAA/MPAA. so it seems the french aren't all that bad!
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,67594,00.html
For instance, I'm a big (ok insert tall/fat guy joke here) fan of speed metal, death metal and some shred music but finding a station that plays any of that in the bible belt is as likely as finding Bill Gates doing "I switched" commercials for Apple, it's just not going to happen.
So, my alternatives are buy the music (which I do, scouring pawn shops is a great way to find cheap legal music) or d/l the music which I don't since I have no real desire to end up getting hit with a lawsuit because regardless of what the drift of opinion is here, the RIAA can and will go after downloaders, not just uploaders...they were sending out files missnamed as popular songs just a couple years back simply to use the file to track the IP's of the downloaders of said songs. I don't remember the source of that particular info but I remember reading it at a credible source.
But back on track, Torrents are great for sharing freely sharable info, legal in every respect there as well, small unsigned bands can use P2P to get their music heard, patches can be shared and save the que time for the conventional sources and open source softwares can be disiminated freely. Not to mention legal (un cracked) demos of software.