Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 04:57 pm, by: Mike Bradberry(Halflife)
I've seen this torrent thingy and it says 'download' and I'm always wary of downloading anything. Do I have to pay, or what's the story on how it works?
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 07:49 pm, by: Daniel Blackham(Daniel24)
Its free Mike.
First download Utorrent: http://www.utorrent.com/ and install. This is what you use to download the files (torrents)
Then download Peerblock: http://www.peerblock.com/releases Install that, it stops companies looking into what you download. (Very important)
You can then download VLC Player: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ which allows you to play a larger assortment of media files on your pc. (Will be needed to play some torrents)
Once there installed you can then go to websites such as www.thepiratebay.org or www.btjunkie.org, these are the sites you'll use to find what you want to watch/listen to.
Do a general search for whatever you want, say 'Top Gear'
Search the list of available torrents and find the one you want, the one below is Top Gear season 16 episode 6.
Then with your new programs installed you can click on 'magnet link' which will automate the torrent file download to your Utorrent program, then click 'Ok' once Utorrent loads and your Torrent will begin to download to your hard drive.
Once finished you'll then locate the torrent file you downloaded and within that folder you will have a video file which you will be able to watch/burn etc.
Thats a safe way of doing it. If your worried about virus's etc then just scan the downloaded folder once its complete.
This is just a easy how to for torrenting, I dont do this and I dont condone it.
Just a word of warning, if you have metered uploads try not to leave Utorrent running as it will chew up your monthly quota.
Ali Saeed wrote on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 04:21 am:
"Then download Peerblock: http://www.peerblock.com/releases Install that, it stops companies looking into what you download. (Very important) "
as if lol.
haha, exactly..
in the last 2 months i have downloaded:
seasons 1 to 16 of top gear over 70 movies many a TV show season Microsoft office 2010 professional Windows 7 64 bit Adobe CS 5 Lightroom about 5 different HDR programs
and never had a problem...
all you need is:
vlc- to play everything.. utorrent- well obviously btjunkie- for almost everything torrentbutler- new movies
•••• relying on commercial coverage.. torrent FTMFW
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 05:01 pm, by: Daniel Blackham(Daniel24)
I never did use peerblock, untill I started receiving emails from my ISP and cease and desist letters from movie companies.
I've had no such problems so far using it. Dont use it at your own risk. And yes. the companies that have the ownership rights to these movies can and do sue in Aus.
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 08:57 pm, by: Shane Haverkamp(Havabeer)
i never understood why downloading shows is illegal though tape recorders are/where just the normal thing to do? just tape a show so you could watch it later at your own convience, much like what i do with shows... why was it never really cracked down on?
Now technically, it is illegal to reproduce any copyrighted material without the rights to do so, whether it be in any form, such as lending, re-broadcasting, making copies or downloading/uploading using torrent programs, and there are certain exceptions like a single copy for backup purposes of content you own a legitimate copy of. As for recording TV Shows, in Australia the 1968 Copyright act states it's fine if its for personal use.
In the USA, many people have been subject to subpoena by organizations such as the RIAA (ISP Gave Details out), and been taken to court unless they pay a settlement fee.
In Australia this is not common, I've never heard of an individual being sued for downloading/uploading copyrighted material without the rights to do so.
Many ISP's delete hundreds of these E-mails all the time some ISP's forward them to the customer, your ISP has the least of interest of your Illegal torrenting activities, reason being there is a reason you pay $50/month for their Amazing 200gb download limits, and they know it.
Peerblock was Originally Peerguardian 2, which was Originally Peerguardian.
Peerguardian was a simple program to block any incoming/outgoing connections to the IP's on a blocklist, this stopped Anti-P2P organizations and recording industries from establishing connections to peers on the torrent in order to prove they are downloading copyrighted material without the rights to do so, the ISP then recieves a letter from them, which they forward to you.
In the US, receiving many of these letters is not a good thing, as many ISP's have a 3 strikes policy over there, and many have handed out details directly to the Recording Industries. This was the original intent of Peerguardian for those living in the USA and Other Countries where this sorts of happenings are common. The development was eventually picked up by another developer, and then another and now it's called Peerblock.
Because of our laws here are different, ISP's do not hand out personal details of their customers to anyone who claims that they have a timestamp of a certain IP that was downloading/uploading copyrighted material without the rights to do so at a certain time, so such allegations are merely dealt as a complaint.
One notable lawsuit was with Iinet and several recording/motion picture industries from the USA, who alleged that hundreds of users from Iinet were involved in copyright infringement. In the end all the recording industries bailed out, they Lost.
Downloading Music/Video via P2P is not Piracy, it's marketing, if you cant give away something for free, how do you expect people to buy it and/or it's related merchandise.
Sunday, April 03, 2011 - 04:31 pm, by: Garion Gibson(Gordy)
So if you don't want to Download all that Torrent programing then go to this website http://www.streetfire.net/ The search function is at the top of the page, just type in Top Gear and watch away, just like YouTube.
Also If you do want to download torrents and watch them i suggest MKV player, 2x better then VLC media player, it covers more file types and is faster at higher res.
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