XzDoG wrote:
Owell, theres always torrents. No one can stop bit torrent! If they try I will be a one man riot! I use BitTorrent for a lot of very legal uses. Bittorrent is the ultimate protocol for sharing large files. I am still confused as to why more companies don't catch onto it for distributing patches and updates. A few have, Blizzard and EA come to mind. | |
Danial.Beta wrote:
XzDoG wrote: I don't know why so many of you think that. Bittorrent is one of the worst file sharing systems I have ever seen. Not only is it impossible for me to ever find a torrent that is up to date and still shared, but even when it is being shared, 80% of the users are leaches and only slows the rest of us down. Yeah, that sure is the ultimate file sharing system when I download a file with cable internet at the speed of god damn dial up. I hate torrents with every inch of my body. | |
You are just downloading the wrong things from the wrong people. The leach and leach alike thought goes cross protocol. I know I was downloading a couple of files at over 100kbps yesterday. I always share, but I cap my upload at 30kbps because if it is any larger brings my download to a complete stop(Even web browsing is impossible).
What you are talking about is probably sharing illegal files, which runs its own risks, but legal files tend to have a host backing them to ensure that you get the same speeds you would get if you where downloading over HTTP, then add on top of that users sharing their bandwidth. I don't see how there is any more of an insurance of quality over any other p2p network. The only thing they have going for them is a centralized hub, but this is also their pitfall. | |
No I am talking about any file transfers. A popular thing now is to use torrent files for MMO type games because it saves them bandwidth. Too bad I usually dont even bother downloading their game if it turns out they don't sell a cd or have a direct download link.
You don't know what I am downloading and you do not know where I am getting my downloads from, so don't assume anything. | |
Mecha Destroyer JD wrote:
Apparently this is old news(posted Friday on Gtv.com), but last night I read about Liemwire getting sued by BMG, Warner, Universal, and EMI over the illegal music downloads. According to this article, they want $150,000 per song downloaded....Anybody can tell that that is ALOT of money..0_0 Of course, the thought that this could pass through legally is insane. Yeah, Limewire has the potential to be used as a piracy tool. So do torrents, the Internet, my PC, and about a thousand other things. Just like Limewire, they could very well be intended for legal purposes. I mean, it's not like they're actually uploading the files to their servers; peers exchange information across a network and the files travel from one peer to another. Heck, Limewire doesn't even attempt to hide IPs, so maybe the RIAA should get off their asses and try tracking down each IP engaged in piracy. Hiead | |
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/fileshare/2003/ 0901p2p1.html
They all ready do! | |
digressed company: "Sue! sue!"
Owner: "No copyright benfits for yout then!"
*Company whimpers*
Yeaaa.
Its still a bit ridiculous. $150,000. Its not like they make enough money anyways.