Bittorrent sites?

Funkyzeit

Hi FOlks. Just got my BB sorted (no limits....hurrah...)and been ages since I used Bittorrents,
Anyone recommend any good sites?

Also if if anyone has memberships to any closed groups my last ratio on Azuerus was well over 1.6

Greatly appreciated

CyberGhost

Warez talk is not allowed here.

Peace

hehehehe

nooobs are funny...

Funkyzeit

Apologies Cyber -although there are plenty of legal torrents and I also see a big thread on azuerus below?
Apolgies again

CyberGhost

lol don't worry about it

Lord Oz

http://linuxtracker.org/ Lots of great torrents there!

Khannie

Hehe.

Funky: The rule is this: You can ask questions about software configuration etc. and discuss anything legal if you like, but if it can be reasonably inferred that you're talking about warez and how to exchange them then you'll get a bit of a clip around the ear (usually a temp ban).

I'm guessing that you've learned your lesson, so we'll just drop it.

Creamy Goodness

copyrighted material torrents are illegal

however the discussion of bit torrent clients are not.

much like how to copy a cd is not illegal but
copying a copyrighted cd are

Khannie

Concensus among the mods is that discussion of backup of copyrighted material THAT YOU OWN is ok.

Karoma

..provided that you keep your copy safe,for personal use (Or can i accidently leave my backups Internet-accessible?) ?

AARRRGH

Cremo wrote:

copyrighted material torrents are illegal

I seem to be saying this all the time these days, but torrents of copyright material are not illegal. A torrent is simply a hash file containing the url of the tracker and some information about the seeders and leechers. Trackers are not illegal. Downloading copyright material is not illegal. Sharing copyright material is illegal.

I don't know why people keep saying otherwise. Please don't tell me you actually listen to the rubbish IRMA sprout? They consider drug dealing to be the same as downloading MP3s. They're total bull****ters.

DemonOfTheFall

Just because it isn't illegal doesnt mean that they don't make things very messy for websites which are seen to condone them. The lads are trying to run a discussion board, not filesharing forum for people who want to get warez. If you want file sharing info, you go here www.google.com or here www.slyck.com

There aint really any need for talk of it on boards.ie, I can completely see where the mods are coming from when they don't allow it.

Cabaal

Peace wrote:

hehehehe

nooobs are funny...

BUT BUT his ratio in azureus was 1.6...respect!
ratio in azureus means crap to be honest, ratio on sites actually matters

AARRRGH

DemonOfTheFall wrote:

There aint really any need for talk of it on boards.ie, I can completely see where the mods are coming from when they don't allow it.

Oh I have no problem with boards.ie having their own set of rules regarding this.

I only have an issue with misinformation regarding the legalities of torrents/etc.

the_syco

Get todays edition of Metro. It has a list of torrent sites in it. Also tells which ones you can get your favourite TV shows. I wonder when they'll get sued for it:v:

aidan_walsh

dublindude wrote:

Downloading copyright material is not illegal. Sharing copyright material is illegal.

And the joy of BitTorrent is that everyone who downloads, shares for the duration they are downloading, with the option to continue afterwards.

WizZard

the_syco wrote:

Get todays edition of Metro. It has a list of torrent sites in it. Also tells which ones you can get your favourite TV shows. I wonder when they'll get sued for it:v:

Bugger - chose HeraldAM this morning instead

ambro25

aidan_walsh wrote:

And the joy of BitTorrent is that everyone who downloads, shares for the duration they are downloading, with the option to continue afterwards.

Factually incorrect - you do not have to upload whilst d'ling. Although your d'l rates will be rather sh*te, of course.

Cabaal

ambro25 wrote:

Factually incorrect - you do not have to upload whilst d'ling. Although your d'l rates will be rather sh*te, of course.

You'll always upload *some* amount of the file , anyway only scumbags don't upload when they download from torrent sites.
If everybody acted like a scumbag nobody would be able to download anything and the whole bittorrent community would be dead

the_syco wrote:

Get todays edition of Metro. It has a list of torrent sites in it. Also tells which ones you can get your favourite TV shows. I wonder when they'll get sued for it:v:

Whats Metro, do tell?

Khannie

Cabaal wrote:

Whats Metro, do tell?

Yes. Do tell!

Is it that herald thing? Where do you get it?

WizZard

Cabaal wrote:

Whats Metro, do tell?

Free morning newspaper.

Cabaal

WizZard wrote:

Free morning newspaper.

anyone got a scan of it, sounds like abit of a laugh
paper could get into abit of trouble tbh

the_syco

Cabaal wrote:

Whats Metro, do tell?

Free newspaper.

I'll scan it after work (ie: tomorrow moring).

Cabaal

the_syco wrote:

Free newspaper.

I'll scan it after work (ie: tomorrow moring).

please,
just blur out the url's or something

AARRRGH

****!!! I e-mailed Metro last week explaining what BitTorrent technology is, how it works, and what the websites are. I told them about my torrent website (an Irish torrent search engine) and tried to give them a local angle on the story.

Now they've printed the story and haven't mentioned me or my site!!

Annoying!!!!

Sparky

pm me that url please.

Orion

Khannie wrote:

Yes. Do tell!

Is it that herald thing? Where do you get it?

/me slaps Khannie

Herald != Metro

They're both freesheets but the difference is that Herald AM has just proved what I've said for years - I wouldn't read that rag even if it's free

The Metro isn't too bad actually.

Regarding the article - the funniest part in it was some bint from TV3 saying that TV episode downloads haven't hurt TV3 - "I've never even heard of Bittorrent"! Has she been living in a box?