Which File sharing?

gavtodd71 · Post by **gavtodd71** » 5/3/2004, 6:05 pm

is bittorrent not really bad for getting caught while downloading? I believe we had discussed people getting letters and such for using it

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 5/3/2004, 6:14 pm

Only in the US - home of the greediest copyright laws :mrgreen:

One-Eye · Post by **One-Eye** » 5/3/2004, 6:30 pm

I totally groove on Drumbeat (which uses napigator). And iTunes. You can't go wrong with an empty pocketbook and the feeling that you've done your part to save the music industry.

gavtodd71 · Post by **gavtodd71** » 5/3/2004, 6:33 pm

i tunes is a system hog !

Lando · Post by **Lando** » 5/3/2004, 6:35 pm

Limewire is great for music it's true. I've never had problems finding single songs on there and they never ever ever ever have errors or loops like Kazaa had.

Also, as for Bit torrent, like josh said, about making sure to upload as much as you download, that's not entirely true. There are sites where you have to register and log in to download, those sites monitor your IP address so that you don't leech, download only and not upload what soever. However most sites you don't have to log into, and those sites you don't have to upload even 1kb of data and you'll still get tons of seeds and a really great DL speed. If you're behind a firewall etc... just like Kazaa, it could limit the amount of users you Download from.

And Gavtodd, like Rob said, only in the USA. In Canada it's completely LEGAL to download files. It's the uploading of files that we're not allowed to do.

gavtodd71 · Post by **gavtodd71** » 5/3/2004, 6:47 pm

Lando wrote:Limewire is great for music it's true. I've never had problems finding single songs on there and they never ever ever ever have errors or loops like Kazaa had.

Also, as for Bit torrent, like josh said, about making sure to upload as much as you download, that's not entirely true. There are sites where you have to register and log in to download, those sites monitor your IP address so that you don't leech, download only and not upload what soever. However most sites you don't have to log into, and those sites you don't have to upload even 1kb of data and you'll still get tons of seeds and a really great DL speed. If you're behind a firewall etc... just like Kazaa, it could limit the amount of users you Download from.

And Gavtodd, like Rob said, only in the USA. In Canada it's completely LEGAL to download files. It's the uploading of files that we're not allowed to do.

its gavin, how do you prevent uploading then, because naturally the software wants to prevent you from leaching. Last time i got something off of there i uploaded nearly 2gb before i got 1gb of download.

Penguin Josh · Post by **Penguin Josh** » 5/3/2004, 7:04 pm

it's only illegal to upload in the US as well

gavtodd71 · Post by **gavtodd71** » 5/3/2004, 8:17 pm

^ is mistaken

Penguin Josh · Post by **Penguin Josh** » 5/3/2004, 8:18 pm

well that is what the news said

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 5/4/2004, 1:40 am

Lando wrote:I've always found that bit torrent is way faster than Kazaa and other apps, because you can get like 100 seeds or more, seeds are users who are sharing the file, so you can get major fast downloads and you can always resume your download if it doesn't finish, so I think it's a great program, especially for videos which are huge in file size, because they download so fast and you can resume if you need to.

Not if you're me!!! :mad:

I usually get about 5 seeds, tops... if I'm lucky. And the highest speeds I get are in the single (or double, once again if I'm lucky) digits. :uh:

Freaking firewall.

Meanwhile, I upload at pretty much my max upload speed (30k/s) at almost all times.

It also slows my computer to a crawl, along with my internet.

gavtodd71 wrote:is bittorrent not really bad for getting caught while downloading? I believe we had discussed people getting letters and such for using it

That would've been me. I got busted for sharing (yes, sharing... not downloading... the letter simply said to stop sharing it) Charmed. FREAKING CHARMED!!! :roll:

Once again: bittorrent is the devil.

gavtodd71 · Post by **gavtodd71** » 5/4/2004, 5:27 am

Josh wrote:well that is what the news said

actually the artical i read was quite specific, saying its okay to download music, but helping to share and uploading cd you buy is illegal

I AM ME · Post by **I AM ME** » 5/4/2004, 10:08 am

wow i'm really liking Limewire so far

Neil · Post by **Neil** » 5/4/2004, 10:12 am

I AM ME wrote:wow i'm really liking Limewire so far

Like it as much as you would like Kazaa Lite??? If Limewire is better I'm freakin done with Kazaa.

clumsychild_ · Post by **clumsychild_** » 5/4/2004, 4:39 pm

Limewire is definitely better than Kazaa. :nod:

Neil · Post by **Neil** » 5/4/2004, 4:52 pm

I'm gonna have to check out Limewire then....

As soon as the "Friends" caricature and "Reese Witherspoon" caricature I got emailed to me is done printing on my freakin glossy print paper.

A guy in MN emailed 'um to me......if anybody wants to see, let me know.

gavtodd71 · Post by **gavtodd71** » 5/4/2004, 6:11 pm

i found it to be really slow!

Neil · Post by **Neil** » 5/7/2004, 3:23 pm

Limewire vs. Kazaa Lite............Neil wants some opinions!

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 5/7/2004, 10:46 pm

nikki4982 wrote:NO!!! DON'T DO IT!!!!

I installed it yesterday, and it's got freaking Adware that gets installed with it... that can't be uninstalled... well, on my machine anyway. It's supposed to be able to be uninstalled normally, but that didn't work for me. I had to delete it, then go into my registry and mess with crap.

The Pro version supposedly has no adware, though... so I downloaded it and am gonna install it. If it installs LimeShop, I swear to god, I'm gonna jump out my window.

Neil · Post by **Neil** » 5/8/2004, 2:49 pm

It's long too late.......and besides that damn LimeShop situation, I've found Limewire to blow away Kazaa.