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    Viacom Top Lawyer on Obliterating Peer-to-Peer Users

    More Tips for Torrenting Your Brains Out

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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/17/09

    In reply to Viacom Top Lawyer on Obliterating Peer-to-Peer Users
    The guy is doing his job to the best of his ability, and IMHO you cant fault someone for that. Its not easy doing a job no one likes you for.

    As far as peer to peer, they can close the sites, but that wont stop it. The more they push, the more we will push back. The end result is no winner. Maybe its time we rethought the game and decided how to go from lose/lose to win/win. #viacom
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/17/09

    @Curves:

    "Its not easy doing a job no one likes you for."

    yeah but it IS easy to, you know, get another job. #viacom
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    Image of MarcusMaximus MarcusMaximus
    11/17/09

    @nutbastard: A surprising thing to say given the current state of things in this country. #viacom
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    11/17/09

    @MarcusMaximus:

    we're talking viacoms top lawyer. i dont think he's short on options. #viacom
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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    11/17/09

    @MarcusMaximus: There are plenty of jobs. It's whether you want to "do" that kind of work...or not. And for that little pay.
    Personally, if I could collect welfare, and live in a decent apartment, with controlled rent, and walk/subway to whatever I need...shityeah... #viacom
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    11/17/09

    @nutbastard: Even dirty jobs have to get done. I have one of those jobs, and its not fun at times, but, I do it to the best of my ability anyway. #viacom
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    11/17/09

    @Curves:

    while i dont dispute the dirtiness of his job, i do call into question whether or not this particular job (suing p2p users) HAS to get done. there's cleaning out the latrines and then there's jailing potheads - both dirty jobs, but only one HAS to get done. #viacom
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    11/17/09

    @SigmundTheSeaMonster:

    when the height of ones aspirations is to suck on the government teat, one must seriously reconsider the definition of 'living'. #viacom
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    11/17/09

    @Curves: Even dirty jobs have to get done.

    Watch "Dirty Jobs" w/Mike Rowe every Tuesday at 9 on Discovery. #viacom
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    11/17/09

    @Nick: Mike Rowe has yet to be a lawyer. Being a lawyer is a different type of "dirty".
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    11/17/09

    @Nick: if i had the power to, I would promote this comment #viacom
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    11/17/09

    @Nelson: I do, and did. #viacom
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/17/09

    In reply to Viacom Top Lawyer on Obliterating Peer-to-Peer Users
    I'd advise any folks here to read the rest of that article. The guy isn't a hardcore repentant turncoat like the excerpt makes it sound. But it's a good read on the perspective of a fairly reasonable guy on the opposite side of the fence.

    His current support for graduated response still worries me. Especially that he'd prefer the courts not get involved. The fact that he at least advocates some kind of appeals process is encouraging, though. Just...a tiny bit. #viacom
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Viacom Top Lawyer on Obliterating Peer-to-Peer Users
    "I really don't get it. If he really thinks this, why doesn't he advise another course of action? "

    Because Viacom pays his bills and his conscience doesn't. #viacom
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Viacom Top Lawyer on Obliterating Peer-to-Peer Users
    You'd think with such a heinously grizzly murderous blockquote, it would have more abbreviated laughter, or at least more expletives. #viacom
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    11/17/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: #viacom
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    Image of mjt308 mjt308
    11/12/09

    In reply to More Tips for Torrenting Your Brains Out
    Anyone know of a good torrent client for Windows 7 64-bit? I read that installing uTorrent, the client I currently use, results in some issues in 7. Any recommendations would be useful. #torrent
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    Image of Poop Cooper Poop Cooper
    11/12/09

    @mjt308: I'm running uTorrent on Win 7 64-bit - no problems here. Lifehacker mentioned if you do run into problems, run it in XP Mode as an Administrator and that will fix it, but so far that's been unnecessary for a majority of people. #torrent
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    NeoAkira promoted this comment Poop Cooper was starred Poop Cooper was unstarred
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    11/12/09

    @mjt308: I'm also running utorrent on Win7 64-bit and there's been absolutely no problems so far.

    I guess if you'd like an alternative you could go for Azureus (or Vuze as it's called now).
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    Edited by NeoAkira at 11/12/09 11:27 AM NeoAkira was starred NeoAkira was unstarred
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    11/12/09

    @NeoAkira: uTorrent is the only way to roll. #torrent
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    Image of mjt308 mjt308
    11/12/09

    @NeoAkira: , @Poop Cooper: Great, thanks for the advice and recommendations!
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    Edited by mjt308 at 11/12/09 11:39 PM mjt308 was starred mjt308 was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    11/11/09

    In reply to More Tips for Torrenting Your Brains Out
    Anyone have any clue when Demonoid's web side will be back up?

    (and I meant "side" because the tracker is back up)
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    Edited by GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy at 11/11/09 7:13 PM GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy was starred GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy was unstarred
    Image of Project_J187 Project_J187
    11/12/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking: I think you meant "site" instead of "side"

    Last year it took 2 months to get the site back after the tracker came back. Thats all the info anyone knows since the site admins stay quiet about these things. #torrent
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    11/11/09

    In reply to More Tips for Torrenting Your Brains Out
    Awesome!
    I just got today an obscure, hard to find, out of "print" japanese app-thing which I was looking for over an year now thanks to torrents!
    Bit surprizing even, considering how torrents aren't exactly good for rare and obscure stuff... but it had one single lonely active seed, took almost a day for 500Mb file, but it's here now!

    And no, it's not porn... or it would've been easy to find.

    Also: c'mon Demonoid!
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    Image of MavrixWK MavrixWK
    11/11/09

    @Bokusatsu_Tenshi: I feel like demonoid is a comatose patient that we all cling to its hand hoping it wakes up. #torrent
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    Image of MarcusMaximus MarcusMaximus
    11/11/09

    In reply to More Tips for Torrenting Your Brains Out
    I went from bit torrent to usenet this last week and I don't think I'll ever look back. Speeds are outrageously better than anything I've ever seen with bit torrent and it seems to be easier to find quality downloads. In fact, the only downside(aside from a monthly cost) I've found is that the nzb search engines I've seen don't have user ratings for the downloads, so it can be hard to tell apart legitimate files from those that contain a virus or other malware. #torrent
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    Platypus Man promoted this comment MarcusMaximus was starred MarcusMaximus was unstarred
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    11/11/09

    @MarcusMaximus: Find a private tracker. The speeds there are ridiculously better than any public tracker. And they're also free.

    You say the only downside is a monthly cost, but that's a pretty big downside for anyone who uses BitTorrent much at all. #torrent
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    Image of Invisiblemoose Invisiblemoose
    11/11/09

    In reply to More Tips for Torrenting Your Brains Out
    Oh, your Bittorrent guide for "pros" that recommends not seeding?

    I recommend seriously revamping that guide.
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    Platypus Man promoted this comment Edited by Invisiblemoose at 11/11/09 6:43 PM Invisiblemoose was starred Invisiblemoose was unstarred
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    11/11/09

    @Invisiblemoose: More like BitTorrent guide to leeching. AMIRITE?

    %_% #torrent
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    Image of Yerzriknot Yerzriknot
    11/11/09

    @Invisiblemoose: Agreed. Assholes like that are the number one reason I exclusively use private trackers now. #torrent
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    Platypus Man promoted this comment Yerzriknot was starred Yerzriknot was unstarred
    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    11/11/09

    @Invisiblemoose: But they won't. The whole point of that guide is "How to download what you want and not get caught by the feds," and it's true that uploading as little as possible makes it less likely for them to track you down, but average users can still upload like crazy with little to no risk.

    It's the people who actually create the torrents and upload them to the trackers in the first place that are most at risk here. Seeding and maintaining a decent share ratio is what keeps the whole process running and if people didn't do that, no one could get anything. #torrent
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    Image of Seiven Seiven
    08/24/09

    In reply to 5 Pirate Bay BitTorrent Alternatives
    I have only used PirateBay once, these other solutions were already my main choices for...uh...evaluating software...and...uh...sharing non-copyrighted materials...yeah
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    Image of hodayathink wants WWFRD back! hodayathink wants WWFRD back!
    08/21/09

    In reply to 5 Pirate Bay BitTorrent Alternatives
    I haven't really found a torrent site that is consistently better than Piratebay for porn. Especially since I hate it when the movie is broken up into 30 different RAR files. Anyone have any suggestions?
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    08/21/09

    In reply to 5 Pirate Bay BitTorrent Alternatives
    So you mention the first one has no porn, so how is...uh...my friend supposed to hunt down the porn? Is there like a porn specific one or something?
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    Image of DigitalPasture DigitalPasture
    08/21/09

    In reply to 5 Pirate Bay BitTorrent Alternatives
    If anyone has a Demonoid invite up for grabs, please let me know! digitalpasture@gmail.com

    Been looking for a way in since I heard that PB was going down some months ago.
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    Image of jedimaster0103 jedimaster0103
    08/21/09

    @DigitalPasture: I'll drop you one, but don't every put your email up again. Bad idea with the kind of crowd that reads this site.
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    Margatron promoted this comment jedimaster0103 was starred jedimaster0103 was unstarred
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    08/21/09

    @jedimaster0103: Wouldn't say just this site, but any site. It's just not smart to put up your email on anything but a secure registration form. And even then at your own risk. If you absolutely have to post an email, use "email at host dot com" so bots don't farm you.
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    Image of DigitalPasture DigitalPasture
    08/21/09

    @jedimaster0103: LOL I know better... That's why I used the Gmail account. Easily disposable if need be. Thank you very much for the invite, greatly appreciated.
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    Image of JPropaganda JPropaganda
    08/21/09

    In reply to 5 Pirate Bay BitTorrent Alternatives
    I've had good experience with torrentz.com
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    Image of ZanebonoSeal ZanebonoSeal
    08/21/09

    In reply to 5 Pirate Bay BitTorrent Alternatives
    my favorite is scrapetorrent.com, which searches several at once, including some listed here.

    cheers!
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