Downloads?

[Moordecai]

I wanted to DL a movie or two to put on an Ipod for long trips ... anybody have suggestions on where I can do it SAFELY? I think I have heard a few people mention torrent websites or something ....

[Baddums]

I managed a movie theatre for a few years, so I have some soapbox statements about pirating but I won't dish it out :p However, if you want to go the torrent route, be prepared to figure out the program you will use to download. Most probably use BitTorrent, but many programs have crappy spyware they sneak onto your machine so you have to be careful.

[SheetiS]

uTorrent supports encrytped file transfer if you are wanting to hide what you are doing. I also believe in the settings it as an option to only talk to encrypted peers.

[Demolition]

I managed a movie theatre for a few years, so I have some soapbox statements about pirating but I won't dish it out :p However, if you want to go the torrent route, be prepared to figure out the program you will use to download. Most probably use BitTorrent, but many programs have crappy spyware they sneak onto your machine so you have to be careful.

If Movie Theaters stopped bumping their price by 50 cents every 3 months i'd probably go see movies in them instead of waiting and watching them at home.

Shit it cost nearly 10 bucks to get in the door hear.. i might as well wait 3 months and buy the dvd, i can watch that whenever instead of just one time...

20 oz soda... 3.50 bag of twizzlers i could get at a convenient store for 1.20? cost me 2.50

Price gouging is all that Theaters are about now days, and i could care less about lining their wallet if thats their business.

[Kangaroo_Symphony]

20 oz soda... 3.50 bag of twizzlers i could get at a convenient store for 1.20? cost me 2.50


Omg I <3 Twizzlers!!! *Always sneaks them in* Muahahaha!

[Baddums]

If Movie Theaters stopped bumping their price by 50 cents every 3 months i'd probably go see movies in them instead of waiting and watching them at home.

Shit it cost nearly 10 bucks to get in the door hear.. i might as well wait 3 months and buy the dvd, i can watch that whenever instead of just one time...

20 oz soda... 3.50 bag of twizzlers i could get at a convenient store for 1.20? cost me 2.50

Price gouging is all that Theaters are about now days, and i could care less about lining their wallet if thats their business.

Yeah the corporates don't care because people still go to the theatres and pay the prices. I personally made only $8.25 at the highest as a manager, so that money sure as hell wasn't really going to me. An adult ticket costs more than one hour of my work :(

[NateDawg Planetside]

i use uTorrent ... it pretty easy to use ... download the client then use ie or firefox or whatever and brows out to a torrent site like piratebay/mininova/isohunt and find your movie .. click download torrent and uTorrent will automatically open .. and away you go

just remember ... what gets you busted is sharing ... once your done downloading it ... rip it and remove it, dont share ;)

[nyke]

i use uTorrent ... it pretty easy to use ... download the client then use ie or firefox or whatever and brows out to a torrent site like piratebay/mininova/isohunt and find your movie .. click download torrent and uTorrent will automatically open .. and away you go

just remember ... what gets you busted is sharing ... once your done downloading it ... rip it and remove it, dont share ;)

No.. downloading it can get you busted to. I got a letter from comcast giving me a warning. I do not share at all. I was downloading 7 pounds.

[NateDawg Planetside]

No.. downloading it can get you busted to. I got a letter from comcast giving me a warning. I do not share at all. I was downloading 7 pounds.

good to know...i wonder how they could tell?...you use torrent sites?

[nyke]

good to know...i wonder how they could tell?...you use torrent sites?

Providers are now working with fake IP's to trace other IP's that are downloading. basically..

When you download everything has a certian indentification, they trace these identifications. I even had it encrypted using uTorrent. goes to show that even comcast does not give you any internet privacy.

[govtcheeze]

Can you give us a jist of the letter? Was it a usage letter, or a 'dont download pirate shit' letter?

[Notso]

Odd, comcast has never said anything to me about torrents. I use uTorrent as well though I don't generally share cept occasionally my pRon to get my tna ratio up >.>

[legslat]

yea you should watch your torrent downloads. Freak got caught for downloading the Witcher and we got a nice little letter =/

[nyke]

Can you give us a jist of the letter? Was it a usage letter, or a 'dont download pirate shit' letter?

It was pretty much a "Do not fucking download pirated shit noob or I will comcastically whoop your ass!"

[trystan]

You have to watch torrents though, you are sharing as you download generally speaking. Thats what torrents do. Even if you aren't sharing a folder, or other stuff, you usually are sharing what you are downloading, as you get a piece it goes back out to others at the same time.

[Ziros]

Can you give us a jist of the letter? Was it a usage letter, or a 'dont download pirate shit' letter?

The letters look like this:


Dear Comcast High-Speed Internet Subscriber:

Comcast has received a notification by a copyright owner, or its authorized
agent, reporting an alleged infringement of one or more copyrighted works
made on or over Comcast's High-Speed Internet service (the 'Service'). The
copyright owner has identified the Internet Protocol ('IP') address
associated with your Service account at the time as the source of the
infringing works. The works identified by the copyright owner in its
notification are listed below. Comcast reminds you that use of the Service
(or any part of the Service) in any manner that constitutes an infringement
of any copyrighted work is a violation of Comcast's Acceptable Use Policy
and may result in the suspension or termination of your Service account.

If you have any questions regarding this notice, you may direct them to
Comcast in writing by sending a letter or e-mail to:

Comcast Legal Response Center
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
650 Centerton Road
Moorestown, NJ 08057 U.S.A.
Phone: (856) 317-7272
Fax: (856) 317-7319
E-mail: dmca@comcast.net

For more information regarding Comcast's copyright infringement policy,
procedures, and contact information, please read our Acceptable Use Policy
by clicking on the Terms of Service link at »www.comcast.net (http://www.comcast.net/).

Sincerely,
Comcast Legal Response Center

Copyright work(s) identified in the notification of claimed infringement:

Evidentiary Information:

Notice ID:
Recent Infringement Timestamp:
Infringed Work: Bad News Bears, The
Infringing FileName: Bad News Bears KLAXXON
Infringing FileSize: 1127028154
Protocol: BitTorrent

They have a lot of them posted at dslreports forums and even track the patterns if you're that interested.

[Xantheous]

I like Vuze (http://www.vuze.com/app) it does not require that you open a port on your router and you can add friends for faster downloads (if you have the same file). Either way, you have to be very careful with torrents. I personally do not download them on my main PC but instead filter them through my media server and I have that locked, ported, only share with friends.

If you wanted to be a freak show like you can run it through two firewalls (virtual or regular) and you are safe as safe can be. Most of you that know me, know what I do for a living and this is a very easy and secure way to protect a home network.

LOL sorry, I derailed another one..I have a tendency to ramble when I talk about security :o

[Kangaroo_Symphony]

Vuze pwnz.

[Intrabeldin]

peerguardian ftw. like all things it won't garentee you wont get caught but will help reduce your chances a lot, just make sure to keep it updated.

if your wondering yes I use it along with uTorrent. I also only use private torrent sites to keep down on the bad torrents as well as the fakes.