aburt408 Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 Hi,as the title suggests Im new to P2P. I just downloaded uTorrent today. I was reading that people are getting sued for downloading videos and music.One suggestion I read was to turn off file sharing, but that seems to be frowned upon?I really dont understand how the whole thing works.Any suggestions on how to protect myself would be greatly appreciatedThanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 There really is no way to protect yourself, as BitTorrent wasn't designed to obfuscate one's IP address while sharing. Some people might suggest that you use PeerGuardian/ProtoWall, but I very-much doubt it'll help (people have still gotten threatening letters even with those IP blockers). You can always try those, but if you plan on downloading anything illicit, you're putting yourself at risk, no matter what you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aburt408 Posted December 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 Wouldnt everthing be illicit?I am interested in downloading tv episodes for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 No, not everything is illicit; there are plenty of legal uses for BitTorrent, but depending on where you live, downloading copyright material (like TV shows) might be illegal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aburt408 Posted December 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 how do I work out what is illegal and whats not?You say there are plenty of Legal uses. Can you give me a few examples please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent#Legal_use_of_BitTorrent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryanne72856 Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 I have been enjoying movies,games etc...then the letter from my IP provider saying I have shared a movie from FOX "JUNO" so I wrote and told them I had taken the movie off my computer. Another, letter saying that was fine and don't do it again.So, now what. this was a screener movie. so, stay awhile from them. anyother advice?I have windows vista and those bluetrack,trusty files,and some others say they don't work on Vista yet.maryanne any suggestions would be appreciatedmaryanne72856@cox.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Peerguardian is useless. So are any other blocklist-type applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 blocking is useless c/o DWKnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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