Rubikk Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 I recently found that there are a few paid security applications for protecting your identity while downloading torrents. I have lots of questions about them. For example:-Do they really work?-Are we really being tracked? I mean, there are millions of people downloading the same torrents. So why in the world would a person alone be tracked and sued for copyright infringement?-What is the importance of these then, now that above possibility has been ruled out?Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 If you don't want to be indentified when high street shop-lifting, wear a disguiseIf you don't want to be identified while Internet shop-lifting use a disguise of a different sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubikk Posted April 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 If you don't want to be indentified when high street shop-lifting, wear a disguiseIf you don't want to be identified while Internet shop-lifting use a disguise of a different sort.What the hell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 Downloading copyright material is the equivalent of stealing CDs from HMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktetch Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 Downloading copyright material is the equivalent of stealing CDs from HMV.Only if you're ignorant of the law, and of reality.Bit of a difference between removing a limited quantity physical item, thus depriving someone of it; and infringing a monopolistic right of near-exclusivity on something with unlimited quantity.That's why it's treated as 'copyright infringement' and not 'theft' (although theft charges would be preferable, since they're much harder to prove, and have much lower penalties) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 The end result is the same no matter how you try and dress it up. Both actions result in removing a potential sale of an article thus depriving the originator any earnings from that one sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubikk Posted April 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 Well, basically downloading torrents is downloading copyrighted material illegally, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted April 11, 2013 Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 Depends on the torrents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted April 11, 2013 Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 Well, basically downloading torrents is downloading copyrighted material illegally, isn't it?Nope, there is plenty of GENUINELY free material, public domain material or GPL material that can be downloaded and shared with alacrity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubikk Posted April 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Well' date=' basically downloading torrents is downloading copyrighted material illegally, isn't it?[/quote']Nope, there is plenty of GENUINELY free material, public domain material or GPL material that can be downloaded and shared with alacrity.For example? (Sorry, I'm a newbie) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 http://www.clearbits.net/http://legaltorrent.net/http://vodo.net/http://www.miroguide.com/http://www.legittorrents.info/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktetch Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 Well' date=' basically downloading torrents is downloading copyrighted material illegally, isn't it?[/quote']Nope, there is plenty of GENUINELY free material, public domain material or GPL material that can be downloaded and shared with alacrity.For example? (Sorry, I'm a newbie)Or indeed anything I've put on The Pirate Bay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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