What bit torrent sites safe? easy?
Mar 8, 2012, 11:33 pm
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What bit torrent sites safe? easy?
I know absolutely nothing about torrents. I'd like to download Seinfeld, Big Bang Theory maybe a few others. Don't have time to rip then format from DVD. Are there safe bit torrents (if I'm using the term correctly)? Can I download mp4 files? (Mac OSX)
Many thanks in advance
Many thanks in advance
Mar 8, 2012, 11:41 pm
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I know absolutely nothing about torrents. I'd like to download Seinfeld, Big Bang Theory maybe a few others. Don't have time to rip then format from DVD. Are there safe bit torrents (if I'm using the term correctly)? Can I download mp4 files? (Mac OSX)
Many thanks in advance
Many thanks in advance
Mar 9, 2012, 12:48 am
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I know absolutely nothing about torrents. I'd like to download Seinfeld, Big Bang Theory maybe a few others. Don't have time to rip then format from DVD. Are there safe bit torrents (if I'm using the term correctly)? Can I download mp4 files? (Mac OSX)
Many thanks in advance
Many thanks in advance
If you don't already own the DVD, just buy the series in digital format from Amazon or iTunes.
Mar 9, 2012, 1:19 am
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Assuming you don't already own the DVDs, you need to clarify the type of safety you're after. Are you worried that your illegal downloads will contain malware? Or are you concerned about someone tracing your illegal activity? As for the latter, the BitTorrent protocol was not designed for illicit activity, so people who want to cover their tracks have setup various schemes, such as invitation only sites that are only accessible to "trusted" members. As for malware, copyrighted material traded on the Internet is a great place to seed viruses, because no one with any brains reports their lost drug stash to the cops.
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Mar 9, 2012, 2:13 am
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There are good sites out there. If you are looking for TV shows try eztv.it If you want other types of material try Demonoid.me
Check out these links to keep yourself safe:
Encrypting BitTorrent traffic
http://lifehacker.com/167702/encrypt...orrent-traffic
How to Completely Anonymize Your BitTorrent Traffic with BTGuard
http://lifehacker.com/5863380/how-to...c-with-btguard
Five Ways to Download Torrents Anonymously
http://lifehacker.com/5617891/five-w...ts-anonymously
Five Best BitTorrent Applications
http://lifehacker.com/5813348
And for all of those who feel that bittorrent is only used to illegally download copyrighted material, you are wrong. Some shows are going straight to BT. A good SciFi show called L5 is one example.
http://www.l5-series.com/
There are also many out of copyright materials, and other perfectly legal reasons to download using bittorrent.
Check out these links to keep yourself safe:
Encrypting BitTorrent traffic
http://lifehacker.com/167702/encrypt...orrent-traffic
How to Completely Anonymize Your BitTorrent Traffic with BTGuard
http://lifehacker.com/5863380/how-to...c-with-btguard
Five Ways to Download Torrents Anonymously
http://lifehacker.com/5617891/five-w...ts-anonymously
Five Best BitTorrent Applications
http://lifehacker.com/5813348
And for all of those who feel that bittorrent is only used to illegally download copyrighted material, you are wrong. Some shows are going straight to BT. A good SciFi show called L5 is one example.
http://www.l5-series.com/
There are also many out of copyright materials, and other perfectly legal reasons to download using bittorrent.
Mar 9, 2012, 2:36 am
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And for all of those who feel that bittorrent is only used to illegally download copyrighted material, you are wrong. Some shows are going straight to BT. A good SciFi show called L5 is one example.
http://www.l5-series.com/
There are also many out of copyright materials, and other perfectly legal reasons to download using bittorrent.
http://www.l5-series.com/
There are also many out of copyright materials, and other perfectly legal reasons to download using bittorrent.
OTOH, the original poster was asking specifically about illegal use. It is trivially easy to find information on elsewhere, but I wouldn't encourage someone like that here on Flyertalk.
Mar 9, 2012, 3:44 am
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Sure; it's (generally) the fastest way to download DVD images from the major free Linux distributions.
OTOH, the original poster was asking specifically about illegal use. It is trivially easy to find information on elsewhere, but I wouldn't encourage someone like that here on Flyertalk.
OTOH, the original poster was asking specifically about illegal use. It is trivially easy to find information on elsewhere, but I wouldn't encourage someone like that here on Flyertalk.
Mar 9, 2012, 9:49 am
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The Pirate Bay is one I use most. Last night the wife messed up the DVR setting for Big Bang, it was posted within minutes of the show ending.
Stay away from anything not seeded, any new movie posted late at night when the administrators aren't around to delete the junk files, and anything in a compressed format which usually requires a password.
Stay away from anything not seeded, any new movie posted late at night when the administrators aren't around to delete the junk files, and anything in a compressed format which usually requires a password.
Mar 9, 2012, 8:29 pm
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Between the shows sites, the Broadcasters sites and Hulu/Amazon/Netflix its hard to find a reason to D/L a show ;P I mean waiting 24 hours can't kill you :P
With the exception of being out of country(which is solved with a proxy back in the USA)...
With the exception of being out of country(which is solved with a proxy back in the USA)...
Mar 9, 2012, 10:08 pm
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Or the opposite situation--you want foreign TV that's not available here.
Mar 10, 2012, 5:31 am
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I know the couple UK shows I like aren't available anywhere but torrent.
They both have a huge following world wide so finding them isn't much of an issue. RSS feed
