Better Program that Limewire or Kazaa?

[Necrosaro420]

Are there any other good downloading programs besides Torrents, Limewire and Kazaa? For some reason my Limewire refuse's to connect to anything, and kazaa I just hate =) Thanks

 

[JohnAn2112]

I predict a locked thread in the future.

 

[gorcorps]

Well in all honesty these programs aren't illegal in their own right, you can just do illegal stuff with them.

Anyway I used to like bearshare but it's recently been so ad dependent that I can't stand it.

 

[Ayah]

I've found torrents are the most efficient.

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: Ayah
I've found torrents are the most efficient.

 

[mundane]

I've been using Firefox for most of the my downloads; I haven't used a download manager since I was on dialup. Filezilla is another application which provides excellent FTP support.

 

[beemercer]

Originally posted by: JohnAn2112
I predict a locked thread in the future.

I concur.

To answer the question, bittorrent.

 

[Schadenfroh]

IRC and newsgroups

 

[KeithTalent]

Itunes?

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
IRC and newsgroups

FTW.

 

[Zenoth]

I second IRC and Newsgroups.

One honorable mention could go, IMHO to the eMule network. In fact I found the Medieval II Demo from that network and downloaded at 500kb/s or so, quite constantly whilst on other known web-sites I'd download it at 100kb/s or so (maybe they were just busy though).

 

[Sureshot324]

Bittorrent for large files and Sharaza for music and small files.

Anyone know of a good way to find stuff on IRC and newsgroups?

 

[Noema]

I like buying my CDs in records stores, personally.

 

[mad0maxx]

eMule here... all the other stuff is crap besides Bit Torrents...

 

[KeithTalent]

Whoa, I can't believe this thread has not been locked yet. Mods must be asleep at the wheel

 

[nweaver]

Ask the big guy in the shower when you go to jail for piracy

 

[petesamprs]

Originally posted by: Noema
I like buying my CDs in records stores, personally.

what's a record store?

 

[JackBurton]

Limewire and Kazaa? WTF? Are you stuck in the year 2000?

 

[Leros]

P2P programs have many legitimate uses. I download IPTV shows with BitTorrent all the time.

There is tons of legal material on p2p network, but just like the internet there is plenty of illegal content.

 

[kamper]

Originally posted by: petesamprs

Originally posted by: Noema
I like buying my CDs in records stores, personally.

what's a record store?

You find them out in the real world. They tend to offer much higher quality music than what you find online, along with album art, a physical backup and generally no or easy-to-evade drm. Selection sucks though, and it requires you to go outside, unless you happen to live in a mall.

 

[Necrosaro420]

Originally posted by: JohnAn2112
I predict a locked thread in the future.

Why? P2P is Legal in the United States of America last time that I checked. There are plenty of legal uses for this type of thing.

I am trying to find alternative ways to distribute my bands music, which is perfectly legal. If I asked "Hey where can I download Metallica?" then yeah, lock away.

 

[MBrown]

people still use Kazaa? That is the worst p2p software ever.