Stop torrenting!?

[gaidensensei]

First off for me, I don't really torrent that often, more like 2+/- weeks total in a year's worth.

Got hit with a call from Verizon earlier today saying I have been involved in a serious matter over copyright infringement and I must stop, drop and roll to uninstall all p2p programs. Similar to this thread from last year.

Now the funny thing is I didn't even open or use the file I downloaded. I just hit the first link I saw and grabbed the torrent that was a few hundred megs, was testing connection speed after a format.

Anyways, guess the point of this message is I went and looked into it, looks like it's been expanding across the USA as of late.

Cliff notes:
PSA: Big bro is watching you!

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[Goosemaster]

Obvious theft is obvious.

 

[mjrpes3]

some sort of encrypted anonymous p2p that is actually fast is gonna be the next big thing. you can already to encrypted and anonymous but just not fast.

 

[her209]

^ Whoa, when did you get out of the witness protection program?

 

[Goosemaster]

^ Whoa, when did you get out of the witness protection program?

please elaborate.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Heh that sucks. I'm strongly against software piracy but I pirate a metric assload of TV shows as a protest against the networks dragging their feet on allowing me to get digital shows over the internet. I would gladly pay for what Americans can access for free, but if I visit sites like Hulu, CBS or SouthParkStudios I'm invariably hit with "Not available in your country". Well if my money isn't good enough for you then fuck yourself. I'm sick of buying fickle DVDs - it's 2010 and there's no reason I shouldn't have the same access to online content as my Yankee brethren.

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[Patranus]

Download every linux torrent on earth and run that shit 24-7 and see if you get the same phone call.

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[Goosemaster]

metric assload

the English system simply cannot compare when it comes to vividness.

 

[Locut0s]

Like GA I tend to only download TV shows now. Though I have been downloading some animated DC movies of late. I stopped pirating games and apps some time ago not because I have anything against it but it just got boring. I just finished cleaning my room yesterday and probably threw out 100-200 CDs and DVDs worth of old warez I used to keep years ago. After a while you start to ask yourself why do I really need the very latest version of photoshop again? I just use freeware now for almost everything. There's a good freeware alternative for just about everything now anyway. But yeah like GA I download a shitload of TV. I guess my ISP could come down on me for that too but they haven't. And the piracy laws in Canada are rather weak compared to the draconian shit you guys face in the US. Yeah Canada!

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[EarthwormJim]

Stick to private trackers, or trackerless torrents

Also:

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[GodlessAstronomer]

Good luck downloading an episode of South Park in less than 3 days if you're behind 7 proxies

 

[Locut0s]

Good luck downloading an episode of South Park in less than 3 days if you're behind 7 proxies

I've been collecting whole series. Lots of them. :$

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Yikes!

 

[Locut0s]

Yikes!

Yeah I've got you beat:

What do I win?

 

[Riceninja]

pfft. if i post my screenshots you're gonna end up owing me another beer

 

[Locut0s]

pfft. if i post my screenshots you're gonna end up owing me another beer

Yeah don't I take your word on that. That's very little compared to what I would have had back when I actually pirated stuff.

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[GodlessAstronomer]

:hmm:

My brother actually has A LOT more than me, I'm just a small fry by comparison.

 

[Patranus]

Yeah I've got you beat:

What do I win?

Want me to list the contents of my 8TB NAS that is 90% full?

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Want me to list the contents of my 8TB NAS that is 90% full?

Go for it, anus.

 

[TheVrolok]

Yeah I've got you beat:

What do I win?

You only have 1 season of ST:TNG. You FAIL.

 

[Locut0s]

:hmm:

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My brother actually has A LOT more than me, I'm just a small fry by comparison.

Nice. I like is taste in shows too. But tsk tsk on the numbering scheme not prepending a 0 in-front of the single digits Does windows now properly handle folder sorting without the zero?

 

[Locut0s]

You only have 1 season of ST:TNG. You FAIL.

Yeah I've been busy downloading other stuff. Seen every single episode multiple times so I'm not in a huge hurry to get it right now.

 

[Locut0s]

Want me to list the contents of my 8TB NAS that is 90% full?

Depends on what's in it. Mostly Pr0n?

I can see needing a NAS at some point myself with the number of TV shows I plan on downloading actually.

Many of those listed there are HD recordings.

 

[Locut0s]

The HD recording are about 1 GB per episode.

 

[TheVrolok]

Yeah I've been busy downloading other stuff. Seen every single episode multiple times so I'm not in a huge hurry to get it right now.

For some reason ST:TNG is just one of those shows I can re-watch repeatedly and never get bored. I'd say I watch the entire series every 3-4 months.