uTorrent Native Android Client On The Way

[BD231]

http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-native-android-client-on-the-way-120225

Soon pirates will be able to pirate their games via untraceable 4G service . No remote bs like current android torrent apps (which are still controlled from your PC). Game devs are gonna be pissed!! Whatever will they do without the ability to send people unsubstantial letters by illegally tracking content download through ISP's? Pretty soon their only option will be to include a trained security guard monkey with every sale who'll tazer and arrest you if it looks like you're tampering with and or bypassing their DRM for redistribution.

Seriously, just amazing how fast the torrent community comes up with work arounds, however I wouldn't want to be in uTorrents shoes as the only app to offer the service.


I think this thread has run its course; not really a PC Gaming thread anyway.

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[europhoric calm]

Even if the illegality and immorality of piracy didn't bother me, the amount of trojans imbedded in crack/keygens is staggering and I wouldn't want any of that on my computer. Besides, with Steam you can get most games under $10 if you wait long enough.

 

[Ben90]

Don't you still get an IP address with 4G? If so, it would be no different than how it is on the PC. Producer emails you ISP and your ISP emails you a threatening message:

"We have recieved a complaint that you are using your internet service to transmit copyright infringing material. If we continue to recieve infringement claims such as this one, we will suspend your account until you confirm you have removed the infringing material.

As an Internet Service Provider, Cox is responsible, under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"), to advise when we receive a notice asserting infringement by you. Cox encourages responsible Internet use, but we do not monitor nor control the information you share."


Can't get much more scary than that.

 

[Nebor]

How do you think 4G works? Your device's SIM\ESN is assigned an IP address, and the phone company keeps a log of who had which IP address at what date\time. If anything pirates will now run the risk of having their phone service cut off instead of just their home internet access. Will the telecoms cooperate with the copyright owners? You tell me: Do you think they want you running bittorrents over their (limited bandwidth) networks?

You can't be serious with this thread. It's a good thing for you and Anarchist that there are pirates smarter than you doing all the hard work for you.

 

[BD231]

How do you think 4G works? Your device's SIM\ESN is assigned an IP address, and the phone company keeps a log of who had which IP address at what date\time. If anything pirates will now run the risk of having their phone service cut off instead of just their home internet access. Will the telecoms cooperate with the copyright owners? You tell me: Do you think they want you running bittorrents over their (limited bandwidth) networks?

You can't be serious with this thread. It's a good thing for you and Anarchist that there are pirates smarter than you doing all the hard work for you.

Bah, you're right, thought that history was stored only on the phones.

 

[LumbergTech]

Even if the illegality and immorality of piracy didn't bother me, the amount of trojans imbedded in crack/keygens is staggering and I wouldn't want any of that on my computer. Besides, with Steam you can get most games under $10 if you wait long enough.

How would you know if you don't pirate? Cuz you're full of shit.

 

[Fenixgoon]

1) there isn't much worth pirating anyway

2) steam and other digital services make it far easier to obtain legal copies, especially if you wait (steam sales FTW)

games that use antiquated DRM methods are the only ones, i'd say, that make piracy worth considering in the first place.

i'd much rather get my games from steam and not deal with cracks/keygens/etc that are patch dependent.

 

[coldmeat]

1) there isn't much worth pirating anyway

2) steam and other digital services make it far easier to obtain legal copies, especially if you wait (steam sales FTW)

games that use antiquated DRM methods are the only ones, i'd say, that make piracy worth considering in the first place.

i'd much rather get my games from steam and not deal with cracks/keygens/etc that are patch dependent.

In some cases, pirated games are less of a hassle than purchased ones, especially some that are automatically patched through Steam. A few of the patches for Skyrim basically broke the game for a lot of people, but those who pirated and kept the game at v1.1 never had to deal with any of that. They could wait until the game and patches all worked flawlessly before patching their game.

Also, where do you get that there isn't much worth pirating? Just recently we have had Skyrim, Batman AC, Assassins Creed, Saints Row 3, LA Noire, Rage, Portal 2, Mass Effect 3... and that's just what I can remember right now. That's hundreds of dollars that a pirate doesn't need to spend.

 

[Nebor]

In some cases, pirated games are less of a hassle than purchased ones, especially some that are automatically patched through Steam. A few of the patches for Skyrim basically broke the game for a lot of people, but those who pirated and kept the game at v1.1 never had to deal with any of that. They could wait until the game and patches all worked flawlessly before patching their game.

Also, where do you get that there isn't much worth pirating? Just recently we have had Skyrim, Batman AC, Assassins Creed, Saints Row 3, LA Noire, Rage, Portal 2, Mass Effect 3... and that's just what I can remember right now. That's hundreds of dollars that a pirate doesn't need to spend.

I saw someone on my Steam friends list playing "non-steam game: Elder Scrolls: Skyrim." Was like, WTF? Pirate.

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

Lol have fun pirating a full PC game with cell service. You would end up paying more in bandwith overages then for the game itself. Fail.

I suspect this will be used more for music and low quality video piracy.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

I actually do understand this to be a great thing, using wifi of course. What if oh want a movie for home? Pirate while at McDonald's or Starbucks. Need a cd downloaded? Do it at work, etc.

Do not use this while on cell networks. That seems like such a bad idea...

 

[shortylickens]

Pirating is wrong.

 

[Fenixgoon]

I saw someone on my Steam friends list playing "non-steam game: Elder Scrolls: Skyrim." Was like, WTF? Pirate.

you can use steam to launch non-steam games, you know, and TES:V was available from multiple outlets

 

[europhoric calm]

How would you know if you don't pirate? Cuz you're full of shit.

It's possible to know about something without doing it. For instance, I read an article about Ted Bundy and know some of his methods of serial killing. This doesn't, however, mean that I'm a serial killer. Do you understand?

 

[Bateluer]

You guys know there's plenty of non-pirating uses for BitTorrent right?

 

[janas19]

You guys know there's plenty of non-pirating uses for BitTorrent right?

Deep down. Deep, deep down inside, I think... *whispers* we all know.

 

[ImpulsE69]

I swear, some of these people forget that the music and movie industries didn't want cassette tapes, video tapes, cdr's, bd-r's, usb drives because they could be used for pirating. Just think how far back we'd be if they got their way. Embrace different forms of technology, take the good with the bad. There are lots of things in our day to day lives that can be abused but they aren't outlawed and ridiculed.

Some of you need to get over your archaic mindset and realize the world is advancing. You keep touting the same tired arguments. Just because an item CAN be used for bad doesn't make it bad. Besides, we're all tracked these days no matter how "invisible" you think you are, there's a trace unless you're some uber l33t hacker, which I'll go out on a limb and say isn't the case.

 

[Chiropteran]

I've never tried this, but could you simply run bit torrent from a wifi connection at a Starbucks or large format bookstore? I'm guessing many public wifi block torrent traffic, but isn't it possible to run a torrent over port 80?

 

[Nebor]

you can use steam to launch non-steam games, you know, and TES:V was available from multiple outlets

Except.... Skyrim is a Steamworks game.

 

[LumbergTech]

It's possible to know about something without doing it. For instance, I read an article about Ted Bundy and know some of his methods of serial killing. This doesn't, however, mean that I'm a serial killer. Do you understand?

Ok, let me try this way...Where do you get your information? Care to share?

 

[PrayForDeath]

Ok, let me try this way...Where do you get your information? Care to share?

Umm... it's pretty much general knowledge now that pirated content usually contains malicious software.

 

[Bateluer]

Umm... it's pretty much general knowledge now that pirated content usually contains malicious software.

You're getting your pirated stuff from the wrong sources then. Haven't gotten anything malicious since pr0n downloading through Kazaa.

 

[Beev]

I pirate all the time (and if I like the product I buy it; the last thing I pirated was Community, and I immediately bought both seasons), so my question is: Can I get PeerBlock too?

I haven't pirated a game in forever, though.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

I've never tried this, but could you simply run bit torrent from a wifi connection at a Starbucks or large format bookstore? I'm guessing many public wifi block torrent traffic, but isn't it possible to run a torrent over port 80?

Wouldn't those wireless AP's log a MAC address though?

Figure the easiest/foolest proofest way would to be to call Joe Blow off craigslist using a public phone, buy a laptop for cash, then pirate away using public wifi.

Guess you could spoof the mac address, but for a lay person.