Can someone link me a good free file sharing site?
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Can someone link me a good free file sharing site?
I really like Ares. Too lazy to link. Just google "ares p2p."
File sharing be illegal. The FBI runs google searches on questions exactly like yours.
Lol in before lock.
:shock: *hides from the FBI* I never thought my life would come to this.
I heard that The Pirate Bay is a pretty good place.
I prefer private trackers, like What.cd and PassThePopcorn.
If there's no talking you out of it, I would recommend Limewire.
http://www.dreamviews.com/community/chat/flashchat.php
Oh shi-
Just kidding.
www.torrentz.com
Gives results from multiple torrent sites.
I recently started using Vuze, and I'm happy with it.
That site has torrents with illegal content, thus it doesn't fly on DreamViews.
disclaimer
I don't make the rules here
but this is my own opinion
(and the fact I'm backed up by case law (at least in my country) is also something to bear in mind)
this link points to a torrent tracker
http://www.mininova.org/
it has perfectly legal torrents
it also has copyrighted material
what you choose to download is your prerogative
if you download copyrighted material (and don't have permission) you are in the wrong
not the website (this is peer to peer, remember)
and certainly not the person who posts a link to the website
Here's a map
it points to a drug dealers location
http://streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=...=newsearch.srf
(the map also points to a multi-storey car park, for all your legal car-parking needs)
have I commited any crime?
No
I've linked to a map
you may well go to that location and buy drugs
but that's your prerogative
and if you do, you are commiting a crime
but until you do, no crime is commited
Thought-crime
Pre-emptive punishments
Not on my watch....
Ps.
Check this out (from mininova's "featured torrents")
** Perfectly legal download **
http://www.mininova.org/tor/2076101
Music remixes, blends & original tracks by DJ Nasty EFX
Torrent uploaded by the artist's marketing company
Urban Xclusives
from their site
Quote:
Our team is committed to effectively publicizing your business’ advertising and marketing objectives by reiterating brand recognition through public relations, networking, personal selling and continuous product placement otherwise connecting the product directly with the consumers.
Our Promotional efforts help drive sales and brand recognition through the following:
• Print / Broadcast Media
• Product Placement / Demos
• Giveaways / Sponsorship
• Media Distribution
• Sales Promotions
Promotions allow your business to further reap considerable benefits by reaching new consumers. Building an ongoing mix of an existing and new consumer base reflects the effectiveness of notoriety and profitability.
This is the 21st century
please leave your broken business models and outdated ideas behind....
What Ynot said.
The torrents themselves contain no copyrighted material. :P
I'm perfectly aware of that. Doesn't change the fact that somebody is linking to a website with tons of illegal torrents.
Map
I'm trying to copyright the phrase
"d8:announce44"
which all torrent files start with
We'll be millionaires Rodney
Where does it say "THERE'S A DRUG DEALER AT THIS LOCATION!" ?
Your argument is invalid. If I linked a pornsite here, that coincidentally had no images or improper material, but just trackers, but it did have an off-topic section where people would just talk normally, would it then be perfectly fine with you?
While it is true that these torrent sites offer both legal and illegal material, and it's true that it's up to the user to choose what features they will use, it still means that the site is clearly and purposely sharing illegal torrents.
from a legal stand point, there's no issues
but I'd have to mod the post for inappropriate content on a 15+ forum
(this forum has rules above and beyond any legal laws)
*edit*
again, my own personal opinions
The point is the torrent by itself isn't illegal. It's only illegal if you use the torrent to download the copyrighted material.
Also, I think if you own the material it's not illegal either. I own an original copy of warcraft 3, got the original cd key to prove it, no one could possibly arrest or fine me for downloading the game.
there's countless threads on this forum linking to copyrighted material
(links to music videos on youtube)
from a purely technical stand-point
youtube links are closer to "dodgy" as it's a direct link to streaming content
torrents are p2p
there's no direct linking to any content
There's a fair few games that plain work better if you torrent them
can't tell you how many think my wine install is a virtual CD emulator and refuse to install....
I need to crack them just to shut the installer up
Thanks guys, btw ynot are you really fbi?
I'm perfectly aware of that. The gun isn't illegal either. It's only illegal if you use the gun to shoot people. My point is, that forum administrators should be thinking further than what the law says. I might aswell go on and call everybody dipshits and whatnot and say that I'm entitled to do so, because of freedom of expression. Freedom of expression is however not a valid argument on forums, because of the fact that the forum is making its own rules, and one of them most likely is to not flame other members.
Somebody purposely linked to a website where you can acquire illegal material. Said link should be removed and the member be warned.
The Youtube argument is a shitty argument by the way. You might aswell say "Those guys are doing it, so we can too!".
In the law's current state, they can go on and fine you just fine.Quote:
Also, I think if you own the material it's not illegal either. I own an original copy of warcraft 3, got the original cd key to prove it, no one could possibly arrest or fine me for downloading the game.
if no-one has any objections, I'm going to close this thread
I can see this leading to members testing the boundaries and posting heaps of torrent links
No matter what the legal status of linking to external sites, push too far and a shit-storm will ensue none-the-less
Don't forget, the issue was posting a link to the index page of torrent trackers
and not links to specific torrents
Test the boundaries and you may run the risk losing everything (including youtube) in an effort to rule consistently across the board
Yes, youtube is allowed
torrents are (afaik) undecided
use your common sense
and if in doubt, just use PM's or external communication channels (email / IM / IRC / whatever)
Any issues,
please PM me
- Tony