downloading films and music
 

Hi

What program does people use to download music and vids.

Cheers

Dave

Hello

Assuming that you just mean public domain non-copyrighted stuff, then Bit Torrent is the way to go.

Steve.

This thread is on dodgy ground..... lol :D
Bit Torrent is the way to go (I use Bit Tornado)

UseNet

BitTorrent..

* I'm sure the same question got posted in general yesterday, and was quickly removed by the mods.. lol..

better be quick then ;)

legitmately - iTunes for music

otherwise take your pick from DC++, BitTorrent or Bearshare

It might have been me mentioning that the majority of criminals are now using Bit Torrent that got the thread closed.

Remember.....








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Well criminals use our roads too :) BitTorrent is also a favoured way of getting hold of Linux distributions amongst many other uses. Completely legit and a very useful piece of software which doesn't use a 'network' in the same sense as other P2P infrastructures, it's just a protocol.

Its only criminal if you download copyrighted software.


It also has abandonware, freeware, shareware - pretty hard to find though in amongst all the useful stuff.

What about Kazaa, any views

Kazza will **** you machine up (technical)


Spyware, viruses - large fake files etc, etc, the only thing to woory about with torrent pages are pop-ups, and you should have good enough security to stop that anyway.

Avoid Kazaa, Edonkey, Bearshare like the plague..... Unless you like spyware & false files....

As mentioned, I don't think the mods on here have an issue with BitTorrent (or other p2p software) being mentioned as it is handy for a lot of legit media out there. What isn't allowed is the posting of site addresses where dodgy media can be obtained.

Personally, I have found BitTorrent to be very useful, again as mentioned, particularly for Linux distributions, etc.

There are a number of good client frontends for it as well for controlling / monitoring downloads.

as I've said before go to www.slyck.com check out the guides for all the info you need on different programs.

Thats what i thought, just had to check.

Ill look in to BiT Torrent then

cheers

Hanslow summed it up nicely. No one has a problem with these types of programs. However if someone posts up promoting the use of Bit Torrent or any other file sharing protocol / utility to openly download illegal software or copyrighted material expect the thread to be removed.

Chris