Internet firms in purge on pirates

[daveleebond]

torrents = common

paid for services = bloody great

Seriously though, unless you are inside (private elite trackers - with forced subscriptions) then you are going to find it very hard. I think the noob trackers will cease to become worth it for UK users.

Newsgroups ftw. Most noobs won't get into it. So, the copyright lobby won't go after them quickly.

When they do, I will just get private FTP access. I used to do it years ago, but newsgroups were cheaper and less hassle.

Just me two pennies worth.

used to be in the FXP scene a while back, but security on servers is a bit tighter these days, bad times

used to be fun whacking gigs of data on someone else's server

 

[hollow]

yep i used to root pcs for irc mostly in american colleges ,so unsecure they are ,but it took up to mch time running an irc channel and trying to stay up top of the server .

as for newsgroups im not so sure you pay as sub as i do . they are hosting the files it should be them who get prosecuted for file sharing .not the consumer if the file isnt there in the first place you wouldnt be able to dload it

whats the point in offering a 20mb connex if it will soon be useless ?

and yes they know exactly what your dloading even the filename but on most newsgroups the file names are abreviated so how can you get into troble for dloading something whithout a real title
plus ngroups have been going since th internet was invented and no-one to my knowledge has got into trouble from dloading from them

 

[hollow]

not sure but anyone who hosts or dloads child porn should be stood against a wall and shot

 

[scott-ayling]

i remember downloading a erm 'backup' of lord of the rings, i set it all going, went to spain for 12 days, and it still wasnt finished when i got back lmfao

I remember the first time i seen my downloads coming down at 50kbps on edonkey i use to get about 5kbps if luck when using kazza i thought they were flying now with 20mb and newsgroups 2000kbps well sometime usually drops to 500kbps due to traffic shaping