24 replies to this topic

[Scot]

Good, Limewire has been irrelevant for years.

[Faval]

I don't think they have anything on the guys who develop the client but then again I'm not a file sharing law expert(Not that I think there are any clear cut rules yet). This is nothing new really, they've been targeting file sharing for a while now, heck Japan is even targeting sites that share manga/anime...in countries that they don't show the manga/anime to.

Besides that BT hosting sites have already been targeted like the pirates bay. They're losing income and they're blaming file sharing.

There's really not much of a defense going on for file sharing I mean, it's not like the term "pirating" helps either.

Edited by Faval, 28 October 2010 - 05:23 AM.

[Elindoril]

Oh no, how will I ever get my CP music now?

[talbs]

Good, Limewire has been irrelevant for years.

indeed, but napster was the shit and i hate they had to mess it up

[jcrdude]

Sure it 'may' have cost the record companies 'millions in revenue' because people are downloading something they have absolutely no intention of ever paying for

This is kind of an important point. The record companies count every download as a "lost sale," but in reality only a small portion of the downloads are people who would otherwise have bought the album.

There are plenty of times when I've downloaded an album only to delete it later. I could have achieved the same result by previewing the album in a store, but this is more convenient.

[jaredennisclark]

Just use Frostwire. It's a Limewire clone that looks and behaves the same as its original. Just less bloatware/other shit included. It's safe and it's still working for all my girlfriend's music needs.

[iargue]

Or stop being retarded and use ThePirateBay already.

[jcrdude]

Or stop being retarded and use ThePirateBay already.

In fairness, a direct connection is more useful for single songs. I just prefer TPB since I'm more a fan of getting the entire album anyway.

[Faval]

Or just use mirc...like back in the old days.

[EzioAuditore]

I still used Limewire because if I just needed to find one song I would download it. Also, there were a lot of times I would try to find a song on TPB or other torrent sites and I couldn't find it, so I'd just use limewire.

[sircomflix]

I've used Limewire over the years to find individual songs that I couldn't elsewhere. Was pretty useful. Oh well, I guess I just gotta look for a replacement. I think <1% of my library I've used Limewire, the rest have been with torrents.

[Mr. Hobo]

I look forwards to hordes of people switching to torrents and seeding with a .1 ratio

[Faval]

I look forwards to hordes of people switching to torrents and seeding with a .1 ratio

Well thankfully some torrent sites require you maintain a certain share ratio and limit membership

[Elindoril]

Or stop being retarded and use ThePirateBay already.

Who still uses public trackers these days?

[jcrdude]

Who still uses public trackers these days?

If I can't find a particular file privately, I'll go public

[Mr. Hobo]

Is there any real point to using private trackers like demonoid? Or is demonoid too public?

[Scot]

Is there any real point to using private trackers like demonoid? Or is demonoid too public?

With 0day/scene sites you get fast speeds, fast access to all the new stuff. Eventually it ends up on most sites anyway but when you are refreshing the new torrents list because you don't have ShowTime and you want to watch the new episode of Dexter minutes count, damn it. Demonoid is not really private because they hand out invite codes like candy but to their credit they have amazing file diversity and longevity.

[jcrdude]

With 0day/scene sites you get fast speeds, fast access to all the new stuff.

Watching a show hit the site within 3 minutes of its on-air completion = win

I've joined a couple others where they have more specialized files, but when it comes to older movies, music, and other shit where time isn't a factor, TPB does just fine. I just seed to 200% and I know I did my part.

[alphadark]

My roommate watches all his shows by downloading them from torrents so he'll probably go crazy if torrents are gone. Dexter is the shit!

[Magic]

I used Limewire when I was 12. (Now I download from my university's DC++ hub. It's disgustingly limited in variety, but it doesn't consume bandwidth. Otherwise I use TPB because I am a loser I guess. SADFACE)

[Mishelle]

Maybe if artists stopped putting out shitty albums people would want to support them by buying their album. I usually download an album before I buy it. If i like the album I buy it, if I don't then I delete the cd and move on with my life.

[Sweeney]

I used Limewire when I was 12. (Now I download from my university's DC++ hub. It's disgustingly limited in variety, but it doesn't consume bandwidth. Otherwise I use TPB because I am a loser I guess. SADFACE)

DC++ is legendary over a university-grade network. Especially if you have a few good file hubs.
God bless the university of Nottingham's CompSci department.

[Lucian]

I hope Frostwire isn't next.

[sircomflix]

Who needs torrents where there's newsgroups!? Bwuahah. I use to use a lot of 0day trackers but the uploading to maintain a ratio really cut into my bandwidth (Damn you ISP!). But my ISP has 5 free newsgroup servers that I use and it goes at about 80% of my max speed which is still pretty good. A lot of the stuff I download is TV shows immediately after they aired or movies/music recently released so I don't really have much of a use for torrents unless I can't find it with newsgroups.

[Powerrrr]

I still use the old school way by downloading from mIRC.