Have you ever used a TORRENT (etc) site? - Page 2 - GoFuckYourself.com

Violetta · 06-06-2007, 07:46 AM

not much software, but music and vids yes...

Klen · 06-06-2007, 07:51 AM

I was been moderator at one of largest torrent site but now no longer i dont give a damn anymore downloading generaly no matter what kind of content is.

drjones · 06-06-2007, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Matt 26z

If you are downloading TV shows on torrent websites (and thus also uploading to everyone else in the swarm), you are taking part in an ILLEGAL activity. You better stay out of anti-torrent threads here on GFY now.

When you record shows on your VCR you are also recording the commercials. That is how they make their money.

When you go to their websites to watch the show, you are seeing various ads along the way. Plus the quality is degraded so that you'll want to watch the reruns on TV or buy the DVDs when they come out.

Torrents have the commercials edited out so they aren't making anything there, and they are decent video quality so nobody is buying the DVDs. So how exactly are the companies making anything off torrents? You better have a good answer, or you are a hypocrite.

The market has responded, and TV Shows are now becoming saturated with product placement. Shows like Heroes are supplementing the show with comics and interactive marketing campaigns, contests etc, to bring clicks/viewers to their advertisers. Technology is just forcing marketers to step up their game a little, and be a bit more creative. Traditional TV advertisiers dont like Torrents any less than they like TiVo (or any kind of HTPC/DVR in general). According to them, you're stealing by fast forwarding commercials.

Yes, I use bittorrent, though not so much anymore. Really just for software, the high dollar kind of stuff I am curious about and want to tinker with, but would never be able to justify purchasing, based on what I would/could do with it.

Odin · 06-06-2007, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by StuartD

Which makes me wonder....
1) watch the episode online if it's the network's website = ok
2) watch the episode at a later time if I record it = ok
3) watch the episode online from a torrent I downloaded = illegal

So basically I'm being called a hypocrite in this thread because I use a torrent rather than just record it myself or watch it in a little window on the nbc website.

Funny how that works.

It seems to me that GFY thinks "torrent" is a bad word. That any time anyone says the word they are doing something illegal.

Paranoia runs rampant around these parts.

My post had nothing to do with torrents being bad. I've used torrent sites before too. I am simply saying, why the heck would you waste your time when there are alternatives which are so much easier and better.

StuartD · 06-06-2007, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Chief

My post had nothing to do with torrents being bad. I've used torrent sites before too. I am simply saying, why the heck would you waste your time when there are alternatives which are so much easier and better.

I didn't mean you specifically... but there are a lot of people on here who hear the word "torrent" and immediately think there that anyone involved should be locked up and castrated.

Those people are very close minded and just eager to be the good guy in non existent drama.

donkevlar · 06-06-2007, 12:45 PM

Excellent thread.

*bows*

Michaelious · 06-06-2007, 02:12 PM

I still think pirate bay is good.

DWB · 06-12-2007, 09:08 PM

No. And never will.

DWB · 06-12-2007, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StuartD

but there are a lot of people on here who hear the word "torrent" and immediately think there that anyone involved should be locked up and castrated.

Those people are very close minded and just eager to be the good guy in non existent drama.

Please explain to me like I'm 3 years old how all of my DVDs given away for free is "non existent drama," because I see it otherwise.

How about I steal all of your web content and build my own sites with it, 20,000 times? Would that be "non existent drama" to you?

I can't speak for the rest of the anti-torrent guys around here, but they directly hit me hard.

Shey · 06-12-2007, 09:32 PM

I recently moved outside the US where I don't get to see my favorite shows anymore so I download them daily. Sadly, the other options are not available here. But when I lived in the states I used to record them and fast forward through the commercials.

donkevlar · 07-02-2007, 10:23 AM

Bump for more votes... you can't all be this hypocritical!

donkevlar · 08-14-2007, 03:39 PM

Bump... This definitely applies today..

[ScreaM] · 08-14-2007, 03:43 PM

Nope, and I don't plan to use them either.

Jace · 08-14-2007, 03:53 PM

conducting a poll of this nature on gfy is like asking how fox news viewers feel about gays

majority of gfy posters will vote wrong just to fuck with the results, not to mention majority of gfy'ers these days are not full time webmasters

HomerSimpson · 08-14-2007, 03:53 PM

sometimes to download some episodes I've missed (sopranos, simpsons etc...)

Fap · 08-14-2007, 03:54 PM

I think everyone has tried it atleast once..

View Poll Results: Do you download pirated shit from torrents and the like?
Yes, every day.	29	29.29%
Yea, sometimes.	52	52.53%
Once, but I didn't install.	2	2.02%
Never, BAAAD stuff!	16	16.16%
Voters: 99. You may not vote on this poll

06-06-2007, 07:46 AM	#51
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06-06-2007, 12:45 PM	#56
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06-06-2007, 02:12 PM	#57
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06-12-2007, 09:32 PM	#60
Shey Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,654	I recently moved outside the US where I don't get to see my favorite shows anymore so I download them daily. Sadly, the other options are not available here. But when I lived in the states I used to record them and fast forward through the commercials. __________________ Regards, Shey <at> datePROFITS.com\| ICQ: 279858568 \| Skype: sheysworld \| Y!M: sheyla702 datePROFITS: Every Niche of ExGF Dating Sites!

06-06-2007, 07:51 AM	#52
Klen Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Little Vienna Posts: 32,235	I was been moderator at one of largest torrent site but now no longer i dont give a damn anymore downloading generaly no matter what kind of content is.

06-12-2007, 09:08 PM	#58
DWB Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Encrypted. Access denied. Posts: 31,779	No. And never will.

07-02-2007, 10:23 AM	#61
donkevlar Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 4,325	Bump for more votes... you can't all be this hypocritical! __________________ [email protected]

08-14-2007, 03:39 PM	#62
donkevlar Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 4,325	Bump... This definitely applies today.. __________________ [email protected]

08-14-2007, 03:43 PM	#63
[ScreaM] Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,664	Nope, and I don't plan to use them either.

08-14-2007, 03:53 PM	#64
Jace FBOP Class Of 2013 Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: bumfuck, ky Posts: 35,562	conducting a poll of this nature on gfy is like asking how fox news viewers feel about gays majority of gfy posters will vote wrong just to fuck with the results, not to mention majority of gfy'ers these days are not full time webmasters

08-14-2007, 03:53 PM	#65
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08-14-2007, 03:54 PM	#66
Fap Just Du It Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 12,094	I think everyone has tried it atleast once..