where to download torrents ...

[Bingo]

before my pc crash and rebuild someone here put me on to a great site to download torrents ...

can't for the life of remember what it was.

thanks in advance if anyone remembers

[fotze]

Weren't they the cause of your crash?

[Bingo]

was told by most that was coincedental

[AC]

mininova.org
btjunkie.org
thepiratebay.org

[Bingo]

mininova was the one, thanks!

[Phaneuf3]

oink used to be the best for music before it got shut down. now i hear that what.cd is the new oink.... i've yet to have the chance to really go exploring on there though.

[Wookie]

thepiratebay.org
eh, didn't see someone already said that.

[Human Torch]

Anyone got any invites for what.cd?

[AC]

I have nine invites for what.cd, if you want one, post/PM your email.

[JayP]

What is what.cd?

[hulkrogan]

oink used to be the best for music before it got shut down. now i hear that what.cd is the new oink.... i've yet to have the chance to really go exploring on there though.

stmusic.org is really good. Haven't tried what yet though.

[worth]

http://torrents.to/

[Sparks]

I use www.isohunt.com (http://www.isohunt.com).

[STeeLy]

www.torrent-finder.com

Searches multiple torrent sites at once.

[Bobblehead]

I'm on a private tracker. It doesn't have the selection of other places, but for anything recent it is by far the fastest downloads.

[soulchoice]

torrent-damage.net is great!

[theJuice]

I used to use demonoid,well, before it got shutdown

Always wanted a Oink account, but it also got shutdown ;-(

I've gone through my fair share of torrent/ed2k/emule sites (Favorite was way back when sharereactor was big, loved that damn site)

I actually now use hdbits, which is totally awesome. Its another private tracker, but all the content is in HD, so like most movies are around 4-8 gigs, and TV episodes are like 1.4 gigs each. They even rip Blu-ray/HD, but those files are around 25-30 gigs. Great if you have 1080p, but I stick with the 720p stuff. Everyone is worried about ratio and such, so you got files extremely quickly, at least I found as opposed to other sites where older files would suddenly go dead, people would just leech but never share.

[Dan02]

www.torrentscan.com (http://www.torrentscan.com)

Has most of the ones you've mentioned plus some others which i've found useful when my normal site doesn't have something on the upload.

[FlamesPuck12]

http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/peersharing/a/torrent_search.htm

Top 35 Torrent Sites of 2007

[Displaced Flames fan]

What the heck is a torrent?

[Mike F]

What the heck is a torrent?
Wikipedia to the rescue (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_torrent)

[Old Yeller]

Aren't public trackers pretty damn risky in today's day and age?

[Displaced Flames fan]

Wikipedia to the rescue (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_torrent)
Unfortunately wiki falls short in this context.

Oh well.

[Phanuthier]

Basically Dis, you are downloading data (can be a movie or music or whatever) from other computers. Its fastest if you download from various computers, you grab data (not necessarily in sequential order of the file I believe, and you can be downloading info from various computer at the same time) from wherever its available and the fastest.

[Hack&Lube]

Unfortunately wiki falls short in this context.

Oh well.

How is wikipedia falling short? It's a pretty thorough article.

Basically a torrent is a file (song, movie, computer program, etc) that isn't stored on a website, but a file that people share online through a special program. One guy shares it and then other people share it as well, the more people that are sharing it, the more people you can download a piece from and the faster you will get that file since it's just people sharing bits of the same file.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Since the article didn't tell me what files Bingo was looking for but only how the protocol works I thought it fell short in the context of my question.

So I guess he's looking for music or movie files from a site that uses this protocol.

thanks for the explanations.

[Bobblehead]

Since the article didn't tell me what files Bingo was looking for but only how the protocol works I thought it fell short in the context of my question.

So I guess he's looking for music or movie files from a site that uses this protocol.

thanks for the explanations.

So do you have it figured out? Or is there still a piece of the puzzle missing?

[Phanuthier]

Since the article didn't tell me what files Bingo was looking for but only how the protocol works I thought it fell short in the context of my question.

So I guess he's looking for music or movie files from a site that uses this protocol.

thanks for the explanations.
Any kind of data. Music, movies, books, software, programs, etc.

[Displaced Flames fan]

So do you have it figured out? Or is there still a piece of the puzzle missing?


No, I understand the concept.

Do these sites 'host' multiple types of files or are they specific to a ceratin one? (music here, movies there, tech stuff here)

[Phanuthier]

Anything Dis. For instance, a university student can download textbooks for use rather then buy.

[Bobblehead]

No, I understand the concept.

Do these sites 'host' multiple types of files or are they specific to a ceratin one? (music here, movies there, tech stuff here)

The torrent sites only host a little file called the .torrent file. It is usually a few KB. That will give the files that are included (which can be one or many) and the address of a tracker. When you open this file with a bittorrent client (like utorrent, bit comet, azuereus, etc) it reads the file and looks up the address of the tracker(s). The tracker then knows you want the file and puts you in touch of people who have already downloaded the file (called Seeds) or people who are currently downloading the file (called Peers). You then start receiving bits and pieces of the files from the peers and seeds (and are yourself a peer). Once it is complete, you are now a seed. You can then use the file as you wish, however it is good edicate to keep your client going until you have shared at least as much as you received (your ratio is greater than 1.0).

Probably clear as mud.

Edit: and any file on your computer can be in a torrent - music, video, documents, anything...

[FlamesPuck12]

Can anyone explain this to me?
Warning for new users: while P2P file sharing technology is completely legal, many of the files traded through P2P are copyrighted. Unless you live in Canada where users are shielded from P2P lawsuits, then downloading P2P files may put you at risk for a civil lawsuit in any other country. These lawsuits are usually class-action suits, filed against groups of users who blatantly copy and distribute copyrighted materials. Recently, the MPAA, the RIAA, and the governments of England and Australia took several thousand users to court, demanding that they pay thousands of dollars in copyright infringement penalties.

[Vulcan]

I'm having one of my typical Problems Between Keyboard and Chair.
I've downloaded BitTorrent6.0 and went to the Mininova site and downloaded a magazine to BitTorrent to see how it works but now I'm stumped. How do I open this file and how do I stop the upload? Any help appreciated.

[Bobblehead]

Can anyone explain this to me?
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Canadian Courts have ruled that Internet Service Providers do not need to reveal the names of people using specific IP addresses. Without the name there is no one for the copyright holder to sue, the courts won't accept John Doe lawsuits. This is on top of the fact that downloading music is currently legal as well.

I'm having one of my typical Problems Between Keyboard and Chair.
I've downloaded BitTorrent6.0 and went to the Mininova site and downloaded a magazine to BitTorrent to see how it works but now I'm stumped. How do I open this file and how do I stop the upload? Any help appreciated.

Personally I use utorrent (http://www.utorrent.com/). Just upen that file with utorrent and it will take care of almost everything else.

[Vulcan]

Thanks Bobblehead, I'll give it a try.

[coaster]

The torrent sites only host a little file called the .torrent file. It is usually a few KB. That will give the files that are included (which can be one or many) and the address of a tracker. When you open this file with a bittorrent client (like utorrent, bit comet, azuereus, etc) it reads the file and looks up the address of the tracker(s). The tracker then knows you want the file and puts you in touch of people who have already downloaded the file (called Seeds) or people who are currently downloading the file (called Peers). You then start receiving bits and pieces of the files from the peers and seeds (and are yourself a peer). Once it is complete, you are now a seed. You can then use the file as you wish, however it is good edicate to keep your client going until you have shared at least as much as you received (your ratio is greater than 1.0).

Probably clear as mud.

Edit: and any file on your computer can be in a torrent - music, video, documents, anything...


That's as good a description as I've ever read. You can't be an engineer.
I use a site called pisexy.org. You need an invite for this as well. I have 2 if anyone is interested, but they are not accepting new users at this time(I don't think) You can keep the invite and try every week or so till they open up for new users. Keeping a good ratio is emphasized here too. They have a promotion going right now where 5 euros buys you 30 GB credit and enters you into a contest where you can win DVD Box sets, 100 GB credits and so on.

[Barnes]

www.ipodtvnova.com

Great for content formated for your iPod or any device that plays mp4s.

[Hemi-Cuda]

the best private tracker around is torrentleech.org. but since they're not longer accepting invites the next best solution is btjunkie.org, probably the largest public tracker site on the net

[greerb]

I use

torrentz.com
isohunt.com
thepiratebay.org

[gizmo24]

If you've got any what.cd invites left, I'd love one

mark.thomas.andrews@gmail.com

[PsYcNeT]

Anyone who loves high-quality custom rips of US animation and old school (80s/90s) animation stuff can hit me up for an invite to myspleen.net. As well, they have hard to find MST3K episodes, tons of US TV, and rare stuff
That site is AWESOME

www.myspleen.net (http://www.myspleen.net)

[Flames89]

Been getting into using torrentz.com

uTorrent is the best application for organizing the whole process...

[PsYcNeT]

uTorrent and BitComet are the two best programs for beginner/intermediate users who like a simple interface, but Azureus (for those of us with fast PCs) has the most tweakable program.

Azueus can have it's network settingsmanipulated to such an awesome degree that I can't think about using anything else.

[Circa89]

[quote=Bobblehead;1090936]Canadian Courts have ruled that Internet Service Providers do not need to reveal the names of people using specific IP addresses. Without the name there is no one for the copyright holder to sue, the courts won't accept John Doe lawsuits. This is on top of the fact that downloading music is currently legal as well.

I have received 3 emails from Telus recently that in essence state They know I have been downloading torrents and list the specific movies. It goes on to say even though you are busted we will not reveal your IP
address unless ordered by a court and to date that hasn't been an issue.

Should I be concerned? Should I change my service provider to Shaw?
Kind of weird and I know of no one else to receive these emails, but most of my friends are on Shaw.
I usually grab the torrents from btjunkie.org and open them with utorrent.

Thanks

[burnin_vernon]

[quote=Bobblehead;1090936]Canadian Courts have ruled that Internet Service Providers do not need to reveal the names of people using specific IP addresses. Without the name there is no one for the copyright holder to sue, the courts won't accept John Doe lawsuits. This is on top of the fact that downloading music is currently legal as well.

I have received 3 emails from Telus recently that in essence state They know I have been downloading torrents and list the specific movies. It goes on to say even though you are busted we will not reveal your IP
address unless ordered by a court and to date that hasn't been an issue.

Should I be concerned? Should I change my service provider to Shaw?
Kind of weird and I know of no one else to receive these emails, but most of my friends are on Shaw.
I usually grab the torrents from btjunkie.org and open them with utorrent.

Thanks

wow, that's crazy! I have a few friends on shaw that download up to 90 gigs a month and have never been warned. I'm on shaw and have never been warned, but I only DL about 10-20 gigs a month.

[Circa89]

So, If I make the switch to Shaw do you think that may help?
I have heard it is incredibly slow in my area of town but I would rather slow download times versus long jail times.

Do you think Shaw just doesn't send out the emails but they have the same letters sent to them? Maybe they don't care UNTIL they are ordered by a court to reveal IP's

[BlackEleven]

My guess Telus is more concerned about your bandwith usage that what you're downloading. They're likely trying to scare you into downloading less. But the fact that they would send me an email like that, would piss me off enough to switch. If you're not doing anything illegal, what business do they have sending you mail like that?

Also, if you're concerned you may want to look into getting an app like PeerGuardian. It will block all known RIAA (and other such organizations) IP addresses from connecting to your machine. This will decrease the chances that they'll ask your ISP for you IP address to begin with. Being in Canada, it probably doesn't matter much, but it may give you some peace of mind.

[Russic]

I enjoy thepiratebay.org simply because of the active commenting. If a file has something wrong with it, or if it comes packed with something unwanted there's generally a warning.

[Hack&Lube]

Which was the music tracker site that had to close off Canadian viewers again? Ironic how isohunt had to close to Americans but not Canadians.

[HotHotHeat]

Canadian courts have also ruled that peer to peer file sharing is not illegal...Same case with Sweden, which is where thepiratebay.org is run from.

[Barnes]

Canadian courts have also ruled that peer to peer file sharing is not illegal...Same case with Sweden, which is where thepiratebay.org is run from.

It's not quite as simple as that.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7219802.stm

[Circa89]

My main concern is that it is generally accepted that downloading music is not illegal in Canada but can the same be said for movies?

[HotHotHeat]

It's not quite as simple as that.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7219802.stm

I agree, not even close. The fact is the record labels know they will never rid the world of piracy, so instead they will devote hundreds of millions of dollars fighting it.

http://www.moviesfoundonline.com/steal_this_film_2.php

"These are strange times indeed. While they continue to command so much attention in the mainstream media, the 'battles' between old and new modes of distribution, between the pirate and the institution of copyright, seem to many of us already lost and won. We know who the victors are. Why then say any more? Because waves of repression continue to come: lawsuits are still levied against innocent people; arrests are still made on flimsy pretexts, in order to terrify and confuse; harsh laws are still enacted against filesharing, taking their place in the gradual erosion of our privacy and the bolstering of the surveillance state. All of this is intended to destroy or delay inexorable changes in what it means to create and exchange our creations. If STEAL THIS FILM II proves at all useful in bringing new people into the leagues of those now prepared to think 'after intellectual property', think creatively about the future of distribution, production and creativity, we have achieved our main goal."

Who ever said the sharing of culture should be commercialized? The 'entertainment industry'? Let those idiots bankrupt themselves fighting for obscene amounts of money. We'll find other ways to share art.

[Hack&Lube]

My main concern is that it is generally accepted that downloading music is not illegal in Canada but can the same be said for movies?

You have nothing to fear, you will never be prosecuted for downloading movies unless it's of the variety that you don't want police finding on your harddrive.

ISPs don't care that you are torrenting, and neither do the CRIA or RIAA type organizations unless you are yourself distributing by being a main seed or hosting trackers. In any case, they cannot legally procure your IP. ISPs send out these warnings because they care about your bandwidth usage and if they are including a list of what you are transferring, then it's just a scare tactic to try to get you to reduce your uploading (via torrenting).

[fredr123]

My main concern is that it is generally accepted that downloading music is not illegal in Canada but can the same be said for movies?
No (http://www.cippic.ca/index.php?page=file-sharing/#faq_is-file-sharing-legal)

[Circa89]

Thanks for the input gentlemen. It seems the consensus is that it is a scare tactic for a huge spike in Bandwidth usage. However, it also appears I may be red flagged and if someone were to launch a lawsuit I may be susceptible. I think I will cool it for a bit and maybe make the switch to Shaw.

Cheers

[Hack&Lube]

Thanks for the input gentlemen. It seems the consensus is that it is a scare tactic for a huge spike in Bandwidth usage. However, it also appears I may be red flagged and if someone were to launch a lawsuit I may be susceptible. I think I will cool it for a bit and maybe make the switch to Shaw.

Cheers

No, if somebody launches a lawsuit, you will not be suceptible since they cannot aquire your IP address. The people at Shaw can just as easily see what you are downloaded as can Telus. Any ISP can do that.