

I downloaded Driv3r on bittorrent the day it came out, but I bought a copy because I'm legal like that. Web-sites use trackers and indexes to allow users access to others with files that they need. It allows for the fast transfer of files and the mass sharing of downloads. I just downloaded the entire discography of Metallica in 20 minutes using bittorrent! there must have been over 400 people downloading it!Ī massively swarming, file sharing program that allows users to simultaneously upload parts that users have already downloaded. Like Gary Fung said up there, we have ,"strength in numbers, and security by obscurity. If the RIAA or MPAA would sue a person, it would have to be at complete random. Unlike what other people have said, because bittorrent involves the sharing between every bittorrent user, this system is more safe because there are no main uploaders who will be targeted. Strength in numbers, and security by obscurity." No anonymizing system is completely crack-proof anyways, just like DRM, so poor privacy isn't much of a weakness. So its openness is an unintentional strength. Technically, everyone is a sharer, it's a requirement in order to download. So the concept of "file sharer" on BitTorrent is blurred. Gary Fung, creator of isoHunt website wrote, "Legally, BitTorrent requires simultaneous upload in order to download. Serves the theaters right for raising ticket prices to $8. Somehow, this is not illegal, and no one is at fault. I downloaded The Hulk from Bittorrent a week before it was out in the theaters. The more people downloading that movie, the faster it goes. A file-sharing program in which you upload what you have to other users while simultaneously downloading from them.
