I think you missed my point entirely. I know that downloading copyrighted files is a violation and YES, WE'RE ALL THIEVES HERE; the point I'm driving at is the legal risk of torrents versus direct download. With downloading pirated files from a direct server (like Megaupload, et al) the entire legal risk is assumed by the uploader who put the file there in the first place. This is because there is no way of PROVING who downloaded the files unless the server company told on them. Since the server isn't about to divulge any of its customers unless there's a court order; and no court will issue a subpoena forcing them to do so, unless there's clear evidence; the downloader wins. This was the same proposition with torrents and internet service providers until something very specific happened to upset this delicate legal balance, that is, the MPAA then went to the courts and said "We have PROOF that they're downloading and uploading our property." Now the court has to issue an order, because it is clearly and legally evident that a copyright infringement has occurred. Armed with such a court order, the media rights holder thus compels the ISP's to reveal who their customers are. Once exposed, the individual customers are now in serious trouble. How were they able to do this? Simple, by hiring Information Technology companies that signed onto torrents, which used computer programs to automatically record all the IP addresses of others who logged on, and from which they were able to obtain copyrighted data from. It doesn't even need to be an entire movie. These IP addresses, are like fingerprints left at a crime scene that can identify individual people or owners of computers (BTW, a way around this is to do torrents at the public library then burn to disc and walk away; since it ain't your computer, and even if it was you that signed on for usage, it's a lot harder to prove and an opposing lawyer likely wouldn't bother if there is doubt as to IP ownership). In case you still didn't understand what I said, look at it this way; if you're going to steal, you want to do it without getting caught. Stealing with Direct Download is safer; stealing with torrents will get you caught, as torrents will leave your electronic fingerprints behind, capiche?
i agree with ralph, torrents are not a very good option and can get people in trouble. and not to mention that most of our uploaders get their episodes from torrents, so if we use torrents there is no need for uploaders or Dramasian.com. also direct download is more stable and secure than torrents
The legal risk is not entirely mitigated by using a direct server. It all depends on whether the authorities want to go after the uploaders only or the downloaders as well. Currently MPAA through the courts have successfully forced Hotfile to release the IP addresses of both the uploaders and downloaders. What further action that MPAA decides to do with this information is yet to be seen.
Then that is indeed worrisome, just one more turn of the screw against the downloader. Frankly, the newsgroups were the best defense against this because "suspect" files actually were widely distributed across hundreds of different servers in a variety of different countries. However, because of the high technical learning curve, Usenet never really caught on with the general internet population. Only those of us that remember the internet being just a keyboard and a dim CRT black and white text monitor knew our way around the alt.binaries user groups. Like I've been saying for years, eventually the whole media piracy scene is going to shift to third world criminal countries (like North Korea, Myanmar, Zimbabwe, whatever) who don't care about western copyright laws, and actually hate the US. They're going to see that there's tremendous amounts of hard currency that can be made by it and they will eventually set up server farms to generate cash.
Not everyone wants to pay for the subscription or blocks of data. Not to mention the steep learning curve. Anyways, I know mediafire doesn't have a referral and program thus no money, but from my experience they take stuff down relatively quickly. However, I think they take down the more mainstream warez like hollywood movies, cracked software and whatnot, as opposed to TVB dramas.
I'm surprised that I can still download from fileserve, filejungle, uploadstation links. Even if it say dead filehost, juz give it a try cos it still work for me n very good speed. Better dl quick since the links still available. Enjoy!
I've heard even with a premium account from uploaded.to, you've got a daily download limit. Anyone can confirm that?
This is my uploaded.to account. You start with 50GB And your backup/upload space is only 10GB An extra 10euro for 100GB backup/upload space For downloading: Will be extended by 10,00 GB daily to max. 100,00 GB 53,40 GB Hybrid-traffic: Flexible usable contingent for DDL files and downloads 5,00 GB 58,40 GB
Sad to hear this news... But Happy Chinese New Year to ALL forummer!!! esp to the members of Popularsasians The recovery process can start after the CNY so Now Enjoy
Frankly, having a very steep learning curve would effectively make it inaccessible to the general masses, and hence off the DOJ and the MPAA's radar. So in effect, being tough to learn is exactly the best defense of usenet. Further, since alt groups are widely distributed across multiple international servers, it would be almost impossible to shut down. Again, I think that eventually a lot of these pirate groups will go offshore or into nations that either have no copyright laws, or are not signatories to US treaties.
I still had like 4 months for my MU account...from the other sites that you guys gave besides fileswap which one will you recommend? In terms of everything, speed, capacity, download limit, etc...cuz for me MU was one of the best ones >S
More and more site going for war :-( http://torrentfreak.com/hotfile-goes-to-war-against-copyright-infringers-110219/ The place where breaking news, BitTorrent and copyright collide
This really sucks. Hotfile just changed their affiliate on Feb 1. No more pay per download, it's only pay per sale.
Oh oh ... "authorities in Hong Kong say they will set up a center to investigate electronic crime and copyright infringement later this year." So download as many dramas as you can right now, lol. See https://torrentfreak.com/megaupload-hong-kong-mulls-copyright-crackdown-120202/ for the full story.
i agree with the usenet comment. its fast and protected (as far as i know), once the drama is complete, you can create 1 nzb files that will contain all the episodes. I wouldn't waste my time with these file sharing sites if every series/ep was on usenet.
