JakeC

You can delete the short cuts manually.

The method described by @Cameroni is somewhat quaint but primitive. Needing to download a file from a restrictive filehoster, then to perhaps place it on a USB flash drive in order to play it on his TV. That's definitely going back a decade or two.

Thank you. https://drop.download/premium/ offer a 'premium' service for downloads. Which means that their free service is restricted. Better to be totally honest.

They offer the file for free, but the download speed may be restricted or there may be a limit to the file size of downloads wherein you need to buy a subscription anyway. Which filehoster do they use?

I think @Cameroni is making assumptions without thinking it through. The assumption is that there is only one way to process a Torrent. He also does not mention that he has to pay for a monthly subscription to the file hoster or download service. You can do exactly the same thing for when it comes to Torrents. So what is the difference?

Just to concur...get rid of AVAST. First use the usual method. If there are any issues, look here: https://www.avast.com/uninstall-utility#pc Don't bother to reinstall it.

No, it's not easier to use a website dedicated to streaming. Again, it can all be part of the same process.

I cannot agree with the assertion of Ghislane Maxwell being the first convicted sex offender to be given such cushy treatment. Conviction and sentencing (2008–2011) On June 30, 2008, after Epstein pleaded guilty to a state charge of procuring for prostitution a girl below age 18,[135] he was sentenced to eighteen months in prison. While most convicted sex offenders in Florida are sent to state prison, Epstein was instead housed in a private wing of the Palm Beach County Stockade and, according to the sheriff's office, was, after 3+1⁄2 months, allowed to leave the jail on "work release" for up to twelve hours a day, six days a week. This contravened the sheriff's own policies requiring a maximum remaining sentence of ten months and making sex offenders ineligible for the privilege. He was allowed to come and go outside of specified release hours.[119] Epstein's cell door was left unlocked, and he had access to the attorney room where a television was installed for him, before he was moved to the Stockade's previously unstaffed infirmary. He worked at the office of a foundation he had created shortly before reporting to jail; he dissolved it after he had served his time. The Sheriff's Office received $128,000 from Epstein's non-profit to pay for the costs of extra services being provided during his work release. His office was monitored by "permit deputies" whose overtime was paid by Epstein. They were required to wear suits, and checked in "welcomed guests" at the "front desk". Later the Sheriff's Office said these guest logs were destroyed per the department's "records retention" rules, although the Stockade visitor logs were not.[136] Epstein was allowed to use his own driver to drive him between jail and his office and other appointments.[119][136] Epstein pictured in 2013, photographed for the sex offender registry Epstein served almost 13 months before being released on July 22, 2009, for a year of probation on house arrest until August 2010.[137][138][139] While on probation, he was allowed numerous trips on his corporate jet to his residences in Manhattan and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He was allowed long shopping trips and walks around Palm Beach "for exercise".[119] After a contested hearing in January 2011, and an appeal, he stayed registered in New York State as a "level three" (high risk of repeat offense) sex offender, a lifelong designation.[140][141] At that hearing, the Manhattan assistant district attorney, Jennifer Gaffney, argued unsuccessfully that the level should be reduced to a low-risk "level one" and was chided by the judge.[142] Despite opposition from Epstein's lawyer that he had a "main" home in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the judge confirmed he personally must check in with the New York Police Department every 90 days. Though Epstein had been a level-three registered sex offender in New York since 2010, the New York Police Department never enforced the 90-day regulation, though non-compliance is a felony.[133] Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia

It's again not particularly intelligent to make such definitive statements when you have absolutely no evidence with which to back it up. Please, if you can, show how it is safer. Please, if you can, demonstrate how it is faster. Please, if you can, demonstrate how it is better. If you really had any knowledge at all, you might understand they can be synergetic. But I suspect that you are just being silly, in order to provoke a response. Why not enter the conversation more thoughtfully?

When I do use Torrents on occasion, I get speeds far in excess of that. Easily maxxing out my connection. See the other currently running thread for clues.

Getting angry doesn't make your view stronger, it only gives us view of the veins popping out from your skull. Why is Pirate Bay not a library? The library buys the book and then shares it. The downloader is simply borrowing it. That is why the industry focused initially on Uploaders, in order to stop them sharing it in the first place. But if you have purchased it legitimately... Then you can create a library. To be honest, I am not arguing for nor against, but simply demonstrating that it is not just a question of opposite views. If you kill human spirit, you kill humanity. We share. No good having all the food and resources as the last man left on earth. If a clause is not reasonable, no one is likely to stick with it and it will fail. People are going to share. Let's look at Bitcoin as an example. Some ranted about it, calling it a scam. The thought of a change in the status quo caused panic in some quarters, with attempts to destroy it as a means of exchange. Even the current POTUS called it a scam and a hoax. He seems to have changed his tune on that one. 😊 Some of us just ignore the noise and carry on as normal. Not quite so susceptible to every change in the direction of the wind.

It's not like going into McDonalds at all. That's not an intelligent analogy. No one should buy nor even want to eat such things 😊 That should be a crime. But what can you do? People are different. I already gave a case scenario of being a musician and also the example of going into a library and borrowing books and CDs... McDonalds foods are perishable. Not that easy to share in the long term. You need to buy it and eat it in a short period of time. Nothing stopping you from sharing it. But you can still share it. Is it stealing because you have shared it, thereby preventing that possible extra sale? What about if you created a cloning device, made millions of McDonalds hamburgers from the one you bought and then gave them all out for free? Can you see the issue?

Funny article 😊 I don't think anyone was concerned as to whether he acted inappropriately towards HER.

I can understand the perspective of some who might view it as stealing, but in my view the world is simply evolving. It's human nature. People will share and discuss. I might share the contents of a CD that I own with friends. Is it then 'stealing' for him to share and discuss it with his friend? Could it be argued that me sharing it in the first place was stealing? That would be viewed as draconian by the average person. People share. Even if it's just their bad mood 😊 Is taking the path of least resistance, stealing? In my case, I simply don't watch enough media to make it worth my while subscribing to anything. If there was some obscure documentary that I wanted to view, then I search for it and try to obtain it. What if I can only obtain it via Torrent? No sign of it on any 'official' outlet. Do I then tell myself that I should not be able to view the media until I can find it on a licenced website? As a musician, of course I would like to make a living from my trade, but equally I would like as many people as possible to listen to and appreciate my message. What good is it if only one person can afford to buy your CD? Just one fan? 😊 So there is a natural evolution of these things. What is perhaps frowned upon is people trying to monetise the sharing, especially without passing anything back to the creators. So in answer to @Airalee's comment. It's not really just about whether you can afford it or not, it's just that if it is available at the local library, you can just borrow it from there. Path of least resistance. I grew up that way. Went to the library to discover new artists. That might lead me on to other things that I would buy from other places. This is natural behaviour. There is no intent to steal. Only sharing amongst ourselves. The crackdowns are really on the people who try to monetize the sharing without passing anything down the line. Isn't that how it works in most places? People like myself, watching a doc or the odd series a couple of times annually are of no interest to law enforcement and that is the way it should be.

I have no idea of the answer to that question. Perhaps that is their idea of variety. The main thing is that we have control over ourselves, in so these things do not have a negative effect on us. Keep it good natured.

I'm sure her family have put safeguards in place.

All these people dropping dead... Epstein, Brunel, Guiffre... Better to live a quiet life and to stay out of trouble. 😊

Perhaps we are referring to different things here. The reference is to 'intelligence'. Tha's not the FBI...

It was an article from SIX YEARS AGO. So it's not something about which they have suddenly succumbed. Could it be that you have a fixed position from which you are unable to shift? Remember that he first claimed that he was told that Epstein belonged to intelligence. You decided to skip that part altogether. Why is that? Doesn't suit your narrative?

I wouldn't ever consider downloading/uploading Torrents to any of my devices. Use a Seedbox as suggested earlier.

If I pony up for a CD, I will share it with my friends and family if I think they will like it. I'm not so much concerned about the profits of large corporations. Good humans share what they have whilst keeping enough for themselves. Netflix? No thank you. I watch perhaps one movie every six months. If it's freely available, I'll just help myself thank you.

Rent a movie 😊 So 80's

https://observer.com/2019/07/jeffrey-epstein-spy-intelligence-work

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epsteins-sick-story-played-out-for-years-in-plain-sight/ “Is the Epstein case going to cause a problem [for confirmation hearings]?” Acosta had been asked. Acosta had explained, breezily, apparently, that back in the day he’d had just one meeting on the Epstein case. He’d cut the non-prosecution deal with one of Epstein’s attorneys because he had “been told” to back off, that Epstein was above his pay grade. “I was told Epstein ‘belonged to intelligence’ and to leave it alone,” he told his interviewers in the Trump transition, who evidently thought that was a sufficient answer and went ahead and hired Acosta. (The Labor Department had no comment when asked about this.)

If I remember correctly, it was Alex Acosta who claimed that he was told to "leave it alone" and that it was "above his pay grade" and that Epstein "belonged to intelligence".