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Can't Get Torrents

chiangrai

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chiangrai Gold Member

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I have been downloading torrents from The Pirate Bay up till a few days ago but when I tried tonight

they start downloading and then they  "error".

 

Is it my machine or is something happening in torrentland.Big Brother working overtime or something.

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maxpower Advanced Member

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2 hours ago, muratremix said:

Once you go seedbox path, you never go back.

That's what granddad said about his tomato crop. By far the best results.

And grandma said once you go black you never go back.

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wandasloan Gold Member

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3 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

You should have written that someone you know has had problems with downloading torrents, as it is illegal to do so. Most of the time. And you never know who is reading this.... 

 

No, it is not against the law to use torrents to download. You may be confused between the method used to download (torrents) and the fact that some people download and in the process also upload commercial copyright files with torrents - which is illegal. There is no such thing in Thailand or any country I've heard of has a law against a *method* of downloading and/or uploading files, including bittorrent.

 

For example. The Internet Archive now provides files via torrent. Linux prefers use of torrents. For movies, Public Domain Torrents has more than 1,000 movies and a lot of other legal (out of copyright and Creative Commons) media. GamesUpdates.org supplies torrents of patches, demos and mods. And so on, and so on.

 

 

 

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55 minutes ago, wandasloan said:

 

No, it is not against the law to use torrents to download. You may be confused between the method used to download (torrents) and the fact that some people download and in the process also upload commercial copyright files with torrents - which is illegal. There is no such thing in Thailand or any country I've heard of has a law against a *method* of downloading and/or uploading files, including bittorrent.

 

For example. The Internet Archive now provides files via torrent. Linux prefers use of torrents. For movies, Public Domain Torrents has more than 1,000 movies and a lot of other legal (out of copyright and Creative Commons) media. GamesUpdates.org supplies torrents of patches, demos and mods. And so on, and so on.

 

 

 

 

And that's why I wrote 'most of the time'. Because most of the time torrents are used to download/upload illegal material. Which is why some torrent sites have been shut down and the authorities are trying to shut down the rest, in the bewildering belief that the people that download would otherwise buy the product. Often they would not, as those who buy fake bags, watches etc would not buy the original.

 

By the way, you've appeared like a long lost friend from the days when you were my favourite read on Database. In fact my favourite read of the week at the BP. I learned of so much great software from you back in the day, some of which I'm sure I must still use. When the Wednesday (?) supplement was rejigged or vanished I lost touch with you and the other great crew at the BP.

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3 hours ago, JRUSA said:

What's a Torrent

Torrents are files usually of movies or TV programs that are easily downloaded.

 

To download a Torrent you need a "Client" something like uTorrent - http://www.utorrent.com/downloads/win - use the free version.

 

Torrents to download can be found at sites like - https://thepiratebay.org/top/200 - https://extratorrent.ag/ These are open sites so be careful what you download.

 

Private sites are regulated and you have to sign up to join. It's all free but ensures you don't download any nasty virus things. A couple of good private sites are:-  https://www.tvchaosuk.com/index.php and https://www.torrentday.com/t - there are lots of other sites for Torrents but this should get you started,

 

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2 hours ago, Get Real said:

Might have something to do with that they are illegal. I hope they crack down on that soon.

Torrents are just peer to peer file transfer, they are not illegal.

 

If you are downloading illegal content then you may have a problem

 

:post-4641-1156693976: 

 

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