ChatterBank11 mins ago
Is Bit Torrent illegal?
Hi everyone!
I have found Ubuntu Linux, which is a free and open source software.
When i go to the official site to download a copy, i have an option to use bit torrent.
My question is this. Isnt Bit Torrent illegal? I see on the news that people are getting in trouble for using it. The software i would like is free, but i dont want to get trouble!
Why would legitimate companies use a 'dogdy' way of distributing their free software?
Im confused!
Thank you for your help
PM
I have found Ubuntu Linux, which is a free and open source software.
When i go to the official site to download a copy, i have an option to use bit torrent.
My question is this. Isnt Bit Torrent illegal? I see on the news that people are getting in trouble for using it. The software i would like is free, but i dont want to get trouble!
Why would legitimate companies use a 'dogdy' way of distributing their free software?
Im confused!
Thank you for your help
PM
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it's not a good download option ... if you are just downloading ... ISPs (whatever they say) are monitoring P2P activity ... and most also throttle back bandwidth whenever it's used
straight downloads are also seen ... but are only throttled between 08:00-22:00
a download manager can be scheduled to download out of hours ... and will pull the file(s) down far quicker and without anyone taking your bandwidth
straight downloads are also seen ... but are only throttled between 08:00-22:00
a download manager can be scheduled to download out of hours ... and will pull the file(s) down far quicker and without anyone taking your bandwidth
Actually a lot of torrent or the use of torrent is being blocked now. If you take for example the greatest torrent site pirate bay, it is being blocked by several ISP's in different countries. But that doesn't stop people from making means to gain access to pirate bay. Some build redirects some create websites like http:// pirateb aynew.c o/ which is a proxy site so that you can bypass the blocking made by the ISP.