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I haven't bit torrented any music or movies in a long time. Last week I really wanted to see the sequel to a documentary I had just viewed on Youtube. Its not

• blhack 18y ago
  DING Torrents have become to much work. Maybe I have just been "out of the scene" or whatever for too long... In the days of suprnova, the front page would be filled with albums or movies with plenty of seeds and MODERATORS that removed torrents that contained crap or trojans. Bittorrent now is as bad as kazaa (if that is even still around). I buy TONS of music...mostly bands that I found back in the suprnova days, actually, and I buy most of it on iTunes... I'm at work...dealing with the idiots at the pirate bay is too much of a pain in the ass and not worth the $9 an album costs on iTunes. As soon as somebody comes out with something better, I'll migrate to that. You're exactly right, it is all about ease of use. Using torrents used to be easier than going to the music store. That is no longer the case. Although....there is still IRC ;-)
  • chris11 18y ago
    There are always private sites, eg: waffles and what. Quality is good, and it is easy to find new independent artists.
    • Zev 18y ago
      How private are these sites really, if they get mentioned left and right in public?
      • chris11 18y ago
        The only place I hear private sites mentioned are on the internet. I don't hear a lot of people talking about them in real life. But I see what you are saying. Private sites just let the admins control the quality of the torrents and site, not keep people from finding out that the site exists. If you are looking at music sites, the minimum quality allowed is usually 192kps. So none of the $.99 songs on itunes would be allowed on. Also, since the sites are invite only, most sites force you to seed to keep your account. Checking reviews of private trackers, I see that a seeder/leecher ratio of 40:1 is common. So speed is not an issue. And the sites make it easy to discover new music. The sites are filled with people who actually care that a song is lossless, or want to take the time to actually rip an album from vinyl instead of cd. These type of people don't usually limit themselves to bands on Top-40 lists.
        • blhack 18y ago
          or want to take the time to actually rip an album from vinyl instead of cd. most vinyl is cut from CDs these days, not studio masters.
• tracy 18y ago
  No you don't want to pay. You say you do, but if you walked by a street and two guys stood there, one guy offering you a DVD for free and not saying a word, and the other guy yelling at you to buy the very same DVD from him, you'd take the free one. You don't want to pay for the movie, and if you really think that, you're lying to yourself.
  • kingnothing 18y ago
    I don't think that it's fair for you to make that assumption. I believe many people have the desire to support people who make great things in order to reward them for what they have accomplished and to help inspire them to continue to do so by showing them that their passion is of value to others.
  • rjurney 18y ago
    That is not true. If that were true, I would have gone straight to bit torrent instead of straight to iTunes, and then google shopping. What I don't want to do is go looking for it at the store or wait on shipping. I want to get it digitally.
  • rjurney 18y ago
    Just to further illustrate my point... I just paid $8 to download another documentary on the same topic. It was on streamburst.tv and easy as pie.