surfcss Posted November 11, 2006 Posted November 11, 2006 They say the technology is legal.. but basically all its content includes pirated software. So is downloading pirated software via torrents legal, seeing the technology is legal.
Quantum Media LLC Posted December 26, 2006 Posted December 26, 2006 They say the technology is legal.. but basically all its content includes pirated software. So is downloading pirated software via torrents legal, seeing the technology is legal. I doubt it. If software that is meant to be purchased or licensed to be purchased is being put out for download (whatever platform is being used) is Illegal
1337 Posted January 6, 2007 Posted January 6, 2007 The torrent technology and programs itself are legal, but many of the files you can get from torrents are not... well unless you live in Canada.
Dragonfire Posted March 4, 2007 Posted March 4, 2007 Basically when file sharing is there, even using p2p software, people can transfer anything directly from one pc to another pc, so most people prefer to transfer stuff that is illegal. In my opinion the p2p software and the torrents are only popular because they promote the spreading of pirated software and files, and is easy accessible to the people.
AverageJoe Posted March 4, 2007 Posted March 4, 2007 It's technically legal, when you buy a product such as a song/program etc. you are actually buying a license to use that software, therefore you are allowed to d/l it or upload it to someone who already has bought the product. This is helpful in the event that you broke the CD, or your comp crashed or whatever. But the truth is that very few people use p2p for legal purposes. I, however don't thin they should be able to monitor our computers to see if we our d/l illegal files, soon they will be monitoring everything we do.
kyle Posted March 4, 2007 Posted March 4, 2007 I think its legal, just, if you're the one pirating, then yea its probably illegal.
AverageJoe Posted March 4, 2007 Posted March 4, 2007 If you don't already own it then yes it's illegal. If you want to find out more on this matter I would refer you to this website, its forums and members will be very helpful to you.
Dragonfire Posted March 5, 2007 Posted March 5, 2007 But usually people just download it even when they don't own it. The software company should keep this license key registration online and allow only one person per license key.
topgun23 Posted March 12, 2007 Posted March 12, 2007 But usually people just download it even when they don't own it. The software company should keep this license key registration online and allow only one person per license key. You cant police that idea - it just isnt practical or they would have done it already.
Kelso Posted March 12, 2007 Posted March 12, 2007 The program itself is a great idea. You download Linux via torrents, and that's legal. Perhaps you should have a system where when you bought something, it required certain files off of a CD or DVD. Inconvenient, but it works for games.
Helions Posted March 17, 2007 Posted March 17, 2007 torrents are illegal here in thailand...they've blocked basically every torrent site there is... (anyone know a workaround? heh heh)
Quantum Media LLC Posted March 17, 2007 Posted March 17, 2007 torrents are illegal here in thailand...they've blocked basically every torrent site there is... (anyone know a workaround? heh heh) there isnt a way around that. they most likely using your ip address as an identifier, which states that you are from thailand. erhh go, you can not bypass your originating ip address
Helions Posted March 17, 2007 Posted March 17, 2007 torrents are illegal here in thailand...they've blocked basically every torrent site there is... (anyone know a workaround? heh heh) there isnt a way around that. they most likely using your ip address as an identifier, which states that you are from thailand. erhh go, you can not bypass your originating ip address thanks for the help...although i am feeling sad and hopeless now... ah well, i still have limewire! haha, not as great, but good enough for now i guess...
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