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rawiri
Joined: 01 Jun 2003
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 Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 1:48 am Post subject: Limewire pro |
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Man it rocks!
Is it the fastest p2p program or are there quicker out there? |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:03 am Post subject: |
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| You paid for it?! Limewire was recently sued by the RIAA. I'm not sure I would be using it right now....you never know who is watching very closely. |
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rawiri
Joined: 01 Jun 2003
Location: Lovely day for a fire drill.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:12 am Post subject: |
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[quote="Demophobe"]You paid for it?! Limewire was recently sued by the RIAA. I'm not sure I would be using it right now....you never know who is watching very closely.[/quote]
Hell no. Thepiratebay is your friend. You really think it's dodgy?, iv'e been downloading stuff all weekend and have no real intentions of stopping. I mean my hard drive has about 125 gigs spare but i probably wont fill half that, it's only the BIG guys they really go after right?. what can they do with me being in korea anyways? |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:18 am Post subject: |
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| rawiri wrote: |
| it's only the BIG guys they really go after right?. what can they do with me being in korea anyways? |
Very "famous-last-wordy", don't you think?
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dbee
Joined: 29 Dec 2004
Location: korea
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:51 am Post subject: |
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Well, like demophobe said - you can never be too careful.
However I do wonder whether they'd go after someone in Korea or not. I mean most of the country is using fake software as it is. Personally I think they'd be laughed out of court.
But then you'd never know I guess ... |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:59 am Post subject: |
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| The RIAA would take raiwi's dog back home to court if they couldn't get him here. Henchmen, they are. |
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JLarter
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:04 am Post subject: |
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| I've never really trusted Limewire. Is it safe to use from a virus perspective and stuff like that? Not really being into computer stuff I'm not sure. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:18 am Post subject: |
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| I suppose it's no more dangerous than any other P2P network, though honestly, with the RIAA having recently kicked in the doors of the company, I wouldn't trust it. Fakes, tags, virii... |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:16 am Post subject: |
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| The RIAA has been going after a lot of little people too. However, are they going to go after people in Korea? Korea has been cracking down on MP3 swappers, mind you, but I get the feeling they're cracking down on Koreans swapping Korean songs and Korean services that allow it. Korea rarely has much desire to go after people stealing American music, unless diplomatic pressure comes to bear. |
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jazblanc77
Joined: 22 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:06 am Post subject: |
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The reason why anything is happening at all is because the Korean government was pressured via American diplomatic routes, to do something about pirating in the interests of economic growth and cooperation.
Some foreigners were among those busted for downloading certain tagged Hollywood movies a couple of months back.
Bottom line is, don't think you are immune just because you are out of reach by the RIAA. Even in places like Canada where downloading has been ruled as legal, I wouldn't really consider myself very safe from prosecution. Even at that, lots of the ISPs in Canada strictly monitor and limit bandwidth. I would bet that that has something to do with part or full-ownership by American companies. Things change quickly in this sort of affair, and the RIAA are known for their strong-arm tactics.
Better safe than sorry, if you ask me. Just look at Kazaa and Napster since the RIAA went after them. One went completely paid, and the other just turned in a database of web worms, trojans, viruses, and fake files. And, where do you think the RIAA got the information on the little guys that happened to download some stuff on those clients? It was from the Napster and Kazaa log files. |
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dbee
Joined: 29 Dec 2004
Location: korea
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:00 am Post subject: |
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I've never really trusted Limewire. Is it safe to use from a virus perspective and stuff like that? Not really being into computer stuff I'm not sure.
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... well realistically nothing is safe to use from a virus perspective if you are running windows these days. <Not trying to bash Micro$oft, just stating a fact>
The thing about virii, is that it's not just about downloading the files, but rather about excuting the files. If you download a movie, then press 'open' on the file - usually whatever 'player' you have will be the one that executes the file. So unless there is a vulnerability in your player vlan/gome/kino etc ... then you aren't going to contract whatever virus is in the file. Players are pretty well trodden now in terms of libraries etc... So chances are they are fairly safe. Chances are, that you are more likely to contract a virus/malware/adware surfing for .torrents with IE than by downloading them. Unless of course you double click the file labelled "CLICK ME" that came with your movie. In that case, given windows propensitiy to execute files, regardless of their extension. All bets are off.
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Korea rarely has much desire to go after people stealing American music, unless diplomatic pressure comes to bear
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... well there is no diplomatic pressure to speak of. Korean politicians aren't going to crack down on piracy of American goods, and thus hurt Korean businesses - unless there is something in it for them. China is being gradually persuaded to come on board, not because of 'diplomatic pressure' but more because of the increasing investment by IT firms (American and European) in the chinese IT industry. They are basically saying to China ... 'yes the global software market is a rip-off, but you play your cards right - you can have a piece of the action'...
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Even at that, lots of the ISPs in Canada strictly monitor and limit bandwidth. I would bet that that has something to do with part or full-ownership by American companies.
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... well yes, either that or the fact that as ISP's, they sell bandwidth to make money. They are definitely going to monitor your usage, because there isn't always enough to go around...
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And, where do you think the RIAA got the information on the little guys that happened to download some stuff on those clients? It was from the Napster and Kazaa log files.
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... it's possible I guess. But it wouldn't exactly take Sherlock Holmes to find out who's downloading torrents. All you'd have to do is seed a torrent and then track whoever is 'leeching'.... |
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Pak Yu Man
Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Location: The Ida galaxy
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| Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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Koreans have difficulties giving tickets or fines to foreigners.
Perfect example....My wife, a friend, his girlfriend and I were going out to eat before heading to the beach. We J-Walk and cops see us. They give my wife and the other Korean girl tickets, but they said "we can't give tickets to Canadians."
LOL. Oh and any of you asses who are about to say "stupid Canuks" or whatever...bite me.
So how the hell is a Korean court going to get money out of us when Korea is the land of fake stuff and knock offs?
By the time they got around to a court date the defendant will have jumped ship and be in another country.
D/ling more stuff. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Pak Yu Man wrote: |
Koreans have difficulties giving tickets or fines to foreigners.
Perfect example....My wife, a friend, his girlfriend and I were going out to eat before heading to the beach. We J-Walk and cops see us. They give my wife and the other Korean girl tickets, but they said "we can't give tickets to Canadians."
LOL. Oh and any of you asses who are about to say "stupid Canuks" or whatever...bite me.
So how the hell is a Korean court going to get money out of us when Korea is the land of fake stuff and knock offs?
By the time they got around to a court date the defendant will have jumped ship and be in another country.
D/ling more stuff. |
Yeah, well, not all of us are transients.
I didn't get a jaywalking ticket and can buy a knock-off handbag. Therefore, I won't get busted using P2P.
Sound.
The chance is indeed remote, but I maintain it's silly to continue using a P2P program after it's makers were recently sued. It's like buying a TV from a guy who just got out of the joint for fencing TVs a week ago. There are other sources, so just go elsewhere. |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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What's the latest with Lime Wire?
Yah, seemingly a great set-up.
They were trying to shut it down i hear. |
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