Actually Perrinoia is correct people. These are being looked into, including other sites that host similar to these. I do not work this department, but rumors have it that when you download or use a site similar to this, it "will" log your IP, in which you can be traced down. Even if underage, there are penalties that can be put upon you. Use at your own risk. Things to determine...is the site that is torrenting, hosted by an individual(s), or a Government office that is logging your IP information to use against you later? Be careful.perrinoia wrote:RIGHT?!
Guys, all those torrent sites were taken down for a reason. The government is cracking down on torrenting.
Honestly, it's easier to stream them anyway, and it's fucking legal.
Torrenting isn't edgy anymore, it's stupid.
That being said, torrenting is an amazingly efficient way to download large files LEGALLY, so if your internet connection sucks as mine does, and you're given the option to download something directly or via torrent, go with the torrent.
I'd like to get Killroy's expert opinion on this, though, seeing as how he's in a position to know about how easily the government can track torrents, these days.
The only statement Perrinoia is Torrenting may be an efficient way to download large files, but depending on what type of files you are downloading, it could impede on copyright laws, which is NOT legal, and no matter the age, there are ways to prosecute the user if a guilty sentence is determined. The easiest way to get around this, setup a server which is passworded so one can telnet into your server, instead of you hosting it online for all to see
This way you only have people you trust to exchange services with, and since it's not hosted openly online, the authorities won't know about it, only friends and family. You could actually do this with a separate hard drive in your computer system, if your connection was fast enough to host, and you had enough processing power. You could turn it on or off anytime you wanted, and just have a listing of people on an e-mail listing that you could contact via an e-mail to relay when your hosted server was up to do any type of services, or exchanges.
