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Re: Put.io

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Post by camus2 »

belorn wrote: post #265
TallGuyShort wrote: post #82

It seems as though the primary use case being discussed and implied is torrenting of media that is not legal (however ethical you feel it may be) to torrent in many countries. Please remember that when you do so, you weaken the case the rest of us have against the same laws you're ignoring, against DRM, against intrusions into our privacy, and against unfair ISP practices.

Not respecting copyright in 2014 is a moral issue. It is good when authors can earn money on their work, and thus it used to be that authors had a deal with the government. Tax money is spent to enforce a limited monopoly for a few years, and afterward society could the work to the improvement of all. This deal has now been completely perverted, and all works stays perpetually under restrictions. Worse, In Sweden, we…

Same thing in France. Everything is taxed,cds,dvds,usb keys,hard drives because of the so called "private copying".

I dont mind,the problem is "who's getting the money?why artist A and not artist B".And it's usually the artists that need it the less that get the most of these "revenues".

Re: Put.io

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Post by chc »

edraferi wrote: post #221
fauigerzigerk wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So there are two groups of people on this planet: (a) Those who download stuff illegally instead of paying like 0.01% of their disposable income per year for it whilst making about as much money as those who have created the content. (b) Those who download stuff illegally instead of having no access at all or paying completely unaffordable fantasy prices for it whilst making only a fraction of those who have created…

There is actually a really cool opportunity here. A service like this could put an access fee on certain torrents, collect payment via bit coin and pass the fee on to the content creators. Technically, it's totally feasible. of course, that only works if the content creators are willing to license the content, and that's difficult for even big players like Netflix. There's a huge international market for video and bo…

This opportunity doesn't really exist. Even with a much more established and proven business model like Netflix, they still have trouble getting and keeping licenses. The possibility of content owners going from wanting to kill Netflix to outright supporting people who upload their content to random Internet users isn't just distant; it's pretty much nonexistent.

Re: Put.io

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Post by diminoten »

gcb0 wrote: post #129
diminoten wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Took me 3 minutes to get put.io working. Name one seedbox provider that can be set up that quickly.

If you can use a ssh client: 1. go to your VPS control panel, span another vm 2. ssh to it 3. aptitude install transmission done. You don't even have to manage that box. not even install security updates if you don't want to.

Wake up 3 days later, notice $500 bill for bandwidth.

But hey, super easy!

Also, rtorrent. Geez, guy! :-P

Re: Put.io

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Post by [deleted] »

lowglow wrote: post #3

From the FAQ ( http://faq.put.io/ ): > Why are downloads from put.io to my computer slow? > Well the biggest factor is your location. Our servers are in Netherlands. - I guess this is why I torrent. :(

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Re: Put.io

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Post by atourgates »

baddox wrote: post #22

This seems like a slightly worse seedbox marketed towards people who haven't heard of seedboxes.

That seems like a condescending opinion from someone who hasn't had experience with Put.io. I've tried both Put.io and several seedbox providers, and found that Put.io is better for my purposes, and I expect the purposes of many users.

A seedbox would be better if: * You're active on private trackers. Most private trackers don't work well with services like put.io. * You enjoy the level of control that's available with a seedbox.

Put.io is (in my opinion) much better if your goal is quickly and painlessly getting multimedia files from public torrent sites. It has some neat features like Mp4 video conversion to stream/download to iDecvices that would be challenging to implement in a seedbox, and instantly completes downloads that other Put.io users have in their files. Something that would be impossible on any seedbox.

Now that their lowest plan is $10/mo, there isn't as much of a cost advantage for put.io as there used to be when they had $5/mo plans, but even at cost parity, I'd still pick put.io over any of the seedbox services I've used, or setting up my own seedbox on a VPS.

Re: Put.io

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Post by shitlord »

sergiotapia wrote: post #232
diminoten wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Took me 3 minutes to get put.io working. Name one seedbox provider that can be set up that quickly.

I'm an IT RETARD - I have no shame about that. At best I know about sudo apt-get install - but seedbox configurations on most providers is click next next next. They even have 1 click installers, it's really simple.

Whatbox is pretty nice, and also user friendly. Feral used to be nice but it was never user friendly. Also, Feral's support is absolute shit. They were down for basically an entire month and barely communicated with their customers. Seedboxes.cc is also nice and somewhat user-friendly.

Re: Put.io

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Post by kennywinker »

imsofuture wrote: post #78
kennywinker wrote: post #27

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Or for people who aren't interested in managing their own box, building / installing / maintaining the control software, etc. Just the same way Dropbox is for people who haven't heard of NASs or Amazon S3.

You just described a VPS, not a seedbox. Seedboxes are turn-key operations, login and link/upload torrent file: tada.

My bad. Having never heard of a seedbox before, I googled it and was under the impression that it just meant "machine used for torrenting" e.g. a vps or a local server.

Re: Put.io

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Post by diminoten »

sergiotapia wrote: post #232
diminoten wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Took me 3 minutes to get put.io working. Name one seedbox provider that can be set up that quickly.

I'm an IT RETARD - I have no shame about that. At best I know about sudo apt-get install - but seedbox configurations on most providers is click next next next. They even have 1 click installers, it's really simple.

That's very true, but I'm always apprehensive about stuff like that, given how dangerous a default config can be to my wallet. Specifically, if bandwidth isn't properly capped, or metered, I'd be shelling out more money than I'm saving by (hypothetically - calm down RIAA) pirating content!

Re: Put.io

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Post by RexRollman »

chc wrote: post #144
possibilistic wrote: post #134

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> I can be watching a movie 60 seconds after thinking of it. Is that at all legal? Unless you mean films that have fallen into the public domain or that remain unlicensed in your nation or jurisdiction, I'm pretty sure this is unlawful. If there aren't laws on the books yet concerning a 3rd party service downloading or hosting pirated content on one's behalf yet, I would still consider this to be unethical behavior.…

Considering it probably wouldn't be any more legal the slower way, I can't see how that question is salient.

Because instead of an annonymous user, there is now a company to sue. I don't see them lasting unless they create copyright controls that will make most people not want to use them.
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