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Re: Put.io

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Post by soperj »

dfc wrote: post #277
parandroid wrote: post #205

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a cheap internet connection (16Mbit, ~$13/month), and I'm not a minority. In my country, having an internet connection that's speedy enough for video streaming is not a luxury. And yet, I can't even buy anything off iTunes, Google Play Store, not to mention Netflix and other similar services. In fact, we even got PayPal only in mid 2013 (and not even the full service - we can only send money and can't receive…

Is there a discipline that starts footnotes at 0?

Computer Science. Everything starts with 0.

Re: Put.io

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Post by pikachu_is_cool »

Nursie wrote: post #218
aragot wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If there is piracy, more laws will be passed, possibly ending up axing every category of Internet usage.

But that's nothing to do with making any case, simply practical consequences. Much like the drug war, DRM and its legal environment are basically self perpetuating now. I don't see.how continuing piracy has any impact at all.

Maybe because you agree with McAfee? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM51_LXblYk

Re: Put.io

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Post by gcb0 »

diminoten wrote: post #283
gcb0 wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Ah yeah, i'm still holding up to my x-small linode without metered, it works fine for that with the ocasional torrent i have to seed. But you are right, when everyone moves to metered, this will not be that good.

Re: Put.io

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Post by pikachu_is_cool »

fauigerzigerk wrote: post #145
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.

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…

Don't forget (c) the people who think selling digital data in this day and age is archaic, and locking people like Kim Dotcom up is morally wrong.

Re: Put.io

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Post by badman_ting »

But what if you want the stuff on your computer? I'm guessing you have to download it from the cloud, so… I don't get the point? Help me out here.

Edit: Well, I guess you still get the benefit of them doing the seeding instead of your home connection… That's more attractive to some than others I suppose.

Re: Put.io

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Post by hayksaakian »

supersystem wrote: post #198
hayksaakian wrote: post #160

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given that they show episodes and screenshots of TV show torrents on the home page, this throws all plausible deniability out the window.

The episodes in the screenshots are creative commons licensed, distributed by donation based service http://vodo.net

good point, i simply assumed that since they were TV shows (I don't really watch TV shows) that they were licensed/distributed in a traditional way.

Re: Put.io

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Post by djtriptych »

There's just no way in hell I would ever use this without VERY good assurances that my credit card will never be linked to what I download. There's about a billion ways that could happen, EVEN IF put.io has no intention of ever releasing that information.

Are they sure they won't be hacked? why?

Are they sure they wouldn't have to give up my information based on a public, lawful gov't inquiry?

What about a secret, unlawful inquiry? Are they sure about that case?

How they can launch this with ZERO information about steps they've taken to protect anonymity is mind-boggling to me. I'm about to send out a note to my less technical friends to avoid this like the plague.

Re: Put.io

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Post by x0054 »

tr4656 wrote: post #280
x0054 wrote: post #278

For $15 a year you can get a crappy little VPS with 20 gigs of disk and 200GB/month connection. Install transmission on it and use it as a seed box. On popular torrents you can get 4-7mbps transfer speeds. Have the files saved once done to a folder that you share via BT Sync, and the files will automatically move to your computer once done. Just another solution.

Might as well pay a bit more and get a seedbox. Most VPS won't all you to torrent in their TOS.

Though true, most low end providers never check or care.

Re: Put.io

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Post by aabalkan »

steeve wrote: post #115
gfunk911 wrote: post #45

I use and love put.io. Completely hassle free. I'd never go back. The killer feature is instant completion of torrents if someone else has already downloaded them. I can be watching a movie 60 seconds after thinking of it.

Then you might want to try XBMCtorrent [1]. (disclosure: I wrote it) Select a torrent, watch it. [1] http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=174736 [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQiC62ig3N0 Edit: wrong url

Useless for US citizens who are not using private VPN, since it downloads torrents on your machine, which tells legal institutions that your IP address is downloading that movie using torrent.

Re: Put.io

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Post by voxic11 »

possibilistic wrote: post #134
gfunk911 wrote: post #45

I use and love put.io. Completely hassle free. I'd never go back. The killer feature is instant completion of torrents if someone else has already downloaded them. I can be watching a movie 60 seconds after thinking of it.

> 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.…

Some countries allow you to access any content you have a license for. Especially so for old content that you may personally lack the ability to transfer onto new media formats.
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