> Conor Daly wrote:
>>>On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 12:33:37PM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
>>Gareth Eason thought:
>>>>>>>>>Conor Daly wrote:
>>>| On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 12:09:44AM +0100 or so it is rumoured
>>> hereabouts,
>>>| Liam Bedford thought:
>>>|>>>|>They don't have to give any information to anyone for you to be caught
>>>|>using p2p sharing systems. Any client in a bittorrent download is also
>>>|>participating in uploading the file too (in general, you can turn off
>>>|>the uploads, but then your download speed will die).
>>>|>>>|>>>| To clarify this, a bittorrent client is involved in the distribution
>>>| _only_ of the file(s) it is involved in downloading so, to be seen
>>>| uploading bits of StarWars (or whatever) the client must be
>>> downloading
>>>| the same. Is this a correct interpretation of BitTorrent?
>>>|>>>| Conor
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No.
>>>>>> BitTorrent will download (as per expectation) and seed with anything
>>> in
>>>its cache. So if you previously downloaded $thing, it's likely that you
>>>will be uploading bits of $thing while downloading $other_thing.
>>>>>>>>>>So, if I have downloaded FC2 isos 3 months ago and am now downloading
>>Uuntu, somebody else downloading FC2 may get some of it from me?
>>>>>>>>> You can, of course, seed material by telling your client to do so -
>>> if you are the 'source' of the material.
>>>>>>>>>>So you, as a (hypothetical Ubuntu source) could seed the ubuntu.torrent
>> with
>>pointers to StarWars movie and have me end up downloading (and
>>subsequently uploading) bits of Star Wars?
>>>>>>>>>So you need not necessarily have
>>>downloaded it in the past to be uploading it now (if you see what I
>>>mean) - though this generally requires deliberate action on your part.
>>>>>>>>>>Conor (confused)...
>>>>>>> This will all depend on the client. I use the btdownloadcurses, and AFAIK
> it will only upload what I am currently downloading.
I only use bittorrent for downloading ISO's of distributions.
If you were to download dodgy stuff, then you would be better off using a
standard P2P client. As long as you do not forward the ports these clients
require for people to see what files you have, then you should be grand.
i.e.: be a leech.
Personally I restrict myself to ripping movies from DVD's I own -
The reaon being my kids tend to scratch every single CD/DVD in the house,
and the shops are far too mean to replace them when scratched. Does anyone
know how I can get the big corporations to replace them? I seem to
remember "The Sex Pistols" jumping on the CD's to demonstrate how
indestructible they are, however my kids disproved that one.
Audio CD's get ripped to either ogg/mp3 or copied to minidisk.
For DVD's I use dvdrip (very good app).
>> Other clients do other things.
>> L.
> --
Regards
Conor.
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