Do you torrent? (pun most definitely intended)

[perfectimo]

Just wondering if people torrent? Wanted to know if you think it is worse than single file downloading because when you torrent you can just get whole albums and discograohies compared to basically "sampling" what the band is like? This question extends to all forms of torrents, not just music based ones.

 

[searanox]

Torrents in general? I use them all the time. They're great. Using torrents to engage in illegal file-sharing? I don't pirate games, music, movies, or anything else, although I admit I used to. I've gained a new-found respect for artists, especially game developers, who deserve to be compensated for their efforts, and I'd rather not contribute to the problem of piracy myself. There's enough cheap scumbags out there already and I'd rather not be come of them.

 

[Limos]

I torrented Bioshock a while back. But I only kept it for two days and decided it was not fun enough to buy and deleted it.

 

[perfectimo]

I torrented Bioshock a while back. But I only kept it for two days and decided it was not fun enough to buy and deleted it.

If it was fun would you have bought it knowing you already had a copy?

 

[Limos]

I torrented Bioshock a while back. But I only kept it for two days and decided it was not fun enough to buy and deleted it.

If it was fun would you have bought it knowing you already had a copy?

Running it off my external harddrive meant I had to use lower graphic quality, it slowed it down a lot. So if I had enjoyed it enough I might have picked up a physical copy. That's what happened with Spore.

Though Spore was more because I wanted access to Sporepedia.

 

[implodingMan]

I don't get the pun.

And no, my university has some kind of LAN powered file sharing thingy, so that's where I download most stuff.

 

[gamergal126]

I torrent but only Hentai games, but only because they don't come to the states or I don't want others to know that I (a girl) like hentai.

 

[glambo]

I usually download several albums per day from assorted places. I don't see it as stealing because I already spend (literally) every penny I have on music & games. If I wanted to buy every CD I've ever "pirated" I'd have to take out several large loans. Basically, I buy the ones I think are of the highest quality on vinyl and keep the rest in non-physical form. Anti-download fundamentalists are free to have a go, but bear in mind that I buy several hundred CDs each year and could not physically buy any more.

I also use torrents for acquiring PSX ISOs, old PC games and any noteworthy adventure games which aren't available where I live (read: most of them). I don't regard this as stealing either because everything I torrent is either unattainable or out of print.

so, youre saying if i spend all my money on my 2004 honda, but im not satisfied with my possession its not stealing to go to the mercedes dealership and steal a few simply because i cant afford any more cars? interesting perspective

i cant bring myself to torrent music, mainly because i know what its like to try and sell albums. i do, however, use a certain private tracker to download movies. no current stuff, just foreign, B movies, old movies, and impossible to find stuff

 

[Mullahgrrl]

I torrent but only Hentai games, but only because they don't come to the states or I don't want others to know that I (a girl) like hentai.

Wear your vice with pride!

And yes, Please do explain the pun.

 

[perfectimo]

I don't get the pun.

The pun is a lie. LOLOLOLOLOL... dear god what have i become?!?!

I torrent things which are no longer available, like ep's and albums from a bands previous projects which didn't make it far enough to have a steady shelf presense.

 

[perfectimo]

And yes, Please do explain the pun.

Sorry for double post and is that sarcasm? uTorrent is one of the most popular torrenting programs. Hence "Do you torrent?" in joke form would be "Do uTorrent?".

 

[Maet]

Music and movies only. Even then, not that much. I pretty much have everything I want.

 

[jim_doki]

Piracy is wrong

 

[vede]

And yes, Please do explain the pun.

Sorry for double post and is that sarcasm? uTorrent is one of the most popular torrenting programs. Hence "Do you torrent?" in joke form would be "Do uTorrent?".

That's a pretty weird pun...

It would be way better if you changed the title to "Do uTorrent?"

 

[Vek]

Yes. That is all.

Also, that's not a u, it's the greek letter mu, symbol for the SI prefix micro-. as in, micro-torrent. Because that's it's name.

Lerns you some Greeks, yo.

 

[xitel]

I used to torrent games until I got a cease and desist letter. Now the only things I torrent are things I cannot get otherwise. Also, I torrented .pdf copies of some books I already own so I could put them on an e-Reader device.

 

[gamergal126]

Thanks I will

 

[PiecemealPirate]

Right and wrong are values to some people, to me they are perspectives.
Free and clear... now those are values.


No I'm not being serious, to respond to the thread, yes