Bearshare...

[r3n.d4n73]

Basically, Bearshare is a program like Kazaa where you can download music and shit. But my question is, how is this legal?

[future man]

That's like installing AIDS on your computer. For your sake, please use bit torrent or something, just don't use anything like Kazaa, limewire or bareshare. I beg you, spare yourself and your computer.

[r3n.d4n73]

I used to use Kazaa, and it didn't do anything to meh machine.

[future man]

Well, can't say I didn't try. I went to the bear share website and couldn't see a single thing about downloading copywrited music being legal, where did you hear this?

[r3n.d4n73]

A friend of mine was like, "Oh, well, you pay for Bearshare, so it's all legal.". I was a little skeptical, so I thought I'd ask.

[future man]

I'm going to do you a big favor, take it or leave it. You should grab bit torrent, it's a fantastic little application.

Awesome FAQ:
http://dessent.net/btfaq/#compare

Clients:

ABC(I use this one): http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/

Official:
http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/

Azureus:
http://www.gudy.org/azureus/


There's tons more, but it's just which one you like the best. I've also pm'd you a link where you can browse for files. I suggest you at least give it a look.

[r3n.d4n73]

Cool. Thanks alot man.

[Hobbes874]

Bittorrent is great stuff, I use it a lot nowadays. The only down part is that it can be very slow.

[r3n.d4n73]

Yeah, I'll get Bit-torrent when I get my new computer.

[Rohan]

Yeah sometimes its slow, especialy old, rare files. I use Azureus btw.

[epsilon]

I use BitTornado.

[cr3am]

burst! kicks ass

Too lazy to find the link, just google for "burst bittorrent" and click the first response

[portzebie]

I have been using Bt++ for about a year now . I love it I will give some of the others a try Bittorrent kicks ASS! BTW

[Freakonaleash89]

Originally posted by r3n.d4n73
A friend of mine was like, "Oh, well, you pay for Bearshare, so it's all legal.". I was a little skeptical, so I thought I'd ask.

That's a misconception that has gotten several people sued. They think that since they pay for the filesharing software, that they can share anything they want regardless of copyright laws. That's not how it works and the RIAA really could care less if you paid for your filesharing program or not, so keep that in mind.

[r3n.d4n73]

Is it still illegal if you d.l stuff, but dont share it? Or...will the RIAA go after sharers more or d.lers?

[psydude20]

Downloading anything but music off of kazaa or any program like it is just asking for a virus. Bit torrent is good if you have good upload speed, don't know what to tell you if you're on a lower speed connection. The only thing I used to download was music but I stopped because I got fed up with the crappy quality. Now I just buy CDs.

[psydude20]

Originally posted by portzebie
I have been using Bt++ for about a year now . I love it I will give some of the others a try Bittorrent kicks ASS! BTW
Have you tried azureus at all? It's a really nice BT program.

[absolute_deviation]

MIRC

[xenophage]

Aries ain't that bad too.

[portzebie]

When my porn site rips finnish downloading i will install and try azureus a try I have heard from other people and websites that it is good I will also try out burst Seems like Cr3am really likes it.

[Freakonaleash89]

Originally posted by r3n.d4n73
Is it still illegal if you d.l stuff, but dont share it? Or...will the RIAA go after sharers more or d.lers?

It is still illegal to download stuff but so far noone has been sued for downloading. Right now 100% of the lawsuites are against uploaders.