Barak

use BitTorrent as my default P2P software
The BitTorrent advantage

You’ll find what you seek for through BitTorrent networks.

The name “BitTorrent” refers to the distribution protocol, the original client application, and the .torrent file type.

With BitTorrent, files are broken into smaller fragments, typically a quarter of a megabyte each. As the fragments are distributed to the peers in a random order, they can be reassembled on a requesting machine. Each peer takes advantage of the best connections to the missing pieces while providing an upload connection to the pieces it already has. This scheme has proven particularly useful in trading large files such as videos and software source code. In conventional downloading, high demand leads to bottlenecks as demand surges for bandwidth from the host server. With BitTorrent, high demand can actually increase throughput as more bandwidth and additional “seeds” of the completed file become available to the group. Cohen claims that for very popular files, BitTorrent can support about a thousand times as many downloads as HTTP

Oct 26, 2005, 03:04AM PDT | 1 cheer


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Oct 26, 2005, 03:08AM PDT

Barak

South Park joked about that.. :D

Detective: You downloaded a lot of songs! Says here you even downlaoded Judas Priest? That’s hard time you boys are lookin’ at. You got anything to say for yourselves?

Kyle: We didn’t think it was that big a deal.

Detective: Not a big deal! You think downloading music for free is not a big deal?! Put your couts on! I’m gonna show you something! And I don’t think you’re gonna like it! [A mansion, somewhere, day. The agent has taken the boys for a ride and arrived here. He leads them to the main gate]

Detective: This is the home of Lars Ulrich, the drummer for Metallica.
[they approach a bush]
Look. There’s Lars now, sitting by his pool. [he’s seen sitting on the edge of a chaise longue, his face in his hands, softly sobbing]

Kyle: What’s the matter with him?

Detective: This month he was hoping to have a gold-plated shark tank bar installed right next to the pool, but thanks to people downloading his music for free, he must now wait a few months before he can afford it.
[a close-up of Lars sobbing]
Come. There’s more. [leads them away. Next seen is a small airport at night] Here’s Britney Spears’ private jet. Notice anything? [a shot of Britney boarding a plane, then stopping to look at it before entering] Britney used to have a Gulfstream IV. Now she’s had to sell it and get a Gulfstream III because people like you chose to download her music for free. [Britney gives a heavy sigh and goes inside.] The Gulfstream III doesn’t even have a remote control for its surround-sound DVD system. Still think downloading music for free is no big deal?!

South Park s7e09 – SoChristian RockHard

I would want to know more about those court cases, if you have a link that would be great..
correct me if I’m wrong on this one but were’nt they sued for SHARING copyrighted files with the world? (not for DOWNLOADING of copyrighted files..)

Read more about BitTorrent Leagal issues here

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