I disagree! NO, there is plenty of copyright-free material out there,
YOU choose what to download, common sense would tell you what is
copyrighted and what isnt, if you choose to download something you are
unsure of then caveat emptor ... and to say a video download could
contain a backdoor is just plain wrong? There is NO virus currently
existing that can sit in a video file. I used bit-torrent recently to
download a fans version of Star wars, called Star Wars Revelations,
10GB, 2 X dvds plus covers etc, all legit
<http://www.panicstruckpro.com/revelations/revelations_movie.html> and I
often download freeware golf courses for Links LS via p2p as it can be
quicker than web access. Torrent's creator Bram Cohen bemoans the misuse
of bittorrent, he created it as a new medium, he does NOT encourage
piracy, he DOES encourage the free spread of bytes ... irc and
usenet/newsgroups are the PRIME source for new releases (ftp too, but
too irc/newsgroup seeders) and from THERE they leak onto the p2p
networks, so should your reply apply to agent, mirc etc too :) ?
Wayne Johnson wrote on 06/09/2005, 20:42:
> Yes & the other thing is there is nothing preventing some one from
> renaming
> an adult film to a children's film title just to entice you to
> download it
> or something worse as it could contain backdoors into your system.
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Kylde
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