I thought that was only comcast; what ISP do you have?
I don't get it.As long as I can purchase used items from places like ebay and amazon, I don't see any reason for why I should consider torrenting to be "bad".
Wow, that's a truly interesting association / justification.As long as I can purchase used items from places like ebay and amazon, I don't see any reason for why I should consider torrenting to be "bad".
I don't get it.
Leisure goes to leisure. People do have other hobbies in their lives. At least I do. I'm not the only one am I?Bonus money usually goes to leisure...I think?
I'll reiterate that I think you're overestimating how much of a marketing tool torrenting is. IMO the percentage is very near zero.
Also you have to consider that torrenting gives people a lot of free software that they'd otherwise have to pay for. They might not buy it otherwise though. Photoshop? How much is that per single user license? Industry grade backup utilities? Windows 7 ultimate? Several hundred each, at least.
How many people do you think torrent windows 7, then buy it? What about music? Hint; it's rhetorical I don't want an answer.
That kind of message is the result of a bad AV program or a virus already on your computer. The act of downloading anything can not give you a virus.I tried downloading a torrent once. Every 10 minutes or so, my antivirus would pop up with a message saying "intrusion attempt blocked from the IP xxxxxxx," so I stopped the torrent and have never tried them again.
I'll admit if it weren't for torrents I'd still be using XP 64bit which was given to me by my university. Vista had such a bad name for itself, but I loved it. 7 is great, and I actually considered buying it until I saw the price and their share of the market, reminding myself why I torrent Windows OS to begin with.
That kind of message is the result of a bad AV program or a virus already on your computer. The act of downloading anything can not give you a virus.
For some people, pirating isn't enough. They have to include malware with it too.That kind of message is the result of a bad AV program or a virus already on your computer. The act of downloading anything can not give you a virus.