2007-02-22 23:05:17 · 7 answers · asked by womanluv5 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
There's nothing illegal about torrents themselves but it is illegal to download copyrighted material. This includes most television shows, movies, music etc. The previous comment that anything recorded of the television is legal is false - all those tv shows etc. are copyrighted by their publishers and the fact that they are broadcast does not give you the right to copy them; a lot of the money in such programs comes from the dvd sales and thus the producers are not gonna let you have a copy for free as then you won't buy the dvds!
Having said that Azureus is a great bittorent client if you need one and there are some things it is perfectly legal to download - these sites list legal torrents
http://www.legaltorrents.com
http://www.publicdomaintorrents.com/
http://www.zudeo.com/az-web/content/FeaturedContent.html
2007-02-23 00:01:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Torrents are not illegal in and of themselves, but distributing copyrighted content to which you do not own the rights is, no matter how you transfer the data.
Torrents are used to transport many forms of legal content including opensource software - for example, World of Warcraft patches are downloaded via Torrent.
2007-02-23 00:21:52 · answer #2 · answered by singlecell_amoeba 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some are legal & some are not. But it's fun to use anyway, right?
This links to some of the leading torrent sites.
http://www.torrentpond.com
2007-02-22 23:36:24 · answer #3 · answered by ß!ߤ¥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all torrents are legal:
Rips of DVD's are ILLEGAL
Copies of games are ILLEGAL
Most music is ILLEGAL
However there is some good news, you can download movies and tv series LEGALLY as long as they have been recorded from the tv as they don't have any copyrights.
Finally never download Cinema Cam Films as they are highly ILLEGAL.
Finally i use www.piratebay.org i find it a good site to use!!
2007-02-22 23:16:33 · answer #4 · answered by alien445226 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no they are not legal but im sure the companies can afford it so go to ares for your downloads its free easy to use for both music and dvds and no viruses torrents are ok but i find them to be slow good luck
2007-02-22 23:25:51 · answer #5 · answered by crawdash 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.mp3000.net for music
www.alluc.org to watch free movies.
hope they help.
2007-02-22 23:10:50 · answer #6 · answered by Peanut butter Jelly Time!!!! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they are leagel so long as noone is selling them
http://www.torrents.to/
2007-02-22 23:29:13 · answer #7 · answered by lee e 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋