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Reddit beats film industry, won’t have to identify users who admitted torrenting::Court quashes subpoena for names of users who talked torrenting in 2011 thread.

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[–] dunestorm 36 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Shows how much people understand of the law when they think using Bitorrent is illegal lol

[–] Ebsku@sopuli.xyz 24 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Yeah I torrent a lot of files like Linux ISOs

[–] MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's so much easier and faster than using some mirror

[–] herrvogel 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I can download from mirrors at the same speeds as torrents. The trick is to have a terrible internet subscription that's easily saturated by either of them.

Dial up modem ftw

[–] Ebsku@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Depends on the mirror though some mirrors are really slow

[–] postmateDumbass 8 points 2 years ago

You're apt get some attention from the authorities.

[–] Bossmanbing@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago

They’ve got you now!

[–] Wilker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

hey kid! interested in some Asset Pack V2 - The Unofficial Homestuck Collection dot zip?

[–] Hikiru 4 points 2 years ago

use qbittorrent instead