8 November 2009 25 Comments

What is a Torrent? Is BitTorrent Legal?


live.pirillo.com – MadMike wrote in to ask what exactly a Torrent file is, and whether or not they are legal. He also is wondering how you can tell if something IS illegal or not.

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25 Responses to “What is a Torrent? Is BitTorrent Legal?”

  1. PSPRunescapePSP 8 November 2009 at 5:48 pm #

    Yup

  2. CityHunter84 8 November 2009 at 6:47 pm #

    yes, but other things influence your download speed. at default, all the common torrent clients are set to download slower then what they are capable of and upload more per second then is needed.

  3. sublimeluva 8 November 2009 at 7:00 pm #

    Estimated time of arrival.

  4. Bella4everyours 8 November 2009 at 7:11 pm #

    I know. Because I want to live there. <33

  5. loveforskies 8 November 2009 at 7:51 pm #

    It says United States in your profile.

  6. Bella4everyours 8 November 2009 at 8:18 pm #

    I live in Germany.
    Not in The USA. ;]

  7. games1011 8 November 2009 at 8:32 pm #

    i respect you pirillo, it’s true buying stuff from company manufactures are better to support them more than stealing from them.

  8. Drmand3 8 November 2009 at 9:08 pm #

    soo…let me see if i got this right….im new to this torrent thing…

    seeders are the people who leave the file up to download from them

    leechers are the people who are downloading from the seeders….

    soo the more seeders…the faster the download…and the more leechers…the slower the download…..rite

  9. loveforskies 8 November 2009 at 9:37 pm #

    Why do you have to pay in euros if you live in United States?

  10. Bella4everyours 8 November 2009 at 10:02 pm #

    I downloaded a album with torrents.
    Now I have to pay 856 Euro.
    And I’m scared to get some more letters.

  11. marksjuris 8 November 2009 at 10:35 pm #

    why do people think that torrents are illegal like the cnn news channel ?

  12. vidblahblah 8 November 2009 at 11:19 pm #

    dont use piratebay!

  13. thymen121 8 November 2009 at 11:43 pm #

    OMG youre going to be blind!!!!! take distance fromn your screen man, youre almost in your screen!!!!!!

  14. lalala5555555 9 November 2009 at 12:16 am #

    Who’s been replacing the contents of torrents everywhere? Look for bowfinger, x-men trilogy, the principal, alien… You’re gonna find a music video from the “The network” band or lesbians.

  15. mivsenpivsenlivsen 9 November 2009 at 12:18 am #

    uh …… i hate torrents -.-

  16. TheStickyNoteKing 9 November 2009 at 1:08 am #

    Peers are other people who are downloading. ETA means estimated time of arrival or something like that. It’s blank if it isn’t downloading.

  17. yayftw 9 November 2009 at 1:10 am #

    Theres a new great page called Lockerz.
    You get Points by logging in and voting in Polls.
    You can trade the points in for new electronic stuff.
    Proof : /watch?v=gfMm_9MmGNU
    Send me a PM with your email-adress for the invite!

  18. gamemak0r 9 November 2009 at 1:28 am #

    what are peers? and my torrent downloader (vuze) just says ETA ~ under progress does this mean its not going to download?

  19. RockyBoy53 9 November 2009 at 2:13 am #

    dude, nice clocks!

  20. madboy1234ps3 9 November 2009 at 3:12 am #

    lol rewind it…dude
    when did youtube get a spellchecker for its comments

  21. afghanistan55 9 November 2009 at 3:18 am #

    tanx torent

  22. Vendetta6007 9 November 2009 at 3:52 am #

    Vuze is my fave torrent client :D

  23. opusman2 9 November 2009 at 4:48 am #

    Yes, he does make money on his videos.

  24. t9001119 9 November 2009 at 5:32 am #

    Pretend a torrent is a river. The one file gets passed on down the river. It is still the same file.

  25. t9001119 9 November 2009 at 5:43 am #

    Yes thats why they show advertisements.


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