The system is lightweight and fast and it requires a lot less administration than the classic online video library format. This is why copyright laws exist. If you make a media file available to others, you are breaking the law. Also in the USA, entertainment companies have formed the US Copyright Group , which exists solely for the purpose of prosecuting those who copy and watch copyrighted material without paying for it.
Downloading entertainment is illegal in a large number of countries in the world. However, in those countries, Internet service providers are given the responsibility of blocking access to illegal content sites — this is the case in the UK, for example. So, in many places in the world, you will find it impossible to reach illegal torrent sites; in other countries, you might get into legal hot water.
In short, it is better to avoid illegal torrent sites. The access point to the torrent system is through a torrent search on a website that lists available torrent downloading files. When you select an option from the list, a small file gets downloaded onto your computer. There are several methods for starting off a torrent depending on which protocol you use. The most widely used is called BitTorrent.
This is mediated by a BitTorrent file, or a magnet link. The BitTorrent file and the magnet link point to a tracker file, which is stored somewhere on the internet. The tracker file contains details about the file you want to download. The most important bit of information is a list of the addresses of all of the computers in the world that have copies of that file.
Your torrent client works through that list and contacts each of them in turn, hoping to find one that is online. Each file is treated as an array of segments. Your client will contact the active client on a computer that has the desired file and ask for one segment. Once that download starts, your client will contact another correspondent and ask for a different segment.
When each segment finishes downloading, the client will ask that source for another segment. The client is able to download many segments from different sources simultaneously.
This method greatly speeds up the downloading process. In torrenting terminology, any computer with which your computer is in connect with is called a peer. Your client might be sending to a peer or receiving from a peer. The client can send out segments and receive in segments simultaneously. A person that makes a complete copy of a file available to others is called a Seeder.
A person that is still in the process of downloading but has completed segments to dish out to others is called a Leecher. Currently, the most common methods used to download programs are very similar to file-sharing systems already being challenged in courts around the world. There are also legal ways to download TV, usually by purchasing individual episodes or full seasons from a company that has the legal right to redistribute the programs.
The technology to download television shows — legally or otherwise — is widely available, and sales of the equipment that allow digital recordings have not been outlawed.
Digital video recorder DVR devices allow users to record and save television shows, and some even allow them to be transferred to a computer or burned to a DVD. These devices may also allow the user to pause live television and skip commercials on recorded programs at the press of a button.
In at least the US, DVRs fall under the same protection as video cassette recorders VCRs , with the user agreeing to not distribute the recorded material commercially and do all viewing in a private home.
When episodes wind up on the Internet, the series essentially becomes free to the world, violating distribution and copyright laws. The virtual sole exception is if the network makes the show available itself, which is increasingly the case through websites like Hulu , owned by NBC and News Corp.
It is completely legal to download TV shows from these original sources for personal use. It is also legal to download TV shows when the copyright owners have released material for free distribution.
So even if it's free, you may end up paying in the long run. Posted 31 March - PM DaChew ; many thanks for prompting me to take a closer look at the link I provided I came across a link to elsewhere which after consideration I have now removed but from it one is reminded that to download and distribute copyrighted material is illegal, so you proceed at your own risk maybe a good maxim is if in doubt , DONT Edited by ruby1, 01 April - AM.
Posted 31 March - PM ruby, I would edit that post, your link promotes illegal downloads if I read it right what's really bad here in the USA is how they are doublecharging you for a show, you pay first time just to see it and maybe keep a copy for a little while but cannot back it up to dvd then later if you liked the season you get to pay for it again, and if that's gets damaged, buy yet another copy it's all about maximizing profits and they wonder why people don't have more ethics with their pirating?
Edited by Juha, 31 March - PM. Posted 01 April - AM Aside from the legal perspective, there's the value question. I mean, when was the last time you saw a TV show that was actually worth watching? Of course, I'd hate to have to buy a TV license like you Brits have to. Posted 10 January - AM So, how do they intend to stop people from downloading and watching for example TV shows from one country to another prior to release in that country.
Lots of people in the USA will download the latest Dr. Who, Merlin or other top series from a link posted on a forum the day after the show is broadcast in the UK and of course Brits are doing the same with links the day after for shows like Boardwalk Empire, Dexter etc?. Edited by bluesjunior, 10 January - AM. Now we have computers, and all of a sudden it's a big deal. Reply to quoted posts Clear. Site Changelog.
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