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Originally Posted by viviena
I don't want people going away thinking that 'torrent' is synonymous with 'illegal activity' though. Torrenting is also a very effective way to distribute legitimate material. Examples are clearbits, GameUpdates.org for game demos, patches, and mods, and LinuxTracker. |
Jamendo uses them for music by indie bands who are into "let people download for free and pay if/what they want".
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Originally Posted by GA Russell
I guess I didn't understand what pirating is all about.
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There are different kinds of pirates. There are people who offer collections of ebooks (which they probably pulled from filesharing sources) for sale. There seem to be websites that offer loads and loads of downloads but require signup, but for all I know they scam their customers in addition to the whole piracy business.
But I'm pretty sure the brunt of "piracy" is made up of people like ardeegee explained. The high-quality, carefully checked ebooks certainly are the works of fans, who want to spread their favourite book - same principle as someone trying to lend their favourite book to everyone they know, from a pure reader's-perspective. Only with more reach.
There's probably also a portion of people who see it as fight for their principles ("Information must be free!"), and I hear there are people who just like to collect files for bragging rights.
But, yeah, usually no fees but whatever your provider charges you for your internet connection, unless you're ignorant and think someone offering 100 ebooks for $10 on some ebay clone is legitimate.