Six-Strike Copyright Alert system now in place (1 Viewer)

[Toad_1234]

I know a couple of people that have gotten notices and one that has been sued. They were freaking out, wetting down their leg. I can't help but feel sorry for them, but they honestly thought nothing was ever going to happen to them and they were doing it for the longest time. We'll have to wait and see how it turns out.

 

[cstu]

I know a couple of people that have gotten notices and one that has been sued. They were freaking out, wetting down their leg. I can't help but feel sorry for them, but they honestly thought nothing was ever going to happen to them and they were doing it for the longest time. We'll have to wait and see how it turns out.

Who are they being sued by?

 

[Toad_1234]

RIAA. Letters came from ISP's.

 

[GoFishTN]

RIAA. Letters came from ISP's.

I thought they gave up that "strategy".

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

I think that depends on the circumstances, and in a lot of circumstances it's a very hard question, at least in jurisdictions that are forces for good on the whole. In Nazi Germany, I'd have no moral qualms about breaking the law by refusing to turn in my Jewish neighbors. But in the U.S., it's often better to play by the rules even if a particular rule will lead to moderately bad results, as long as the overall system of rules leads to mostly good results, and the overall system depends on people going along with it.

so, you'd turn in your black neighbor hiding in the basement?

Is she hot?

 

[Run It Up]

Received a notice this morning about a copyright infringement claim made against my IP address.

Hilariously they didn't list what they suspected me of sharing - listing it only as "Name of Work: Withheld." In the past they have always listed what the name of the thing for which a claim was made against you for. Unless that has changed it leads me to believe that someone somewhere is sending out mass claims and just seeing what sticks.

The claim was made by Irdeto which is an umbrella of scumbag companies, comprised primarily of companies that do nothing but file claims and develop DRM.

Requested a new IP range. Updated Peer blocker. Shoulders shrugged.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Requested a new IP range. Updated Peer blocker. Shoulders shrugged.

Why not go with a VPN? I recently upgraded from peer blocker to a vpn and it was so easy. If anyone wants the info send me a pm. I have all the steps I took. Very inexpensive and it has been flawless so far. As far as I can tell, the VPN is the safest way to torrent especially if you make sure the service does not keep any logs.

 

[Run It Up]

Requested a new IP range. Updated Peer blocker. Shoulders shrugged.

Why not go with a VPN? I recently upgraded from peer blocker to a vpn and it was so easy. If anyone wants the info send me a pm. I have all the steps I took. Very inexpensive and it has been flawless so far. As far as I can tell, the VPN is the safest way to torrent especially if you make sure the service does not keep any logs.

I have a couple VPNs available to me, is yours public? If so shoot me the details, the ones available to me I don't have access to at all times, so when I actually do need one I rarely have one.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Requested a new IP range. Updated Peer blocker. Shoulders shrugged.

Why not go with a VPN? I recently upgraded from peer blocker to a vpn and it was so easy. If anyone wants the info send me a pm. I have all the steps I took. Very inexpensive and it has been flawless so far. As far as I can tell, the VPN is the safest way to torrent especially if you make sure the service does not keep any logs.

I have a couple VPNs available to me, is yours public? If so shoot me the details, the ones available to me I don't have access to at all times, so when I actually do need one I rarely have one.

Pm sent.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

But we don't intuit that taking things people own is wrong. The concept of ownership isnt unique to any specific society, but it isn't shared by all cultures, either.

I just came across this: UCSB anthropologist Donald Brown published a long list of human universals — "those features of culture, society, language, behavior, and psyche for which there are no known exceptions" — and quite a few have to do with ownership and property rights:
property

trade

economic inequalities

consciousness of economic inequalities

inheritance rules

gift giving

semantic category of giving

generosity admired

disapproval of stinginess

males more prone to theft

territoriality

 

[dickey moe]

But we don't intuit that taking things people own is wrong. The concept of ownership isnt uniqunje to any specific society, but it isn't shared by all cultures, either.

I just came across this: UCSB anthropologist Donald Brown published a long list of human universals — "those features of culture, society, language, behavior, and psyche for which there are no known exceptions" — and quite a few have to do with ownership and property rights:
property

trade

economic inequalities

consciousness of economic inequalities

inheritance rules

gift giving

semantic category of giving

generosity admired

disapproval of stinginess

males more prone to theft

territoriality

The Selfish Gene?

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

The Selfish Gene?

I don't understand the question.

 

[bonesman]

The Selfish Gene?

I don't understand the question.

I think it was directed towards Bramel.

 

[dickey moe]

The Selfish Gene?

I don't understand the question.

It was more of a rhetorical question.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

The Selfish Gene?

I don't understand the question.

It was more of a rhetorical question.

It's the title of a fascinating book; I just don't see how it's connected to anything in this thread.

 

[culdeus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22039048

Funny article. Studios are issuing take down notices on take down notices to searches because they are afraid people will index the takedown notices as a roadmap to d/l illegal files.

I haven't heard anyone getting a strike letter yet.

 

[StrikeS2k]

HBO: 'Game of Thrones' piracy is a compliment
by James Hibberd

How does HBO feel about having the most pirated show on TV?

Not too bad, apparently.

HBO programming president Michael Lombardo spoke to EW about the rampant illegal downloading of the network’s fantasy hit drama Game of Thrones, which returns for its third season tonight.

The show’s second season was recently released to record-setting DVD sales for the network. But in December, Thrones topped another chart that is far more dubious — Thrones ranked as the most illegally downloaded TV series for 2012. “I probably shouldn’t be saying this, but it is a compliment of sorts,” Lombardo said. “The demand is there. And it certainly didn’t negatively impact the DVD sales. [Piracy is] something that comes along with having a wildly successful show on a subscription network.”

The show is currently, on a per-season basis, the network’s top money-earner despite widespread piracy of the show, the executive confirmed. “If you look at aggregate of international and DVD sales — which are the two revenue streams we look at since we’re not selling it domestically on another platform — yes, absolutely, in terms of shows we have on now,” Lombardo said.

In fact, one of Lombardo’s issues with piracy is a creative one. The executive expressed concern that illegal copies can be of poor quality when the Thrones team takes pride in lavishly producing the show. “One of my worries is about the copies [downloaders are] seeing,” Lombardo said. “The production values of this show are so incredible. So I’m hoping that in the purloined different generation of cuts that the show is holding up.”

Still, Lombardo noted that HBO’s policy remains firmly anti-piracy — “We obviously are a subscription service so as a general proposition so we try to stop piracy when we see it happen, particularly on a systematic basis when people are selling pirated versions,” he said. But he also added, perhaps referring to casual individual-user downloading, “No, we haven’t sent out the Game of Thrones police.”

According to one estimate, Thrones‘ second season finale was illegally downloaded 4.3 million times worldwide last year. That’s quite a large number considering the show averages around 10 million viewers across all HBO platforms.

Heavy Thrones piracy is likely due to several factors, such as the popularity of the show among young men (the show skews 58 percent male and the average fan is 41 years old) and HBO’s current digital distribution strategy. Though HBO subscribers can watch Thrones online via the network’s HBO GO service, you can only subscribe to HBO in the first place through a traditional cable or satellite provider and many younger TV fans are opting to “cut the cord.” A top HBO executive recently hinted that the network is contemplating a digital-only subscription option, a move that would likely reduce the amount of piracy of its shows.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

http://torrentfreak.com/ill-download-game-of-thrones-from-the-pirate-bay-iron-sky-director-tells-hbo-130403/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Torrentfreak+%28Torrentfreak%29

It’s certainly been an eventful few days for smash-hit TV show Game of Thrones.

On Sunday and just before the premiere of the new season, HBO programming president Michael Lombardo went further than almost anyone expected by admitting that piracy does have an upside.

He described massive downloading of the show as “a compliment” and added that it does nothing to damage DVD revenues. A good thing, considering what followed next.

In their own inimitable way, on Monday at least a million file-sharers paid even more compliments to the show by setting a new BitTorrent swarm record.

But just when you thought Game of Thrones news and controversy was coming to an end, another influential industry player has thrown his hat into the ring.

Timo Vuorensola is a Finnish director and actor who recently directed the 2012 Disney movie Iron Sky. Like millions of others, Vuorensola is also a Game of Thrones fan but he’s hugely disappointed with the service being offered by the local arm of HBO.

“Your service sucks. I bought it because I wanted to be able to pay and watch legally some of my favorite TV-series, namely Game of Thrones,” he told the cable and satellite network in an open complaint.

“First, the quality you are claiming to be HD is far from HD; yes, resolution matches, but the picture looks rotten and crappy thanks to bad compression rates. The image snaps off and the buffering sucks on HD so badly that it renders the service practically unusable,” he continues.

HBO have been accused before of promoting piracy by failing to offer their product in a timely fashion in various countries around the world, but Vuorensola is unhappy with everything – timing, quality and price – all of which are driving people to torrents.

“In Finland we have a saying: ‘Pitäkää tunkkinne’. It means: I ####### tried to pay for this, but your service only promotes piracy through rather expensive pricing, ####ty image quality — and, well, unfortunately also your programs are unnecessarily late,” he complains.

“[The] latest episode of GOT was already *everywhere* but on HBO Nordic, and I can’t see *any* reason you are putting a one-to-two day window to releasing stuff that’s going to explode on the Internet the moment it’s released,” he accurately adds.

And Vuorensola knows his stuff when it comes to the world of files and sharing. In addition to Iron Sky he’s also the director of two of the Star Wreck movies, a series of eight films available for free download under a Creative Commons license.

“You think fans are going to sit on their asses and wait obediently for when you finally grant your grace and decide to let the stuff float to the backwater countries like Finland and whatnot. I mean we live in 2013, not in 1993, there’s absolutely no motivation for such behavior,” he notes.

In what must be the final insult, Vuorensola tells HBO that while he will continue to grace the company with his money, he will shun their delivery service and begin obtaining Game of Thrones from the most notorious file-sharing site of all.

“So, here’s what I’m going to do: I will continue paying your monthly fee for the service because I support your taste in content, but the actual content I’m unfortunately forced to grab from Pirate Bay, because your service is atrocious,” he concludes.

That’s gotta hurt.

 

[culdeus]

So did they give up here? I think the firm that was supposed to be tracking the strikes went out of business in May. AFAIK they quit doing the strikes at that point and haven't started up again.

Anyone actually get dealt one here?

 

[Wingnut]

Just got a 3rd infringement notice from Verizon (I downloaded a TV show yesterday). Couldnt get online until I clicked a box saying I acknowledge it happened and that I will stop. I never even knew I had 2 priors. If there is a 4th notice, Ill be punished with dial up speeds for 2-3 days.

 

[Slapdash]

Just got a 3rd infringement notice from Verizon (I downloaded a TV show yesterday). Couldnt get online until I clicked a box saying I acknowledge it happened and that I will stop. I never even knew I had 2 priors. If there is a 4th notice, Ill be punished with dial up speeds for 2-3 days.

Are you using a VPN?

 

[James Daulton]

Just got a 3rd infringement notice from Verizon (I downloaded a TV show yesterday). Couldnt get online until I clicked a box saying I acknowledge it happened and that I will stop. I never even knew I had 2 priors. If there is a 4th notice, Ill be punished with dial up speeds for 2-3 days.

Are you using a VPN?

Can you explain this like I don't know how a vpn would help. Like I barely even know what vpn is. I mean, of course I do, just for those who don't.

 

[Wingnut]

Just got a 3rd infringement notice from Verizon (I downloaded a TV show yesterday). Couldnt get online until I clicked a box saying I acknowledge it happened and that I will stop. I never even knew I had 2 priors. If there is a 4th notice, Ill be punished with dial up speeds for 2-3 days.

Are you using a VPN?

Nope, Ive heard of them but have no clue what they are or how they work. Ill take my chances.

 

[cstu]

Just got a 3rd infringement notice from Verizon (I downloaded a TV show yesterday). Couldnt get online until I clicked a box saying I acknowledge it happened and that I will stop. I never even knew I had 2 priors. If there is a 4th notice, Ill be punished with dial up speeds for 2-3 days.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Just got a 3rd infringement notice from Verizon (I downloaded a TV show yesterday). Couldnt get online until I clicked a box saying I acknowledge it happened and that I will stop. I never even knew I had 2 priors. If there is a 4th notice, Ill be punished with dial up speeds for 2-3 days.

Are you using a VPN?

Can you explain this like I don't know how a vpn would help. Like I barely even know what vpn is. I mean, of course I do, just for those who don't.

In layman terms

A VPN creates a pipe from your computer to another server out on the internet.

Once your VPN is established, every byte of data that goes to or from your computer first goes to that external server.

From the external server, it then connects to the internet.

The IP address (ie the identifying mark on the data) is of the external server not of your home computer.

Your home computer is hidden from the internet so that when you download something it can not be traced

The VPN companies make a point of not storing any log files so that no connection can be made between your home and the server.

VPNs can be used for free with your typical "for free" service levels, or you can purchase VERY cheap ones (most of us on FFA use a service called Private Internet Access which runs about $3 per month and works fantastically. Many even experience faster internet when the VPN is on vs when you just connect normally to the internet.

 

[Wingnut]

Just got a 3rd infringement notice from Verizon (I downloaded a TV show yesterday). Couldnt get online until I clicked a box saying I acknowledge it happened and that I will stop. I never even knew I had 2 priors. If there is a 4th notice, Ill be punished with dial up speeds for 2-3 days.

Thatll definitely curb my downloading for 48-72 hours.

Punishment options:

Agree to an immediate temporary (2 or 3 day) reduction in the speed of your Internet access service to 256kbps (a little faster than typical dial-up speed);

Agree to the same temporary (2 or 3 day) speed reduction but delay it for a period of 14 days;or

Ask for a review of the validity of your alerts by the American Arbitration Association. There is a $35 review fee (that you will get back if you win). For subscribers who meet certain need-based eligibility criteria. the review fee will be waived by the AAA.

Key: Your ISP will not be able to cut off your Internet connection as part of the CAS. So, the worst you can be is marked as a serial offender and slowed down.

I think the shark move here is to opt for the 14 day delay, and then load up on downloads during those 14 days to watch while my internet speed is crippled. #winning

 

[James Daulton]

Just got a 3rd infringement notice from Verizon (I downloaded a TV show yesterday). Couldnt get online until I clicked a box saying I acknowledge it happened and that I will stop. I never even knew I had 2 priors. If there is a 4th notice, Ill be punished with dial up speeds for 2-3 days.

Are you using a VPN?

Can you explain this like I don't know how a vpn would help. Like I barely even know what vpn is. I mean, of course I do, just for those who don't.

In layman terms

A VPN creates a pipe from your computer to another server out on the internet.

Once your VPN is established, every byte of data that goes to or from your computer first goes to that external server.

From the external server, it then connects to the internet.

The IP address (ie the identifying mark on the data) is of the external server not of your home computer.

Your home computer is hidden from the internet so that when you download something it can not be traced

The VPN companies make a point of not storing any log files so that no connection can be made between your home and the server.

VPNs can be used for free with your typical "for free" service levels, or you can purchase VERY cheap ones (most of us on FFA use a service called Private Internet Access which runs about $3 per month and works fantastically. Many even experience faster internet when the VPN is on vs when you just connect normally to the internet.

Excellent summary for those who were unaware. I thank you for them.

Don't the vpn companies get in trouble for downloading the stuff?

 

[dparker713]

Just got a 3rd infringement notice from Verizon (I downloaded a TV show yesterday). Couldnt get online until I clicked a box saying I acknowledge it happened and that I will stop. I never even knew I had 2 priors. If there is a 4th notice, Ill be punished with dial up speeds for 2-3 days.

Thatll definitely curb my downloading for 48-72 hours.

Punishment options:

Agree to an immediate temporary (2 or 3 day) reduction in the speed of your Internet access service to 256kbps (a little faster than typical dial-up speed);

Agree to the same temporary (2 or 3 day) speed reduction but delay it for a period of 14 days;or

Ask for a review of the validity of your alerts by the American Arbitration Association. There is a $35 review fee (that you will get back if you win). For subscribers who meet certain need-based eligibility criteria. the review fee will be waived by the AAA.

Key: Your ISP will not be able to cut off your Internet connection as part of the CAS. So, the worst you can be is marked as a serial offender and slowed down.

I think the shark move here is to opt for the 14 day delay, and then load up on downloads during those 14 days to watch while my internet speed is crippled. #winning

I think the shark move is to get a new ISP.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Just got a 3rd infringement notice from Verizon (I downloaded a TV show yesterday). Couldnt get online until I clicked a box saying I acknowledge it happened and that I will stop. I never even knew I had 2 priors. If there is a 4th notice, Ill be punished with dial up speeds for 2-3 days.

Are you using a VPN?

Can you explain this like I don't know how a vpn would help. Like I barely even know what vpn is. I mean, of course I do, just for those who don't.

In layman terms

A VPN creates a pipe from your computer to another server out on the internet.

Once your VPN is established, every byte of data that goes to or from your computer first goes to that external server.

From the external server, it then connects to the internet.

The IP address (ie the identifying mark on the data) is of the external server not of your home computer.

Your home computer is hidden from the internet so that when you download something it can not be traced

The VPN companies make a point of not storing any log files so that no connection can be made between your home and the server.

VPNs can be used for free with your typical "for free" service levels, or you can purchase VERY cheap ones (most of us on FFA use a service called Private Internet Access which runs about $3 per month and works fantastically. Many even experience faster internet when the VPN is on vs when you just connect normally to the internet.

Excellent summary for those who were unaware. I thank you for them.

Don't the vpn companies get in trouble for downloading the stuff?

no. They are not initiating any of the downloads.

It is only the people who upload and download the illegal items that are punishable if they can be caught

 

[cstu]

Don't the vpn companies get in trouble for downloading the stuff?

Haven't yet - can claim they are only providing a privacy service.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Just got a 3rd infringement notice from Verizon (I downloaded a TV show yesterday). Couldnt get online until I clicked a box saying I acknowledge it happened and that I will stop. I never even knew I had 2 priors. If there is a 4th notice, Ill be punished with dial up speeds for 2-3 days.

Are you using a VPN?

Can you explain this like I don't know how a vpn would help. Like I barely even know what vpn is. I mean, of course I do, just for those who don't.

In layman terms

A VPN creates a pipe from your computer to another server out on the internet.

Once your VPN is established, every byte of data that goes to or from your computer first goes to that external server.

From the external server, it then connects to the internet.

The IP address (ie the identifying mark on the data) is of the external server not of your home computer.

Your home computer is hidden from the internet so that when you download something it can not be traced

The VPN companies make a point of not storing any log files so that no connection can be made between your home and the server.

VPNs can be used for free with your typical "for free" service levels, or you can purchase VERY cheap ones (most of us on FFA use a service called Private Internet Access which runs about $3 per month and works fantastically. Many even experience faster internet when the VPN is on vs when you just connect normally to the internet.

Excellent summary for those who were unaware. I thank you for them.

Don't the vpn companies get in trouble for downloading the stuff?

VPN isn't downloading anything; it is just providing a tunnel for you to use.A VPN provider can't get in trouble for what you download the same as an ISP can't get in trouble if you're downloading movies, kiddie porn, etc. Or how bittorrent isn't responsible for what you share in their program.

VPNs are critical for most businesses.

 

[culdeus]

A VPN is like someone put an ethernet jack in your house, except that ethernet jack had a cable connected to Minnesota. If that makes sense.

 

[Quez]

I got my 1st alert from Verizon. Downloading Disney Planes from a torrent off Yiffy. I have a private torrent site I also use that I will just use from now on. If I get another warning I will look I to vpn. I don't really download much anymore.

 

[Mr. Ected]

Anyone have trouble installing PIA on a Mac?

 

[NewlyRetired]

Anyone have trouble installing PIA on a Mac?

I have it running on an IPAD. I use a program called OpenVpn (which is what PIA recommends for IOS now I think).

 

[NewlyRetired]

I got my 1st alert from Verizon. Downloading Disney Planes from a torrent off Yiffy. I have a private torrent site I also use that I will just use from now on. If I get another warning I will look I to vpn. I don't really download much anymore.

I download a lot from Yify. I use a VPN so I have been protected so far but could you explain more about what the private torrent site is and how using it protects you?

 

[NutterButter]

I got my 1st alert from Verizon. Downloading Disney Planes from a torrent off Yiffy. I have a private torrent site I also use that I will just use from now on. If I get another warning I will look I to vpn. I don't really download much anymore.

DId you immediately delete the torrent file once the download was complete and they caught you mid torrent or did you leave it uploading? I've only ever been caught when I did the latter.

 

[NewlyRetired]

For the people looking to use a VPN, it is very simple to use in case you are intimidated at all.

For PIA (Private Internet Access), it is as simple as the following for Windows:

1) Download the client software

2) Login in

3) choose where you want to connect to

After the first time using it, you only need to do step 3. Very easy to use.

Another good thing about PIA is that for the $3 a month charge, you basically get a site license and you can run it on as many computers as you want. I run it on a desktop, 2 laptops and an ipad with no issues.

 

[mquinnjr]

When it comes to finding a solution to online piracy Sonic.net’s CEO is clear. The entertainment industries should ensure their legal offering is superior in terms of convenience and availability compared to that offered by pirates.Jasper believes that taking away people’s incentive to pirate is key, and he mentions Pandora and Spotify as good examples of services that are able to deflate piracy.

Nailed it. For years I acquired music through questionable means. I remember when I first discovered downloading mp3s from websites on dialup before things like napster existed (or at least, before it became widely known/used). Kids today will never know the joy of waiting 20 minutes to download a single song, which you could then put on your 16MB mp3 player or burn to CD for listening on your discman. That was around 1995, and from then until 2011, I could probably count on one hand the number of albums I paid money for. Then around 18 months ago, I got Spotify. I happily pay $9.99 a month for the service and I haven't pirated a note of music since. I guess it's not surprising, but it's mindboggling that the entertainment industries are so slow to embrace changes like this.

If you offered Netflix to me for $30 a month, but it had any movie or TV show I could think of on it, I'd subscribe without blinking.

 

[NewlyRetired]

I got my 1st alert from Verizon. Downloading Disney Planes from a torrent off Yiffy. I have a private torrent site I also use that I will just use from now on. If I get another warning I will look I to vpn. I don't really download much anymore.

DId you immediately delete the torrent file once the download was complete and they caught you mid torrent or did you leave it uploading? I've only ever been caught when I did the latter.

While it does not make you a good member of the torrent community, you can shut off seeding (uploading) the file during and after you download it if that is something that concerns someone who torrents.

 

[NewlyRetired]

It is amazing looking at Yify's stats for uploading movies. The operation literally has millions and millions of downloads from items they upload.

You would think if they wanted to target anyone, they would find this operation and shut them down. They must do an excellent job of keeping every thing "moving" and compartmentalized to make finding them more difficult.

 

[NutterButter]

I got my 1st alert from Verizon. Downloading Disney Planes from a torrent off Yiffy. I have a private torrent site I also use that I will just use from now on. If I get another warning I will look I to vpn. I don't really download much anymore.

DId you immediately delete the torrent file once the download was complete and they caught you mid torrent or did you leave it uploading? I've only ever been caught when I did the latter.

While it does not make you a good member of the torrent community, you can shut off seeding (uploading) the file during and after you download it if that is something that concerns someone who torrents.

Didn't know that. I use uTorrent, but I don't see anything in the preferences about seeding.

 

[cstu]

I got my 1st alert from Verizon. Downloading Disney Planes from a torrent off Yiffy. I have a private torrent site I also use that I will just use from now on. If I get another warning I will look I to vpn. I don't really download much anymore.

DId you immediately delete the torrent file once the download was complete and they caught you mid torrent or did you leave it uploading? I've only ever been caught when I did the latter.

While it does not make you a good member of the torrent community, you can shut off seeding (uploading) the file during and after you download it if that is something that concerns someone who torrents.

Didn't know that. I use uTorrent, but I don't see anything in the preferences about seeding.

AFAIK you can't turn off seeding but you can set your upload to 1k/s.

 

[NewlyRetired]

I got my 1st alert from Verizon. Downloading Disney Planes from a torrent off Yiffy. I have a private torrent site I also use that I will just use from now on. If I get another warning I will look I to vpn. I don't really download much anymore.

DId you immediately delete the torrent file once the download was complete and they caught you mid torrent or did you leave it uploading? I've only ever been caught when I did the latter.

While it does not make you a good member of the torrent community, you can shut off seeding (uploading) the file during and after you download it if that is something that concerns someone who torrents.

Didn't know that. I use uTorrent, but I don't see anything in the preferences about seeding.

I have not used uTorrent in a while but I used to do it when I did.

See if this link helps (I am unsure if the menus have changed)

http://www.htpcguides.com/make-utorrent-automatically-stop-seeding-complete/

 

[NewlyRetired]

I got my 1st alert from Verizon. Downloading Disney Planes from a torrent off Yiffy. I have a private torrent site I also use that I will just use from now on. If I get another warning I will look I to vpn. I don't really download much anymore.

DId you immediately delete the torrent file once the download was complete and they caught you mid torrent or did you leave it uploading? I've only ever been caught when I did the latter.

While it does not make you a good member of the torrent community, you can shut off seeding (uploading) the file during and after you download it if that is something that concerns someone who torrents.

Didn't know that. I use uTorrent, but I don't see anything in the preferences about seeding.

AFAIK you can't turn off seeding but you can set your upload to 1k/s.

It is two fold (or at least is used to be in uTorrent)

1) You can throttle the seeding during download to a VERY low value as you indicated

2) You can shut off all seeding entirely once the file has finished downloading

 

[Quez]

I got my 1st alert from Verizon. Downloading Disney Planes from a torrent off Yiffy. I have a private torrent site I also use that I will just use from now on. If I get another warning I will look I to vpn. I don't really download much anymore.

DId you immediately delete the torrent file once the download was complete and they caught you mid torrent or did you leave it uploading? I've only ever been caught when I did the latter.

I use utorrent and set upload to lowest limit, and deleted the torrent as soon as it was done. So I may have uploaded a little, but only for the few minutes I downloaded it. The torrent had been up a long time as well, so if there was one with trackers I would bet on a big studio hit that has been available for a while.The Verizon alert when I logged in online said something about the violation and knew it was Planes.

 

[Quez]

I got my 1st alert from Verizon. Downloading Disney Planes from a torrent off Yiffy. I have a private torrent site I also use that I will just use from now on. If I get another warning I will look I to vpn. I don't really download much anymore.

I download a lot from Yify. I use a VPN so I have been protected so far but could you explain more about what the private torrent site is and how using it protects you?

Torrentday is the site I use it requires a password. I don't have any invites. It looks like to get invites you need to donate $10 on PayPal. Maybe if you upload a ton you can also get them.

 

[SacramentoBob]

This doesn't affect me, but this legislation is some bull####.

 

[Mr. Ected]

Anyone have trouble installing PIA on a Mac?

I have it running on an IPAD. I use a program called OpenVpn (which is what PIA recommends for IOS now I think).

Installed two programs when working with support, TunnelBlick and Viscosity, had more luck with Viscosity (TB can only get one connection). I think I will be wiping my main HD clean and doing a reinstall of everything soon. This may help.

 

[NewlyRetired]

I got my 1st alert from Verizon. Downloading Disney Planes from a torrent off Yiffy. I have a private torrent site I also use that I will just use from now on. If I get another warning I will look I to vpn. I don't really download much anymore.

I download a lot from Yify. I use a VPN so I have been protected so far but could you explain more about what the private torrent site is and how using it protects you?

Torrentday is the site I use it requires a password. I don't have any invites. It looks like to get invites you need to donate $10 on PayPal. Maybe if you upload a ton you can also get them.

How does it protect you from the outside world seeing downloading items?