TV Torrents

[Dave Stones]

i used to use streamload while i was on the uni connection (500KB/sec, they never got round to blocking it ). don't use it now though. find a good forum though, and everything that's ever been on a torrent/fasttrack/gnutella network is sitting waiting for you

for tv, try unrealtorrents dot com

[OinkyBoinky]

Originally Posted by Gareth

Blimey, is streamload still going? I remember they used to have a freebie account that was good for transferring ebooks and other small-ish files. I never used the paid account though.

Is there much *ahem* questionable stuff on Streamload then?

yeah..its a good service... very good speeds... and there is a heck of a lot of questionable stuff if you find the right forums as Dave Stones said... it's like torrents if u can join a good forum, u can have everything u want... but some places are harder to join... like uknova isn't the easiest bit torrent site to join...

I personally have a standard account the £5 per month one... u get 10gig which isn't too bad...

[Richard M]

Just to show how alive the TV Torrent scene is:
Episode 22 of the well-known show "24" was shown last night on Fox at 9pm (US Pacific Time - 8hrs behind us).
It had appeared on Torrent websites less than an hour after it aired and by the time I got up at 7am British time I was downloading it.

[Raistlin]

Originally Posted by Richard M

at 7am British time I was downloading it.

But purely so that you have a backup copy for the boxed set that you will buy when it becomes available, right

[Richard M]

Er, yeah...something like that.

(Actually I don't own a TV - I just download what I want to watch)

[Raistlin]

Hush man, they'll hear you!!!

[Richard M]

Wow, speaking of 24 Ep22 - that was rather good.
Not as good as Ep21 but still enjoyable.
For some reason I really want a girlfriend like that the "evil woman with the gun" near the end.
I'm attracted to nasty bitchy women, I don't quite know why .

[Gareth]

Woah... that's a little bit more information than I want to know.

[Graham M]

Obviously venting then

[wilstriker]

Originally Posted by cookie_365

Errr, no it isn't

I know this is a late reply to a MUCH earlier post, but I thought I'd add some insight to this question about whether it is legal to have copies of programming that was broadcast over the airwaves.

In actuality it is entirely legal to record such programming, the reason is simple. The FCC declared back in the 1950s when television first started that the airwaves were public domain, and in doing so absolved the networks of having to pay any fees for use of those airwaves. But in return, anything that is transmitted over the public airwaves is deemed free and public domain. I happen to work for a TV station and have verified this to be true. Therefore any television, radio, or cable broadcasts that are carried across the airwaves are free for private use, provided that you do not intend to redistribute such programming for monetary gain. TV stations have to pay a licensing fee to air programs that do not originate from their stations, but they do so because they are in turn making money through program adverstisements from local businesses.

In short, if you can grab it from the public airwaves, its yours.

[sherer]

Originally Posted by wilstriker

I know this is a late reply to a MUCH earlier post, but I thought I'd add some insight to this question about whether it is legal to have copies of programming that was broadcast over the airwaves.

In actuality it is entirely legal to record such programming, the reason is simple. The FCC declared back in the 1950s when television first started that the airwaves were public domain, and in doing so absolved the networks of having to pay any fees for use of those airwaves. But in return, anything that is transmitted over the public airwaves is deemed free and public domain. I happen to work for a TV station and have verified this to be true. Therefore any television, radio, or cable broadcasts that are carried across the airwaves are free for private use, provided that you do not intend to redistribute such programming for monetary gain. TV stations have to pay a licensing fee to air programs that do not originate from their stations, but they do so because they are in turn making money through program adverstisements from local businesses.

In short, if you can grab it from the public airwaves, its yours.

interesting point but bittorrent isn't the public airwaves.. also as you download it you are also seeding it to other torrent users and most people leave torretns running until they have uploaded the same amountthey have downloaded so it is being distributed and not just grapped from the public domain

[cookie_365]

Originally Posted by wilstriker

I know this is a late reply to a MUCH earlier post, but I thought I'd add some insight to this question about whether it is legal to have copies of programming that was broadcast over the airwaves.

In actuality it is entirely legal to record such programming, the reason is simple. The FCC declared back in the 1950s when television first started that the airwaves were public domain, and in doing so absolved the networks of having to pay any fees for use of those airwaves. But in return, anything that is transmitted over the public airwaves is deemed free and public domain. I happen to work for a TV station and have verified this to be true. Therefore any television, radio, or cable broadcasts that are carried across the airwaves are free for private use, provided that you do not intend to redistribute such programming for monetary gain. TV stations have to pay a licensing fee to air programs that do not originate from their stations, but they do so because they are in turn making money through program adverstisements from local businesses.

In short, if you can grab it from the public airwaves, its yours.

That is, if you don't mind me saying, a load of trolling cr@p.

[Stephen]

Well thats elitetorrents.org gone now.

[downquark1]

Originally Posted by DarthYoda

Well thats elitetorrents.org gone now.

There's talk of it either being a hack or a joke. But just speculation at this point.

Especially as that FBI message has not been seen before. It's usually the MPAA.

[kronas]

ive looked around their DNS has been hacked.