Best Place To Download Movies/music?

[saturnine]

I apologise if this has been posted, although I did do a search.

I recently bought a new computer, and was wondering which is the best program to download music and movie files from the internet?

 

[faust]

HERE

It's sort of legal, I guess and very cheap. I wouldn't give them my credit card info though, I'd pay through paypal.

 

[PrinceOfCats]

Originally posted by faust@Nov 15 2004, 10:31 AM
HERE

It's sort of legal, I guess and very cheap. I wouldn't give them my credit card info though, I'd pay through paypal.

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Wouldn't give them your credit card info either!

Some kind of less-than-legal peer sharing software is the cheapest, it's free, as long a you have good antivirus and and anti-spyware...

 

[faust]

Originally posted by PrinceOfCats@Nov 15 2004, 10:35 AM
Wouldn't give them your credit card info either!

Some kind of less-than-legal peer sharing software is the cheapest, it's free, as long a you have good antivirus and and anti-spyware...

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yes, that's if you live outside of US and don't have to be threatened with a big bad law suit from the big bad RIAA.

 

[ChillChaser]

I used Suprnova.org to download all the Sex and the City episodes I missed and it worked really well. It's completely free.
Ever heard of Bit Torrent?
You'd have to download that to download the files on Suprnova. The instructions on how to use it are here.

It's easier than it might seem.
I hope that helps.

 

[PrinceOfCats]

Originally posted by faust@Nov 15 2004, 10:31 AM
HERE

It's sort of legal, I guess and very cheap. I wouldn't give them my credit card info though, I'd pay through paypal.

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Just use an IP scrambler, don't sign anything or give your real details and you're probably fine...

But you're right - it is less than legal.

 

[Luna]

winmx

 

[Meg]

Big up to suprnova! When I was in the UK last year we couldn't get the OC and everyone would d/l the episodes from suprnova and then share. It was madness.

 

[MulletProof]

soulseek

 

[yourbestfriend]

ares lite..works good, and most files work unlike kazaa

downloading is "legal" in canada

 

[oceanharlot]

Originally posted by luna@Nov 15 2004, 12:19 PM
winmx

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I use the same thing!

 

[saturnine]

Thank you all for your replies!

ChillChaser, that SuprNova site seems excellent. I'm working on downloading it and BitTorrent now.

 

[meowmix]

suprnova gave my friend spyware..

 

[iperlchen]

SoulSeek

 

[HepburnDivine]

What kind of music can you get from slsk? Is it only alternative or is there other stuff as well?

 

[SiN]

Originally posted by HepburnDivine@Nov 16 2004, 04:53 PM
What kind of music can you get from slsk?

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Most everything

I'm a big slsk user/geek...I collect mp3's, and it's really great.

you can browse peoples files, and download whole folders - which for a primarily album collector as myself, that's quite nice.

I collect primarlily drum-n-bass and ebm/industrial (and trance, but where can one not find trance? ).. and, as I already have ~150 gigs of mp3's, the stuff I still need is often a bit 'obscure'.

Downside - queues. Also, to get the real good stuff, you kinda have to take it seriously, work with userlists and such (meaning have decent stuff to share, and trade 'access' to your goods with other people with nice stuff).

...alternatives?

1. Private FTPs. but good luck if you don't already have access to one/some.
2. IRC - for the sorta-geeks, Internet Relay Chat can be a great place to find 'stuff'.
(I could elaborate on that if desired.)

So...yeah.

I download well over 50 gigs of 'stuff' a month, so I kinda know where/how to find it

 

[Johnny]

Ok can someone help me? I just got a new computer. I'm only using a dial up internet connection, but when I try to download itunes it tells me its going to take about an hour! IS that normal, and should I just wait until I get a braodband connection? Help appeciated

 

[PrinceOfCats]

Originally posted by Johnny@Nov 16 2004, 03:33 PM
Ok can someone help me? I just got a new computer. I'm only using a dial up internet connection, but when I try to download itunes it tells me its going to take about an hour! IS that normal, and should I just wait until I get a braodband connection? Help appeciated

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Dial-up is normally rubbish, yes. 20 Megabytes an hour is about what my old dial-up did (Freeserve).

 

[faust]

Originally posted by Johnny@Nov 16 2004, 03:33 PM
Ok can someone help me? I just got a new computer. I'm only using a dial up internet connection, but when I try to download itunes it tells me its going to take about an hour! IS that normal, and should I just wait until I get a braodband connection? Help appeciated

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In the US, DSL modem costs only $10 more than AOL dial up connection - and I think is worth it.

 

[Johnny]

Originally posted by faust@Nov 17 2004, 10:57 AM
In the US, DSL modem costs only $10 more than AOL dial up connection - and I think is worth it.

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YEah, going to get broadband soon. For 1MBps coast £30 per month, unlimited time and downloads. Standard market price here. Is it much cheaper in US for that kind of cover?