Downloading Books with BitTorrent...can I do it??

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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<p>I really want to download books with BitTorrent but I’m worried about getting caught. How can i download books without getting caught?</p>

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<p>I don’t think illegal things (like violations of the DMCA) should be discussed here, man</p>

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<p>go home and do it.</p>

<p>you’re most likely gonna get caught if you do it on the school’s internet provider.</p>

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<p>grow a brain. don’t discuss illegal things on public forum.</p>

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<p>Where else would he ask? It’s not like somebody will track his ip and come arrest him. To answer your question, I doubt anybody will find and sue you for downloading textbooks, but why not just buy the textbook used and resell next semester?</p>

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<p>If these are the kind of people they are letting into the school now, I shudder to think about the future of our country.</p>

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<p>Lawls ;)</p>

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<p>lol @ people’s responses…</p>

<p>be smart about it and dont download popular movies/books etc… because those most likely are tracked ;]</p>

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<p>Be smart and don’t download anything that is illegal.</p>

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<p>Be an idiot and contact IST</p>

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<p>you can download it, but know that you are taking an infinitesimally small risk by doing so.</p>

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<p>uploaders are sued more than downloaders.</p>

<p>As long you don’t keep seeding stuff after you have it, you can be safe</p>

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<p>Peer Guardian!</p>

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<p>Hmm… try http links…
I think http/ direct downloads aren’t monitored. :)</p>

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<p>AFAIK, the agencies who file suits against ‘torrenters’ watch college campus networks very closely as they are hotbeds for this kind of activity, so I would be careful.</p>

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<p>I doubt that textbook companies make use of those agencies.</p>

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<p>if you’re planning to download, download via DC++ or direct download. :-P</p>