Comments on: How To Bootleg Movies, Music and Software Online

By: Brandon

Brandon — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:20:02 +0000

I use to use a program called eMule to down waraz, but I got tired of having trojans and viruses all over my computer, Now I’ll just go buy the song or software, not risk losing my whole system.

By: TheDane

TheDane — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:29:42 +0000

I live in the Philippines, everything that can possibly be bootlegged is already available on every street corner. That said I still use Emule and Easynews(Usenet) for TV Series and to get movies faster than the pirates can make silvers :)

It is funny here when they do get raided, the police only goes after DVDs, they never touch software or music, but you often see the markets being stormed by SWAT and have their DVDs on stock confiscated.

Its a fun place to live for sure…

Kim:)

By: Johny

Johny — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:32:26 +0000

you can use g2p.org for mp3s, it basically does all this :) and modify the query a bit to make it work for movies.

By: SEM Inc.

SEM Inc. — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:43:18 +0000

Very nice post John. Thanks for sharing. I love it that search engines like Google can really dig deep in the vast open space we know as the Internet and pull up amazing information. It truly is incredible. It’s scary to think what it’s going to be like 30/40 years from now (…and a little exciting too ;))

By: MG

MG — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:03:44 +0000

Very informative John.. As someone who sometimes, wrongly, claims to be an expert googler, I’m often reminded of how little I really do know :)

I was actually talking to my brother yesterday about usenet and how I need to find a client.. thanks for the ForteAgent link!

By: Derek Wong

Derek Wong — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:18:02 +0000

I was tempted to say something about how brave it was to post something that the RIAA would specifically key in on, but I thought better of it when I read your footer notes. I’ve heard of this method of using Google to find music (have you ever tried looking for those pictures that are the first taken with a digital camera like DSC0001 and IMG0001), but I still appreciate the extended info on it.

I feel as if I actually saw a page somewhere that actually was directed at searching Google for particular artists or keywords, but I can’t seem to find it anymore. It would essentially run all of those search terms but would present the user with only which artists, song, or whatever that they wanted to find media for.

By: BradDet

BradDet — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:24:54 +0000

It’s too bad that filesharing systems get a bad rap because of the way they are used. I noticed in your link to you favorite 51 apps you include FolderShare. I used to use it but when I moved to linux it did not work. Foldershare used to have a linux version, but it disappeared after MS acquired it. Now I use a program called PowerFolder, which basically works the same way but is written in java and works on Windows, Macs, and Linux O/S’s.

These type of filesharing at least have some “security” so you’re sharing somewhat privately. Which is great for home movies, and pictures and the like.

Found the google searches quite interesting, seemed to work better for the audio then the video stuff.

By: Luke

Luke — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 08:44:36 +0000

Thanks for the tips using Google search, I think I use file sharing software a lot more than I ought to.