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Scure

The Hax0r
Level 21
79 Posts
2 months ago
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Hello!
So I wa going to download some addons/mods for my G Mod from Garrysmod.org..
And For most of the things I need torrent.
I wonder is torrents illegal when we talk about Addons for Gmod or other.
I know torrents for things from like piratebay is illegal.
So says the whole torrent thign is illegal. Some says it's just the stolen stufff (like things on pirate bay) that is illegal.

What do you know/Think?


Kouji_San

Level 18
114 Posts
2 months ago
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Torrents aren't illegal if it is freeware, something modification of Gmod basically are (A Gmod torrent is illegal though ;) ).

But why don't ya use this one:
http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/

atomicmedic

The Thief
Level 33
343 Posts
2 months ago
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Torrents are not illegal, as long as the content that is being shared has the correct licensing then it's fine!


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UltraBE

The Illustrator
Level 34
997 Posts
2 months ago
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I didn't know they also used torrent for GMod Addons these days, I still prefer SVN where possible, and RAR in any other cases.
But, torrents are indeed legal; yet they can transfer 'illegal data' to a computer.

Katana

The Machinimator
Level 23
276 Posts
2 months ago
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Random and not so fitting analogy.

Trucks are not illegal. It's the contents the police care about. If they find a truck carrying a bunch of unregistered weapons, everyone gets arrested.

Torrents are like trucks.

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Bill

Level 21
2186 Posts
2 months ago
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The Internet... is a series of tubes.

Also, lol @ using subversion to download mods. (Actually, lol @ subversion itself.)

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Turkey72

Level 16
6 Posts
2 months ago
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Torrents are as a matter of a fact, legal. it is just that people abuse this system by uploading programs/files illegally to most websites.


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Scure

The Hax0r
Level 21
79 Posts
2 months ago
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Okey ^^


mushroommunk

The Wise
Level 37
1649 Posts
2 months ago
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Not only are torrents legal. But they are usually better then downloading through a browser or anything. Torrents are faster and can be paused/resumed. On top of that, piratebay itself isn't even illegal, it's just most of the content on the site.

On a side note. I like this torrent idea, makes things easier for me.

fusionedd

The Gamer
Level 32
97 Posts
2 months ago
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Torrents are probably the best way to download batch files. Downloading through a browser would become tedious