Utorrent 1.7 heads up

[Clarkey]

The same applies for 1.6.1 though

 

[basmic]

The same applies for 1.6.1 though

From what I've been reading, it goes back to 2005.

There has been a lot of controversy about the recent acquisition of uTorrent by Bram Cohen, the creator of the Bittorent protocol. Most users seem to be disturbed about the partnership between Bittorrent and the MPAA which started in fall 2005 with the agreement that illegal searches would be removed from its own Bittorrent search engine. The fear that the cooperation will affect the development of the popular uTorrent client seems to grow with every passing day.

 

[Steedie]

The same applies for 1.6.1 though

Yeah guys this whole bittorrent issue has been like this since 05, so 1.6.1 will have the same issues you are worried about with 1.7

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Ahh well then, may as well update it to 1.7 then, never had any probs with it for years.

 

[.:MBK:.]

indeed its been going on for years and utorrent isnt dead yet, so clearly equates to nothing

 

[marc2003]

you can claim entrapment if you get caught being naughty (something i don't advocate or take part in ). i mean look at utorrent's default search engines ffs.

 

[basmic]

I've had it installed for ages now, but I recommend using PeerGuardian 2 to help protect yourself from the baddies.

 

[eracer2006]

does it still use all your bandwidth even when you limit it to 1kb/s up and down and even when your not downloading anything ?

 

[basmic]

does it still use all your bandwidth even when you limit it to 1kb/s up and down and even when your not downloading anything ?

No idea - I let NetLimiter tell the programs how much bandwidth they have. I just tell programs, such as uTorrent, they have unlimited bandwidth.

 

[Jimbeam3678]

I've had it installed for ages now, but I recommend using PeerGuardian 2 to help protect yourself from the baddies.

much use as a chocolate fire guard for torrents

 

[Coolasmoo]

much use as a chocolate fire guard for torrents

how come,

Ive always used PG2 with Utorrent ?

 

[Dougsnake]

Had 1.7 installed for a few hours now, but tempted to rollback to 1.6.1 after reading some posts in here.

yer now im worried as norton personel firewall appears to going nuts with virtually non stop blocking warnings

 

[Coolasmoo]

So what alternatives do we have then,


Azureus ?

 

[Fillado]

Yeah that's it really, either Azureus or uTorrent since the rest either suck or are a bit...dodgy (BitLord!).

At least Azureus is Open Source so that nobody can ever really buy it, what we now need is an "Open Source uTorrent" run by people that won't sell out

As a bit of a side note, why is everyone in the UK afraid of the MPAA - Motion Picture Association of America?

 

[Jimbo]

If your on xp/vista x32 use Protowall for blocks. Its the best.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

I've had it installed for ages now, but I recommend using PeerGuardian 2 to help protect yourself from the baddies.

You could also use private trackers.

 

[Jimbeam3678]

You could also use private trackers.

OR you could just use newsgroups for the large Linux distros

 

[dbmzk1]

Why is everyone so bothered that Bittorrent.com bought it? It's not owned by MPAA or anything like that, they just have a deal with many major companies to provide legal content via the official bittorrent client.

You all need tinfoil hats

 

[marc2003]

as i mentioned a few posts up, look at the default search engines utorrent has in the top right.

 

[prescott28]

Well, I have been using Micro Torrent 1.7 since it came out; it self-updated. There seem to be no problems with it, either limiting it or scheduling downloads. I am concerned at the link with the film ... industry.

So, anyone got a better choice of Bit Torrent client that might be free from the Film Industries graps and work well with Vista?