<p>hello,</p>
<p>i'm moving in tmrw (canyon point) and i currently use torrents a lot @ home (uttorent client), i was just wondering if that is allowed @ the dorms??? will i get my ass sued off? I saw some other threads that seemed to answer this question halfway, but never a full out answer (i think). thanks in advance!</p>
<p>umm i wouldnt torrent anymore..just sign up for rapidshare..and get stuff that way</p>
<p>Torrent > RapidShare any day. Why would anyone want to pay to download?
The whole point of P2P is FREE. If you do use torrents, just be extremely careful and cover up your tracks if you know how to.</p>
<p>I think you shouldn't p2p in dorm. And don't download any popular movies anytime.</p>
<p>I suggest you only use torrent to download stuff like anime, foreign movies...i.e. stuff hollywood or RIAA doesn't care about too much</p>
<p>I'm at UCLA and I'm torrent-ing right now. =D Yay for Japanese podcasts. So basically, for downloading and such, just don't get into the mainstream American entertainment and we're pretty much okay, right? Cuz most of my music is Asian artists who I don't think would want to track me down in the US... =]</p>
<p>I'm guessing DC++ would be the same story?</p>
<p>well, what about tv shoes like entourage and the office?</p>
<p>hbo shows = bad idea!!!</p>
<p>j0b0sapi3n: bad idea...I know of some people who got busted downloading Rome, Entourage</p>
<p>how about torrents for your textbooks???????? can we get busted for those...</p>
<p>I suggest downloading pirated media through another ISP. And when you get back to your dorm, you can enjoy your media there. This should keep your student status at UCLA safe.</p>
<p>yeah, thats the best thing to do............</p>
<p>just one more thing about that....... if you file transfer something from your home pc over the net.... would that be the same as directly downloading stuff????</p>
<p>like using yahoo messenger's file sharing to get songs and stuff....</p>
<p>You know, I think that's ok. I know of a girl at UCLA that would only download her music through a messenger program, from another user. She said it was safe that way.</p>
<p>BitTorrent isn't safe in the dorms anymore. At least, not with its default-assigned ports. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Lets just say this...every lock has a key. If you are experienced with computers and know how to access a proxy and/or alter the configuration settings of your torrent client, you might be able to get around the UCLA system. There are no guarantees and this is a tricky business. The risk, fellow CCers, is up to you.</p>
<p>so nobody knows how to use bittorrent/azureus safely...anybody?</p>
<p>Don't use default ports and configure your settings to mask as a proxy. However, you're going through UCLA LAN and if they have sophisticated devices, they can probably track packets which you are downloading. I just wouldn't risk it.</p>
<p>Can we use other programs like irc or dc++? can they track that down easily?</p>
<p>Technically, here's an explanation:</p>
<p>Anything can be tracked and traced if the person/people on the other end are experienced enough. However, your experience can make their job more difficult. For instance, if you work around the default ports and reconfigure DCC settings (mIRC), you can make yourself less noticeable. The key word is less, meaning that you can still be "discovered" if the UCLA tech people try hard enough. I would also recommend configuring your PC so that your outgoing connection accesses through a proxy. Overall, the risk is up to you. You should also find out if anyone has ever been caught downloading "illegally."</p>