Pirates Ahoy!

[Damien Lloyd]

For some reason my computer refuses to 'do' bittorrents.....no idea why.

I use Bittornado. Once installed you may have to do a bit of port forwarding (which sounds complicated but really isn't just goto http://portforward.com/ once you now the torrent program your using and your router details this site will take you through the port forwarding aspect step by step).

I'm sorry to say I use the bay daily. I never download music however, don't know why, never considered it. If I like an album I buy it, if it's a single I like I might get it from Itunes. I do download movies though, and lots of them. I'm not a thief, I'm a conscientious consumer. Every legal original DVD I own was once an illegal download on my hard drive (but I've had a lot of rubbish movies on my hard drive too, thats why I now "Try before I buy". I also download Battlestar Galactica once a week, but thats because I do not and will not have Sky One. When the DVD boxset comes out I buy it, as I love that show and think everyone involved does deserve some revenue from me after giving me so many hours of enjoyment.
In fact if it wasnt for illegal file sharing my DVD collection would not be anywhere near it's current size, I have discovered literally hundreds of amazing films that I would never have heard of, or considered buying if I had not seen the torrent on the Piratebay and decided to give it a quick look.

Also most DVD stores have a tiny amount of space dedicated to independant and foreign cinema with sites like the piratebay you have access to thousands of titles that aren't even available in this country.