Cancel Cable: How Internet Pirates Get Free Stuff

by Chris Fehily

Neighbors with hand-labeled DVD collections. Teenagers with 5000-song iPods. Entire countries sharing the same copy of Windows. Who are these people? They're file sharers and they account for a third of worldwide internet traffic. Their swag is anything that can be digitized and copied. But file-sharing networks aren't only for pirates. Musicians and writers use them to gauge their popularity. Artists and filmmakers use them to boost recognition. Government employees use them to secretly download WikiLeaks archives. TV producers use them to confirm audience measurements. Politicians and judges use them to make policy and rulings. Traders and marketers use them to spot trends. Contents
1. The Terrain
2. Understanding BitTorrent
3. File Types
4. Malware
5. Archives
6. Installing a BitTorrent Client
7. BitTorrent Search Engines
8. Finding Torrents
9. Customizing Your Client
10. Downloading Torrents
11. Movies and TV Shows
12. Pictures
13. Music and Spoken Word
14. Books, Documents, and Fonts
15. Applications and Games

Genres: Computers, Internet

120 pages, Paperback

First published January 21, 2011

Reviews

[Stephen Ferguson]

Considering the subject matter, Chris was able to make this an approachable and even fun read.

[Kevin]

A pretty good intro to computers for nubes, pirate or not on how to use their computer for watching, reading or listening to media of all types.

[David Vincent]

I found a few things I did not know. Like resources: The latest research, testing software. It was fun.

[David]

Didn't learn anything new, but still, a good high-level guide to uTorrent.