Advanced Internet Piracy, A how-to guide

Most people are probably aware it's possible to get almost anything off the Internet. From programs, to movies and even more common music. Now you probably know you can go to limewire and download any song you want off the Internet. You may of even noticed that you can use it to download movies too. But did you know that limewire is embedded with so much spyware that it can drastically slow your computer? or that many limewire files, including music contain very malicious viriuses? Thats why whenever I see a friend, family member, or random acquittance with limewire on their desktop, I want to scream. That being said, if you have it on your computer, get rid of it. If you really like the format, there are plenty of other safer and cleaner limewire doppelgangers out there, without the hastle or the Trojans, but we'll get to that later. Firstly we need to talk about security. Lots of people don't stray away from becoming a pirate because they believe it's morally wrong, but because they fear legal repercussions. What most people don't know is that your more likely to be struck by lightning in your lifetime than being prosecuted for Internet piracy. But why even take the small chance? who wants to metaphorically double their chances of being struck by lightning? Their is a solution and it's called Peer guardian. It's an intuitive program that blacklists anti P2P organizations and denies them access to your computer, making you invisible to them. This is a most have for any pirate, and it's free online at http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/ Just make sure it's "enabled" or else it isn't going to do anything. This program may not let some online games to work without configuring, because many of these game companies check to see if your stealing your programs while your downloading, not that they will while your playing, but the IP address and name is the same so it blocks it anyway. You can configure it not to do this, and if your still having difficulties you can try the forums, they are very helpful, even to people not fluent in computers. So now you have your security and the Mega-corporation juggernauts don't stand a chance. The online world is at your whim, but what to do with it? Well, most pirates would say "abuse it" but your really not abusing anything, your just giving over wealthy corps a taste of their own medicine (see older posts). There are a few programs however, that are going to make your Piracy experience efficient and quick. First of all we need to talk about .Torrent files. These are essentail a very small txt file that tells your bit torrent client where to go download what you want. There are dozens of Torrent clients out there for free, My favorite is Utorrent, because it doesn't strain your computer at all, and has a nice clean and informative interface. You can get it at www.utorrent.com for free. Threes a reason you should use torrent files ( we'll get to where to find them later) because they are the most efficient download protocol for P2P on the market. When you download a file from limewire, you download from start to finish the file from start to finish in a sequential order. Torrents break a file into thousands of tiny pieces and distribute your need for them to all available seeders, giving you exponentially faster download times. But where to find such files. Demonoid.com was the most popular for a while, until they closed registrations for 29 days a month. Torrentspy was also quite popular but crumbled under legal pressure. The Pirate bay however has been flourishing, and it's not by chance either. It's because it based in Sweden, and such sites are perfectly legal under Swedish law. You can access it at www.thepiratebay.org Something I particularly like is their "top 100" feature, which allows you to look at the 100 most popular downloads in any particular category. They also allow music searches done by genre year and band, which saves a lot of time. Now downloading movies and music is easy enough, But what about games and programs? well your probably gonna need the assistance of a few helpful tools. Daemon tools (which is free on the Internet) allows you to mount .ISO files on your computer, which basically tricks your computer into thinking theres a disk drive with a disk in it, when in fact it's just an iso of the newest video game you found on the net. It also supports burning so you can share it with your friends, sell them ect. Another very helpful program is Winrar, also free online. It allows you to open a wide variety of compressed files (which are plentiful on piracy sites as they reduce download time). Installing is a case by case basis, but there is usually a readme in pirated files that show you exactly what you need to do. Some times its a .NFO file, and it hangs up new people a lot. to view an NFO file you need to view it in notepad, or else your computer isn't going to know what to do with it. Now lets say you just want single songs, where torrents really aren't needed. At download.com you can get Frostwire, which is very much like limewire minus the bad. It's free and efficient, if your looking for just a few songs. Remember when downloading torrents, to read the comment on them! Internet Pirates are a very active community, and if a fake file or virus is posted, they WILL complain and warn you! Internet pirates keep each other safe, so if you find a file to be fake or containing viruses, make sure to help others as they helped you! If yo have any questions, you can leave them in comments, and I will respond as quickly as possible to help you out. Remember pirating things off the Internet is a civil protest against The Corporations that overcharge you Just because they can! Some people just use these items for themself but think of how much you could make of selling the retail price $3000 CS3 Creative suite to co-workers friends ect. By doing so your making it that much harder for companies like adobe to overcharge ridduclus amount for their software. Good luck with your priacy endevaors and I'll see you on the net very soon!
-The Guardain of Truth