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(Unverified)Apr 27th 2010 11:13AM
@Sid, actually there is definitely a need for this. I know what you are saying in that quite a few legal programs/ films/ documentaries etc can be downloaded via servers etc. You are presuming that the user knows where the server is and the product he wishes to download.
By creating an indexing site for legal torrents like this, many people who create free/ open source software/ films/ documentaries/ brushes for photoshop etc won't have to create their own site to host the files on or find somewhere to host them and then get people interested in actually using their stuff. There is a ton of free and legal downloads out there that people just don't know about as unless you know what the exact name of it is or the developer, how would you go about finding it.
This way you can go to the legal indexing site and browse (hopefully that's how it is done) by category (films on tech/ physics etc) and find stuff that you never would have thought about watching.
It also saves people a lot of money in bandwidth cost as it's now done via P2P thus negating the need for hosting costs/issues.
Hope I made that clear as I'm not really good at explaining things.
Example of what I mean: There are quite a few TV shows out there that I would have never watched if it weren't for P2P, but I found them by looking in the TV Shows section of certain indexing sites and became a fan of them that way. If the show or film was really good, then I'll also buy the box-set or DVD. That would never of happened otherwise. I know what I have just said is frowned upon by a lot of people, but most of my box-set and DVD collection has been brought due to the fact that I saw the film/ TV Show first (or a taster) via P2P; liked it, so bought it.
I know that P2P is frowned upon, as the BitTorrent protocol can/ is abused quite a bit, but it is a fantastic way for artists to get noticed without having to pay music companies their souls just for a chance of actually making it.
Probably going off track now and into another area of P2P that I feel quite strongly about.