Is it illegal to Run a search site related to specifically torrents in canada?\n\nI wont be hosting any torrent files as they are all outside links hosted on all other computers that are not my own.\n\nCan anyone provide me with some laws that i might encounter as a canadian about any potential allegations on my part?
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IF there is NO illegal content why not
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How is she a "newb" she just asked a simple question.\nI dont use Kazaa any more because of viruses but I use LimeWire, same diffrence really. Still lots of shared viruse.s Mostly evey file thats like 300KB and under is some sort of Adware. My Noton told me :)\nBit Torrent is good for people who want to download lots of Copyrighted games like me and movies hehehaha!
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they should change the name to lamewire...lol... most of the p2p programs out there got some kind of spy ware, I have previous problems with kazza, Morpheus and such, until I started to use torrents the one that works wonders for me is uTorrent you should try it and see what u think. besides it let you download for free the whole album that u r looking for and it works wit 7 major torrents finders like mininova , bitTorrent, the pirate bay ect,  If you do try it I suggest to get the 1.5 stand alone version is pretty easy to use if you got more questions you can contact me
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Some good answers here.  I'll take a stab at it myself, though I don't know anything about the incidents other than what the original poster included in his question.\n\nFirst, we're talking about illegal pornography.  "Regular" porn, the kind that isn't illegal depending on whoever's standards we're using, isn't going to be subject to a search warrant because it isn't a crime...and search warrants can only be issued when they seek to provide evidence of a public offense (a crime).  So whatever porn we're talking about, it's evidently illegal according to whatever legal standard is being used (and this varies, but things like kiddy porn are illegal everywhere in the US).  Once the illegality has been established, then I don't think there's much left to talk about...you cannot hide behind a right to privacy if you are engaging in criminal behavior.  That's not to say you give up your right to privacy, it's to say that if you're engaging in criminal acts, the government has the right to ask a judge for a search warrant to gather evidence of those acts, and I would argue that you cannot complain about your privacy being "invaded" when they do.\n\nAnd a word about search warrants; they are not rubber-stamped documents that sail through the justice system to your front door.  Law enforcement agents must prepare an application for them, outlining reasons to believe a particular place holds evidence of a particular crime.  They must swear the things they've said in that document are true, and then they must present the document to a neutral party - a magistrate (or a judge).  That magistrate (or judge) then reviews the information provided by the agent, and decides on his/her own if there is a more than likely chance (i.e., "probable cause") that the things the agents are looking for are in the places the agents say they are.  Despite the rare news to the contrary, magistrates and law enforcement alike take this process seriously.\n\nAbout the "third party" argument made by the original poster: again - if you're engaging in criminal behavior, you cannot expect to hide behind the right to privacy just because you've given the evidence of your guilt to a third party.  The government has the right under our system of law to gather evidence of your criminal behavior, no matter where you have left it.\n\nIf you want to deliver evidence of your involvement in criminal acts to a third party, press on...and you do so at your own risk, obviously.  The original poster's comment is well taken; if your third party is going to comply with an order of a court to disclose certain information relative to criminal acts, then perhaps you need to find another third party - one who will become a criminal themselves if they fail to comply with a lawful court order.\n\nYahoo and Google have not betrayed anyone's trust...although it's been a while since I've seen them, I'm fairly certain both corporations have privacy policies, and I'm equally certain both of them talk about safeguarding your information except when ordered to release it pursuant to a court order.  If the third party thing bothers you, don't use a third party...there's a saying: "three can keep a secret, if two are dead."  \n\nDon't want anybody to know what you're doing?  Don't tell anybody.
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In a normal web browser go to http://torrentportal.com and search for what you want. Also use http://www.torrentspy.com/ and http://www.bittorrent.com/
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well\ntechincally there are websites like that\nyou can download torrents of those shows, like the seasons\nbut it's techincally "illegal"\nyou can risk it if you want, i guess
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pretty much anything p2p is going to be illegal.  iTunes and Rhapsody and Napster and stuff like that are the legal ones.  if you're not paying then it's probably not legal
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- If you're already downloading music from sources such as LimeWire or Morpheus, you're already being 'illegal' (ie. distributing copyrighted material)\n\n- 'www.torrentreactor.net' is not a program, just a site with 'torrent links'. No, the site itself doesn't contain any viruses (but surely 'ad-cookies', etc.) On the other hand, some of the downloads you might make through it, might do, as they're not 'creations' of the site itself.\n\nPS. Any of the 'free download programs' you use, might give you a hard time. There are programs like KaZaA, which are bad for your PC right from the beginning (they bomb it with spyware/adware). But even for the programs that don't (ex. LimeWire, or most torrent-clients), there's a high chance of you downloading a file that another user has 'infected' with a virus.
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I like Lime wire more.....I may be mistaken, but..\n\nIt is illegal to use Limewire to download copyrighted material from someone other than the owner of that material.\n\nIt is legal if they are the owners of that material, to, download to your hearts content.\n\nI think it might be against the law in Australia, could be wrong, depends were you are.\n\nWhat is VERY ILLEGAL about Limewire that people don't realize is that if you don't read, pay attention or whatever and get fooled into sharing everything on your computer, and, some of that everything includes other peoples private information and you let everyone have it, that is not just illegal, it is wrong.\n\nIf you don't believe me, using limewire, search for images called dscn or hpim , feel free to add a four digit number after it to mix things up. These are digi cam pictures, mostly from people who don't know they are sharing everything. Searching for text documents is an awesome power when trying to find business people who are sharing everthing. I am not saying to look into or do this.\n\nSee for yourself, one in 7 should be sharing well over 5000 files, easy. This is a serious problem. I am not joking. I have been trying to stop this for months.
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BitTorrent.com. D/L a small program, then search google for "Torrents" and have them open through the BT program. You can d/l massive amounts of info this way. (A LOT better than LimeWire, etc...)\n\nI've included a couple links to help you out.\n\nGood Luck!!!!  :)
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Some items are available for download from their website. It is not illegal as long as you don't distribute it or sell it. Example is this video. To download it, scroll down and click on download to desktop.\nhttp://www.metacafe.com/watch/163878/bum_break/
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DO NOT SIGN UP!\n\nThere are services like this scattered across the net; All they will do is point you to BitTorrent client, and THATS IT. Do not be ripped off.\n\nIf you truely want to download your shows (which I suggest not doing, as it is illegal), download BitTorrent, then find a FREE dl site.\n\nThe chances you will/can get tracked down with these types of software is about 1 to 253,000.
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Torrent harvester is currently the best one out there, there are a few other decent ones but none as comprehensive as torrent harvester.  None can ever search all existing sites as new sites are created every day but i suppose torrent harvester hasthe capability to search all as you can add sites to the list of sites searched although ive never done it as it seems a bit technical for me.
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I use Limewire. I've found it to be more stable and git more search hits. You do know downloading movies you don't own is illegal, right? (Just covering my butt!)
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this would be classified as illegal im pretty sure. \nif you dont care, then seriall.com. when u search, never click the first search result, and never download anything. when the popup comes up, scroll down.\nim not saying you should use this, im just letting you know its there. im against illegal programs.
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I would say anything using the Gnutella network... i.e limewire, etc. Who uses p2p programs now with bit torrents available? P2P = easy way to get virus's, junk.
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All downloading of anyhting copyrighted is illegal. If you are not paying for the music/movie/ whatever, then the producer is not making money, therefore YOU get in trouble =(. Any P2P sdharing can be legal, but not if you are downloading copyrighted items, because that is copyright infringement. If you download some neighborhood garage band, then that would be OK, as long as they don't care, but if it is like Britney Spears or something , then yes, it is illegal.