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There are loads of
ways to share your files (and get the files you want) over the
internet. Here is a list of software that you can use to share
and get your files. Before you download and use any of this
software make sure that you have an up to date virus checker and
anti spyware tools installed, if you would like recommendations
for some free ones click on the security link to the left.
BitTorrent Clients
We've all heard
bits and pieces about BitTorrent, here and there, true and
untrue—it's used for trading illegal files; it's illegal; it's too
obscure for anyone but teenagers; it's the easiest way to download
large files. But we have heard about it, because although
BitTorrent itself is legal, it's one of the fastest ways to trade
all sorts of files, and therefore, it's often mentioned when
illegal file-sharing comes up. Actually, BitTorrent is just one
torrent client—the first and most famous one to use the BitTorrent
protocol. Once again, using BitTorrent in and of itself is not in
the least bit illegal. Of course, neither is using a VCR to tape a
television show. However, a huge number of people use BitTorrent
to share materials that are copyrighted. The array is vast, from
MP3s to first-run movies, and even entire seasons of TV shows
zipped up into a single large file. And once again (say it with
us), downloading copyrighted material without the permission of
the copyright holder is illegal. You could get sued. For a lot.
The odds may be against it... but it could happen.
uTorrent
BitTorrent
BitTornado
Azureus
BitComet
YetABC
Shareaza
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G3Torrent
Burst!
BitLord
BitSpirit
MooPolice
eDonkey Clients
The eDonkey network (resp.
its successor Overnet) works differently than classic public ftp sites
since it is a distributed P2P network. To download files from the
eDonkey2000 network you have to install an eDonkey client which can also
be used for file sharing. Some places to download eDonkey software are
listed below.
eMule
eDonkey
Shareaza
Morpheus
Gnutella Clients
Gnutella is the
second-most-popular file sharing network in the Internet, following
eDonkey 2000. While figures vary from hour to hour and day to day,
Gnutella is thought to host on average approximately 2.2 million users,
although around 400,000-500,000 are on at any given moment
LimeWire
KCeasy
Cabos
Zultrax
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