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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.
File sharing affects everyone online. In Cancel Cable, bestselling author Chris Fehily explains this singular world with humor and clarity.
- Learn how BitTorrent and peer-to-peer networks work
- Set up a BitTorrent client and find files to download
- Open, play, read, or run what you download
- Know the risks of file sharing and avoid fakes, scams, and viruses
Reviews
“A remarkably calm look at the technical, social, economic and cultural issues arising from file-sharing, and it’s also a damned practical guide to navigating the strange world of file-sharing technology.”
– Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net
“Chris Fehily won’t exactly call [middle-class consumers] suckers, but he will show them — as well as college students, crackers, digital anarchists and others — the Pirate Way.”
– J.D. Lasica, socialmedia.biz
“An essential primer on file sharing for those not in the know.”
– Leo M, Brain Scratch
Prices and Formats
HTML: Free. Read the book.
Paperback: $9.99/£7.99/€9.99 list. Amazon (US, UK, CA, FR, DE)
Ebook: $4.99/£4.99/€4.99 list. Amazon Kindle (US, UK, CA, FR, DE) • Apple iBooks (US, UK, CA, AU, FR, DE) • Nook • Android • Google eBooks
Contents
Part I: Forearmed
- 1. The Terrain
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Lawyers
Victims
Q&A
Benefits
About This Book
- 2. Understanding BitTorrent
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Client-Server Networks
Peer-to-Peer Networks
What You’ll Need
BitTorrent, Step by Step
Part II: Prepiracy
- 3. File Types
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About File Types
Hidden Extensions
Unregistered Extensions
Windows Tasks
OS X Tasks
- 4. Malware
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About Malware
Malicious Links
Infected Files
Vigilance
Prevention
Antimalware
- 5. Archives
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About Archives
Types of Archives
Working with Archives
Part III: Piracy
- 6. Installing a BitTorrent Client
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About BitTorrent Clients
Installing a Client
Getting Help
Limiting Upload Rates
Other Settings
- 7. BitTorrent Search Engines
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Finding BitTorrent Search Engines
Features to Look For
Metasearch Sites
Private Sites
Google and Brethren
Links to Torrents
- 8. Finding Torrents
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Search Tips
Spotting Fakes
- 9. Customizing Your Client
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User Interface
Main Window
Torrent Jobs List
- 10. Downloading Torrents
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Finding a Torrent
Reading a Torrent’s Description and User Comments
Downloading a .torrent File
Selecting Content Files to Download
Setting File Priorities
Queueing a Torrent
Starting a Torrent
Waiting for the Download to Complete
Removing a Torrent
Part IV: Torrent Categories
- 11. Movies and TV Shows
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Movie Torrents
Sources
TV Torrents
Video Formats
Media Players
Dubbing and Subtitles
Other Videos
- 12. Pictures
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Image Formats
- 13. Music and Spoken Word
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Audio Formats
- 14. Books, Documents, and Fonts
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PDF Files
Ebook Formats
Other Document Formats
Fonts
- 15. Applications and Games
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Archives
Disk Images
Executables
Mounting Disk Images
Burning Disks
Keygens, Cracks, and Jailbreaks
Installing Programs
- Index
Errata and Updates (print edition)
Page 12 – MegaUpload.com is defunct.
Page 51 – The Pirate Bay is now at thepiratebay.se.
Page 51 – BTJunkie is defunct.
Page 52 – FileShareFreak.com is defunct.
Page 53 – Torrentz is now at torrentz.eu.
Page 98 – Change “...with a specific program, see Chapter 5.” to “...with a specific program, see Chapter 3.”