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btjunkie.org is my torrent search engine of choice. Fast, no crappy ads. If you're on Mac OS X, get the torrent search widget.

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Searches like 30 torrent sites at once - very useful.
 
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I'll just throw my suggestion/program into the pot since everyone else is: Cabos.

It's an open-source program (firefox/thunderbird type). Very simple, user-friendly and works off of Limewire but without any spyware or other crap, doesn't bog down the computer when it runs.

I use torrents for albums and other things, but Cabos is the best p2p, though programs are always coming and going.

edit- Link: Cabos
 
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Damn straight.

Home copying - burnt into teenage psyche | Technology | The Guardian

More than half of young people copy the songs on their hard drives to friends and even more swap CD copies, according to research that reveals the huge challenge home copying poses to a music industry already battling internet file-sharing.


Three decades after cassette decks first allowed people to make free music tapes for friends, a study by the industry group British Music Rights suggests home copying remains just as ingrained in UK culture.
BMR's chief executive, the singer Feargal Sharkey, said the research underlines the urgent need to adapt to consumers' attitudes or face serious repercussions for the next generation of musicians.


The industry's anti-piracy efforts have largely focused on illegal online music swapping - with estimates suggesting only one in 20 digital downloads is paid for. But the online problem is potentially dwarfed by "offline copying", argues BMR. Its research, carried out by the University of Hertfordshire, suggests that, for 18-24-year-olds, home copying remains more popular than file sharing. Two-thirds of people it surveyed copy five CDs a month from friends.


Overall, 95% of the 1,158 people surveyed had engaged in some form of copying, including taking the music contents of a friend's hard drive - 58% - and the more old-fashioned method of recording from the radio.
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No more lawsuits: ISPs to work with RIAA, cut off P2P users
In a stunning turn of events, the US music industry has ceased its long-time litigation strategy of suing individual P2P file-swappers. Instead, with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo acting as a broker, the RIAA has signed voluntary "graduated response" agreements with major Internet service providers. Those currently on the receiving end of an RIAA lawsuit, though, will have to see it through to the (very) bitter end.
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For now, though, the graduated response program will have one immediate effect. The file-sharing lawsuits will largely come to a halt, though the RIAA tells us it reserves the right to go after people who continue to ignore the notifications. That means colleges and universities no longer have to worry about "pre-litigation notices" and a stream of subpoenas seeking student info, dead grandmothers and kids in housing projects won't be hit up for $4,000 settlements, and an unbelievably brutal public relations disaster will basically come to an end.
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Honestly, it will have the most impact on uploaders, people who continue to seed. However, since many companys are doing "seed boxes" outside the country for music couriers, it will not have the impact that people are expecting. The reality is this, if you don't seed, or don't seed the music but instead seed public domain items to keep your ratio up, you will never see a problem. Most of the private trackers I am on took music off, so essentially, it means very little.

To sum it up, if the Riaa catches you seeding, they will send your ISP a letter with your IP address. Your ISP will then send you a nasty gram saying that if you don't stop, they are going to disable P2P on you, if you are caught again, the RIAA will send a second nasty gram and the ISP has the right to take action to protect their company.

I have already seen that a lot of ISP's have started blocking P2P transfers as well as sites like piratebay.org, so it's just a matter of time until people move back to something like usenet for their transfers, though the convience of torrents is nice, and of course, it will remain around for porn.
 
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On another note, this is a really good thing, it won't eliminate piracy but it will give device manufacturers something to bring to the table to debate the removal of DRM. There's a few sites that are working towards it, but still, many artists insists on itunes only. For a user like me, who doesn't much care for itunes, this can be quite frustrating, but the argument seems to be "the only people who hate DRM are pirates."
 
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