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Vuze tries to create a seemingly "plausible" program to be like the others, but it merely is another fancy new breed P2P program. I'd worry about hackers gaining access to files on my computer and more.

sorry, but this functionality is something i'd say is ... well not totally legal]]>Mar 23rd 2009 1:34PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/23/vuze-brings-online-video-to-game-consoles-portable-media-player/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/23/vuze-brings-online-video-to-game-consoles-portable-media-player/
Vuze = Azureus, yes. And Azureus was (is) an open source bittorrent client. But the Vuze Network, while P2P, is fully legal. It features sponsored or user-created or independent video content that is delivered via torrent. The client can also be used to search and access other torrents. But none of that is "illegal," and neither is this new functionality. Vuze is lauding that you can now directly port Vuze HD Network content (i.e., the legal stuff) direct to your media viewer of choice -- i.e., Vuze Network content can be downloaded in a variety of formats. Their is nothing "not totally legal" about that. It is not suggesting that ALL torrent content can be converted for media viewer playback.

That said, this isn't all that big a deal, because there is not much but movie trailers and music videos on the Vuze Network. So meh.]]>Mar 23rd 2009 1:51PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/23/vuze-brings-online-video-to-game-consoles-portable-media-player/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/23/vuze-brings-online-video-to-game-consoles-portable-media-player/
In which case it is still not illegal, as there are literally hundreds of tools out there that legally convert video into formats playable on any of those (and other) platforms.

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take Azureus away, i have no issues. having Azureus on your computers up and running can lead to issues, privacy issues. stealing content via p2p of music, movies is still stealing.

alot of people have had things stolen off their computers by p2p networks granting access to their entire hard drive. identity theft is on the rise. i'd beware!

hey don't take my word for it
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Cybercriminals-Use-P2P-Tools-for-Identity-Theft-Security-Analyst-Warns/]]>Mar 23rd 2009 4:56PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/23/vuze-brings-online-video-to-game-consoles-portable-media-player/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/23/vuze-brings-online-video-to-game-consoles-portable-media-player/Mar 23rd 2009 7:58PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/23/vuze-brings-online-video-to-game-consoles-portable-media-player/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/23/vuze-brings-online-video-to-game-consoles-portable-media-player/
It doesn't even fit the definition of stealing.

That said, if a free consumption of content were your intent and you didn't have a friend to borrow from then actual stealing of the content would carry less of a punishment than committing copyright infringment or violating the DMCA if you were caught.



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