Synopses & Reviews
Steal This File Sharing book tackles the thorny issue of file sharing, explaining how file sharing networks work and how to use them safely and effectively. There's a wealth of free material available online: music, movies, books, software, video games, even pornography. But do you know where to find that rare song you've been searching for? Or how to avoid accidentally installing a harmful piece of spyware? Find out:
- How file sharing networks work, form Gnutella, FastTrack, and eDonkey2000 to Overnet and the DirectConnect Network
- How to share files on newsgroups, websites, instant messaging, and IRC
- How to remain anonymous, hide your email and IP address, and use proxy servers when sharing files (so that you won't become the latest RIAA casualty)
- How to protect your computer from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and spyware, and cover your tracks by encrypting your hard drive and securely deleting your files
- What to do with the various types of files (MP3, Ogg Vorbis, SFV, MD5, MPEG, PNG, and others)
- Where to share music, software, video games, movies, books and porn
- Were the warez are, how software publishers fight back, and the legal alternatives to stealing copyrighted material
Steal This File Sharing Book will inform, educate, and surprise you as you learn various ways to share and find files, and what to do to make sure that you're not the next court case.
Synopsis
""Steal This File Sharing Book"" tackles the thorny issue of file sharing networks such as Kazaa, Morpheus, and Usenet. It explains how these networks work and how to use them. The bestselling author also exposes the dangers of using file sharing networks--including viruses, spyware, and lawsuits--and tells how to avoid them.
Synopsis
Steal This File Sharing Book tackles the thorny issue of file sharing networks such as Kazaa, Morpheus, and Usenet. It explains how these networks work and how to use them. It exposes the dangers of using file sharing networks--including viruses, spyware, and lawsuits--and tells how to avoid them.
In addition to covering how people use file sharing networks to share everything from music and video files to books and pornography, it also reveals how people use them to share secrets and censored information banned by their governments. Includes coverage of the ongoing battle between the software, video, and music pirates and the industries that are trying to stop them.
About the Author
Best-selling computer book author Wallace Wang is a former contributor to Boardwatch Magazine, where he wrote a monthly column called ""Notes From the Underground."" He is also a successful stand-up comic who has appeared on A&smp;E's ""Evening at the Improv"" and appears regularly at the Riviera Comedy Club in Las Vegas. Wang is the author of the Steal This Computer Book and The Book of Nero 6 (No Starch Press).