So you wanna be a pirate?

This post is mainly for my sister, Jessica, so she can learn the marvelous trade of pirating and stop wasting money on DVDs and CDs and so she can (FINALLY!) watch True Blood. But anyone who has been wondering what the heck is this pirating thing or anyone who wants to know how to do it will also enjoy my easy step-by-step guide. There are several steps to this process, but once you get everything installed and downloaded, it is very easy.

1) Install utorrent. Torrents are the ripped off information that is shared between computers, and utorrent is the software that gathers and combines the information. uTorrent can be installed here.

2) Now, many movies and TV shows cannot be played with Windows Media Player, so you will just need to install DivX and Xvid so that they will actually play on your computer. Again, this is very simple, you just need to install them both on your computer by going to the links provided. All you need is the free version of both.

3) Find a site to download your freebies. There are tons of torrent sites out there. There are risks associated with file sharing, though. It can open your computer up to viruses. But the way to protect yourself from this is to find sites and torrents that are being used by lots of people. If thoughsands of people are downloading the same file, then it must be safe. Some sites I reccommend are Demonoid (but it is so popular that it is hard to get an invitation code) and The Pirate Bay. But the best place to get TV shows (espeically Tre Blood) is EZTV. But if none of these sites have the file you are looking for (classical and world music can be especially hard to find) you can just go to google and type in "torrent" and the name of the CD or Artist or TV show you are looking for.
4) Download your freebies. Now when you click the link to download your torrent, a window asking if you want to open, run, or save your file will pop up. Click "open." This will actually open uTorrent for you. Then tell uTorrent "OK" to start downloading the torrent. You can watch in UTorrent to see how much of your torrent is downloaded and how long it should take to finish. Once it is 100% downloaded, just go to your downloads folder and voila! there your stolen file is for you to enjoy!
Have fun!