I am not even being snarky when I ask: what worthwhile legal torrents are out there? The only ones that I can think of are Linux distro .iso files. I guess some really old books could be on there too as audiobooks or e-books. Is there anything else worth looking at?

darkstarX420

It's impossible to find anything worth downloading on YouTorrent. They should at least include a decent browsing function.

LifesSweetDrug

Transformed to crap.

pnikkosis

"genuinely free"???
If I'm using torrents I am really not concerned about this. Stickin' with mininova

visco9

It's a shame, really - YouTorrent seemed like such a brilliant site to download some music before I buy it.

Course, I can always use PizzaTorrent!

ZeppelinGTS

I really loved it before it became legal, but now it just seems worthless to me.

anticitizenone

@darkstarX420: Yes there are. Anything licenced under Creative Commons (including the last few Nine Inch Nails albums, many books by the likes of Cory Doctorow), public domain movies and concerts and re-mixable documentaries.

I can't find the links while I'm at work (damn content filters blocking anything with the word "torrent"), but there's plenty out there.

aphexbr

@darkstarX420:

Earlier I found some band no one has over heard of singing a different language and really liked them. So I guess there is a few unknown bands distributing but its hard to find them.

LifesSweetDrug

It'd be useful for Linux ISOs. I often need a live CD at work, but so many Linux pages hide the bittorrent links, and they usually provide a really slow HTTP link, so this could save me some time hunting around the distro's website.

TVarmy

@anticitizenone:

Try using PizzaTorrent it even has a snazzy link to add it to the Firefox search bar.

sirgregory

I figured something was up because, for a while now, YouTorrent just hasn't been the boon it once was. For some great 'n' robust torrent aggregators, check out this [Lifehacker.com] article and the subsequent suggestions from commenters.

cheesebubble

The new youtorrent is just bad in a few ways now.
The "legal" torrents that I saw were through vuze.

Chris Moran

@visco9: "If I'm using torrents I am really not concerned about this."

Drat it. Good point.

TunaFish

Youtorrent has relaunched as crap now. If you want an alternative you'll have to use PizzaTorrent. =]

Calvin Blackburn

As other people have said, PizzaTorrent is much better. What's the point of a legal BitTorrent search when there's hardly any legal content available?

Aanidaani

@darkstarX420: The Flashbulb. I got a torrent of their music on TPB, and inside was a little .txt file from the band saying (paraphrased, since I didn't keep it):

Thanks for downloading the album. As a band, we hardly make any money off of albums, as most of it goes to the record label. If you really want to support a band, go see them live or buy a t-shirt from them or something. More money goes to them this way.

urukhaifive

@urukhaifive:

A band claiming to not make money off their album is pretty sad. They made a mistake by selling the rights to a record company for too cheap. They have a choice, and they can chose not to sell to them - or at least learn to negotiate better. Otherwise you end up being a t-shirt salesman.

Rob Kohr

This could be as every bit as cool as paid Napster!! oh.

zarathustra

legal bittorrent is an oxymoron ;-)

flash2004

We really need to support legal downloads, because content creators need to eat, ya know?

totlol

I've stopped using YouTorrent.
I used it, had a bookmark right on the toolbar, synched it with 3 of my computers. Then, provided it to about 8 people (friends+employees).

When YouTorrent became useless, I told everybody it now sucks. It got removed. On every PC.

Devil