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Dec 5, 2012 1:55 AM
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Is it legal to use torrents to download anime in the United States?
wz94Dec 5, 2012 1:59 AM
Dec 5, 2012 1:56 AM
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Nope.

The only *legal* way to get anime from the internet is by using licensed streaming websites such as Crunchyroll.

Dec 5, 2012 1:57 AM
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I don't think that word means what you think it means.
Dec 5, 2012 2:00 AM
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TallonKarrde23 said:
wz94 said:
legibility


I don't think that word means what you think it means.

Sorry, English is not my native language.
Dec 5, 2012 2:02 AM
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TallonKarrde23 said:
wz94 said:
legibility


I don't think that word means what you think it means.
I will forgive OP because english is not their native language, and I see they corrected it.

But that mistake is just brimming with irony.
Dec 5, 2012 2:04 AM
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skullblade169 said:
Nope.

The only *legal* way to get anime from the internet is by using licensed streaming websites such as Crunchyroll.


That's terrible. I cannot find all anime at Crunchyroll.
Dec 5, 2012 2:07 AM
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While its true that it is technically illegal, no one really cares... I have over 8000 episodes of anime, all downloaded via torrents. Never got a warning from my ISP, or any other company.
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Dec 5, 2012 2:08 AM
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Just use this site. It has a lot of shows for streaming, as well as keeping up to date with currently airing ones. Make sure you have some sort of pop-up/ad blocker though.

Don't quite know if it's legal or whatever, but I assume it is. I use my university's wi-fi because I live on campus, and they shut off your internet if you try and illegally download things or visit illegal sites. Seeing as that has not happened to me, I assume it is a-ok.
Red_KeysDec 5, 2012 2:13 AM
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wz94 said:
skullblade169 said:
Nope.

The only *legal* way to get anime from the internet is by using licensed streaming websites such as Crunchyroll.


That's terrible. I cannot find all anime at Crunchyroll.


There are a multitude of other free and legal options, as well as paying choices like buying DVD or BD from RightStuf or Amazon or using Netflix. As for streaming for free and not going with CrunchyRoll, check official licensing accounts on places like Youtube and Hulu - they very often upload episodes and full series of anime there with subtitles.


However - for new shows, Crunchy is your best bet. You say they don't have everything but they do have most things you're likely to watch - mostly because every fansub group steal their scripts and rewrite them, so almost anything CR doesn't do fansubs don't do either these days, so you wouldn't find it to watch illegally either most of the time.
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Red_Keys said:
TallonKarrde23 said:
wz94 said:
legibility


I don't think that word means what you think it means.
I will forgive OP because english is not their native language, and I see they corrected it.

But that mistake is just brimming with irony.

"OP"?
Dec 5, 2012 2:09 AM

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wz94 said:
Red_Keys said:
TallonKarrde23 said:
wz94 said:
legibility


I don't think that word means what you think it means.
I will forgive OP because english is not their native language, and I see they corrected it.

But that mistake is just brimming with irony.

"OP"?
Short for Original Poster. The one who started this thread. aka you.
Dec 5, 2012 2:23 AM
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Red_Keys said:
Just use this site. It has a lot of shows for streaming, as well as keeping up to date with currently airing ones. Make sure you have some sort of pop-up/ad blocker though.

Don't quite know if it's legal or whatever, but I assume it is. I use my university's wi-fi because I live on campus, and they shut off your internet if you try and illegally download things or visit illegal sites. Seeing as that has not happened to me, I assume it is a-ok.

I also use my university's wifi, and the university sent an e-mail which told us students not to use torrents.

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