What are you supposed to do if you download the wrong torrent? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Xirup@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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A few days ago I download a movie but the movie was in another language and I'm definitely not going to watch it because of that, I still completed the 1:1 ratio because at the end of the day I downloaded the file and used other people's bandwidth, but what is one supposed to do in this situation?

I mean, with a 3gb movie it doesn't matter, 3gb is nothing and I'm sure there are those who download stuff just to seed it even though they will never use it or watch it, but something that happens to me very often is that as a Linux user I download a game (let's say FH6) and I download the Steamrip version but it doesn't work and then I find out that the Empress version does work (don't ask me why because it was Empress who made the crack) and now we are not talking about 3gb, we are talking about 200gb which is a considerable space for my PC, even if I have 1TB of SSD 200GB is enough and depending on the time it takes to get to the ratio 1: 1 can be worse.

Edit: Thanks for all those answers!

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[-] Vaggumon@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

I only use IPTorrents (private tracker) so when I download the wrong thing, I have to either leave it on my seeebox until I reach 2 weeks or a 2to1 Ratio. But I've been using IPT for so long I have over 200K points and something like 120TB of credit. So I can just delete it if I wanted to and then use the points or bandwidth to remove the strike. I have done so a few times, but not usually though.

[-] matey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Damn. IPT is the first PT I joined, so my ratio is fucked and seemingly unfixable.

[-] cooopsspace@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

Change your downloader to freeleech only and continue downloading.

Also helps if you pick up something like large freeleech ROM or movie packs.

[-] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Another option is to download brand new uploads even if it isn't something you want to watch. Chances are you'll get some upload credit from other people grabbing the new file. The only drawback here is if you're using a home connection, you'll probably get left behind by those using seedboxes to seed files.