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Especially since this collection isn't going to change, I'm confused as usual why they don't include a 'download them all' torrent link. Torrents are wonderful for things like this - reduced hosting costs, often significantly faster download rates, and nearly perfect resumeability even in cases of extremely bad internet connections. Win/win/win but very few do it.

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Ah, excellent, thanks candydance[1]: torrent is here http://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/8940823/Game_Developer_Magazi...

or the magnet if you don't care for ads with boobs:

    magnet:?xt=urn:btih:4396a06317a9a9d757a703a58fcba001c337adc3&dn=Game+Developer+Magazine+Complete+1994-2013+Archives&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.publicbt.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.istole.it%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.ccc.de%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.demonii.com%3A1337

It's even categorized by code/zine and year, nice work! My wget attempt was still running D:

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6531569

Thanks, that's appreciated. Not because the boobs but because TPB is blocked by some^W UK Internet providers (including mine).

Ah, good point, I usually don't think of that until much later. I'll try to always include magnet links in the future :)

Offering a torrent could be legally interpreted as giving up copyright for the work(s) offered by the torrent.

How could there be anything legal related to the method of file transfer?

Really? I did not know that. Can you tell us why?

It can't.

What? That doesn't sound right... how does the distribution method affect copyright? Think of all the free software (with licenses dependent on copyright) that's made available over BitTorrent. Or World of Warcraft game updates, or humble bundle games, or ...

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