private torrents sites are just as safe as a newsgroup and they are free. newsgroups aren’t gonna keep you from ever getting caught either. and the more popular they become it just means they are going to start looking at them more. just how it happened with torrents, but newsgroups are nothing new, they are as old as the internet. on that note, i refuse to pay for my illegal downloads so i’ll stick with my torrent sites. and newsgroups get shit maybe an hour earlier then torrents…not a big deal imo.