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Re: A curated list of warez and piracy links

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Post by tgsovlerkhgsel »

underlines wrote: post #46

I grew up in the late 90ies with internet in Switzerland, and as a broke pre-teen and teenager I was used to getting EVERYTHING pirated and this habit sticked with me, even though when in later years I was working as a software developer. Torrenting, sharing with friends and family is still completely legal in Switzerland. Only after pay services like spotify became a thing and were more convenient than managing and…

> Torrenting, sharing with friends and family is still completely legal in Switzerland.

This is incorrect in regards to torrenting. Torrenting by default distributes content to random strangers, which is crossing the line. Pure downloading from random sources and sharing with friends and family however is perfectly legal.

Also, IIRC this applies to movies and music, but not software.

Re: A curated list of warez and piracy links

#92

Post by tgsovlerkhgsel »

chiheisen wrote: post #56
hwers wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really? It's legal? Would that mean someone running a torrent site should move their operation to switzerland to avoid getting prison time?

Leeching is. Seeding is not. Its also more of a legal grayzone rather than a blanket "this is allowed".

Downloading isn't really a gray zone, even though some of the content industry would like to paint it as such.

Re: A curated list of warez and piracy links

#93

Post by 4ggr0 »

capableweb wrote: post #34
m_a_g wrote: post #27

I can't decide between mullvad and private internet access. Any suggestions?

Private Internet Access (PIA) is involved in the whole Freenode fiasco, and has Mark Karpelès (of Mt Gox fame) as their CTO of the parent company. They also run ads all over the internet. Everything pointing towards just caring about the profits. Mullvad is a low-profile company based in Sweden (strong guarantees for privacy) where you can even sign up by sending cash in an envelope. It doesn't get more anonymous tha…

I use ProtonVPN myself and am quite happy with it. Lots of countries to choose from, in-built ad- and tracking-blocker and SecureCores which route you through multiple VPN nodes instead of one.

Disclaimer: I don't work at Proton and I have no idea if they actually do care about privacy, they at least say it.

Re: A curated list of warez and piracy links

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Post by nvarsj »

m_a_g wrote: post #27

I can't decide between mullvad and private internet access. Any suggestions?

PIA ownership has made many question them. I personally tried Mullvad for about a year but found the speeds on it were terrible. PIA gives me line speed (400/40) no problem. Personally I trust no VPN regardless what HN thinks, so I set my expectations and risk accordingly.

Re: A curated list of warez and piracy links

#95

Post by gbrindisi »

capableweb wrote: post #34
m_a_g wrote: post #27

I can't decide between mullvad and private internet access. Any suggestions?

Private Internet Access (PIA) is involved in the whole Freenode fiasco, and has Mark Karpelès (of Mt Gox fame) as their CTO of the parent company. They also run ads all over the internet. Everything pointing towards just caring about the profits. Mullvad is a low-profile company based in Sweden (strong guarantees for privacy) where you can even sign up by sending cash in an envelope. It doesn't get more anonymous tha…

> Mullvad is a low-profile company based in Sweden (strong guarantees for privacy)

What do you mean? Sweden is not at all a strong guarantee of privacy by EU standards.

Did you mean Switzerland perhaps?

Re: A curated list of warez and piracy links

#96

Post by Brybry »

boomboomsubban wrote: post #48
m4lvin wrote: post #2

DMCA in 3, 2, 1, ... ?

What on this list would be subject to a DMCA takedown? Most of it's not copyrighted material nor links directly to copyright material.

Not DMCA could end up going the way of https://github.com/unblocked-pw/unblocked-pw.github.io and "disabled by GitHub Staff due to a violation of GitHub's terms of service"

Re: A curated list of warez and piracy links

#97

Post by latexr »

tgsovlerkhgsel wrote: post #91
underlines wrote: post #46

I grew up in the late 90ies with internet in Switzerland, and as a broke pre-teen and teenager I was used to getting EVERYTHING pirated and this habit sticked with me, even though when in later years I was working as a software developer. Torrenting, sharing with friends and family is still completely legal in Switzerland. Only after pay services like spotify became a thing and were more convenient than managing and…

> Torrenting, sharing with friends and family is still completely legal in Switzerland. This is incorrect in regards to torrenting. Torrenting by default distributes content to random strangers, which is crossing the line. Pure downloading from random sources and sharing with friends and family however is perfectly legal. Also, IIRC this applies to movies and music, but not software.

> Torrenting by default distributes content to random strangers

Torrenting distributes to whoever has the torrent file, which you can share privately. The most common usage may be to share with strangers, but calling it the default makes it seem like it’s inherit to the protocol.

> Pure downloading from random sources (…) is perfectly legal.

Does that mean uploading to share with strangers is illegal, but downloading from a stranger isn’t?

Re: A curated list of warez and piracy links

#98

Post by gitanovic »

theon144 wrote: post #86

>I am aware that a number of websites featured in this list rely on operating under obscurity, and that this list could potentially contribute to their demise through excess exposure. I'm sorry about that - I just like making lists. Well, at least the author is responsible and owns up to being one of the cheaf reasons sites like these die :)

Nah, owning up means suffer the consequences of ones actions, in my opinion he owns up to nothing, he barely says he's sorry, but he doesn't care too much about the consequences, that's quite different if not opposite.

Re: A curated list of warez and piracy links

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Post by charcircuit »

sorenjan wrote: post #73
underlines wrote: post #46

I grew up in the late 90ies with internet in Switzerland, and as a broke pre-teen and teenager I was used to getting EVERYTHING pirated and this habit sticked with me, even though when in later years I was working as a software developer. Torrenting, sharing with friends and family is still completely legal in Switzerland. Only after pay services like spotify became a thing and were more convenient than managing and…

For video, you can use DaVinci Resolve instead of Adobe. The base version is free for non commercial use, and it's a very capable program. I think it makes sense, Adobe has benefited a lot by having their software pirated and becoming the de facto standard, but they like to pretend that they're against piracy of all kind.

DaVinci Resolve doesn't support mp4 files which makes it a poor option from the get go.

Re: A curated list of warez and piracy links

#100

Post by Chris2048 »

Can anyone on HN help me with this: I'm sure there was a chat widget called something like "arrr!" or maybe "yarrr!" designed to be embedded in a webpage.

Can't recall how many "r"'s but I think maybe the exclamation point was there as part of the name.

I think it was maybe associated with Mozilla somehow. Or maybe CCC. Or even the Pirate Party?

If anyone has any leads, I'd be happy to know.

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