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Re: A curated list of warez and piracy links

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Post by compdoovid »

selfhoster11 wrote: post #152
matthewhammond wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem is that the definition of 'unavailable' or 'unviable' can quickly expand to include more or less anything. Have to wait a week for the film to be available in your area? It's not available on your chosen streaming service? The file costs a dollar more than you want to pay or doesn't come with the full set of download rights you want? People use all of these and more as excuses for pirating. If a programme…

A film is just a bag of bytes. Consider we live in an age where: - 20+MBit connections are the norm in the Western world - there are no border checks or national firewalls to impede the flow of information worldwide (barring tyrannical regimes) - the cost of making a copy and sending it out to anywhere around the world approximately = free - we've had 20+ years to work on the service problem of piracy, to reach an ac…

Call me um nitpicking, but files under CC (creative commons) is: 'no true digital ownership' ? No! [smashes-forehead] ^^

hint: i thought there was a finer drawn li...

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Re: A curated list of warez and piracy links

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Post by kyriakos »

maccard wrote: post #177
kyriakos wrote: post #160

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Not just tricks. I pay for Netflix and amazon but want to watch Mandalorian, Disney is not available in my country so my options is either try my luck with a vpn or pirate it. If Disney did their homework and launched world wide they'd have my money. Same applies to HBO Max.

Yep, I didn't even get into that. We were looking forward to watching the new season of star trek discovery in the UK, but paramount pulled it from Netflix globally for paramount plus which last I checked was still not available here. Honestly between piracy and a vpn piracy is a better option. You're still breaking the licensing either way, and with a vpn you run the risk of being banned from the service. Not to men…

I went the piracy-way as I used to do during pre-netflix times unfortunately. I understand that disney and hbo probably have various licensing issues in different countries because they already have agreements with local providers for some of their content but this is a problem they have to fix if they want people to pay instead of pirating.

Re: A curated list of warez and piracy links

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Post by thealig »

kingcharles wrote: post #182
thealig wrote: post #120

bit off topic, which torrent websites have a good collection of media (movies, shows,music, anime )? IME it takes a while to search up good torrent files in the usual contenders.

If you really want to find things, then https://btdig.com/

i'm getting 'we're having trouble finding this site' in my browser, not sure if this has been blocked in my jurisdiction

Re: A curated list of warez and piracy links

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Post by modernyogihippy »

thealig wrote: post #184
kingcharles wrote: post #182

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you really want to find things, then https://btdig.com/

i'm getting 'we're having trouble finding this site' in my browser, not sure if this has been blocked in my jurisdiction

seems to be working where i am, so it could be your location

Re: A curated list of warez and piracy links

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Post by Restrisiko »

YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #31
ogogmad wrote: post #3

How are films supposed to get funded if people get them for free? The current status quo is that we have two methods of obtaining a film: - Via file sharing. You have to wait for the whole film to finish downloading before you can watch it. This is inconvenient. - Via streaming services. You can watch a film before it's finished downloading. The latter costs money, but is more convenient. While certainly some of that…

On the front page right now: The Pentagon and CIA Have Shaped Thousands of Hollywood Movies into Super Effective Propaganda https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29835933 I say, if piracy destroys Hollywood- let it. 'Be a favour to everyone and above of all, cinema.

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