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The only things worth keeping are those hard to find with other means, some rare movies for example that are not available in any other form other than some avi found somewhere from an old vhs/dvd, but the rest...
OK but most of us probably get away with just the 1TB drive we might not have otherwise added to our current computer. I'm a life long pirate and honestly never knew about "indexer subscriptions" or that usenet was something you could pay for. Your fiscal problem is data hoarding, not piracy. Your commitment to making sure your favorite TV shows never disappear into the void of indefinitely buffering cloud rentals is…
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When I see all the justifications I wonder who are they for? If you feel the need to justify it to semi-anonymous people on the internet, then you're probably trying to justify it to yourself which means you think what you're doing is wrong.
It's not a justification, just an explanation of what needs to change if people want me to pay for that content. Like I say I pretty much never pirate things if they're on steam, I've probably paid tens of thousands out to steam over the years. (That being said, I do have access to cable television, netflix, and amazon prime streaming as well as the piracy setup, so people are getting paid. I'm not going to go buy a…
Nor would doing so even make sense. For the majority of media I save, the creators are long since dead. So why go out of my way to make a tithe to some giant media conglomerate that owns the rights? I'd much rather support filmmakers by going to the theater once in a while.
And when I say library, I mean that in the sense that I save all this stuff because I want to be able to curate it and share it decades down the line. Our current era of seemingly infinite connection and availability may not last forever. I feel a bit like Noah filling the ark sometimes.
I'm guessing you may be a bit older than the average demographic here, from a time when owning movies was expensive and thus the content was implied as being very exclusive and valuable. In others, I have seen this lead to the digital hoarding tendencies, wanting to keep all that content on hand. Though I am from the same era, I don't generally find many movies or TV series that I really want to watch more than once.…
I used to almost never rewatch movies, but I have kept track of what my favorite movies were, and when I've made friends with someone who was interested in seeing some of the movies that I liked then I'd find myself rewatching these movies with them (especially if it's been a really long time since I saw these movies and forgotten most of the details).
Also, some of my favorite movies are kind of obscure, so there's no guarantee they'd be available through streaming. Because of that it does make sense for me to archive films.
Even when the movies I like are available, why pay twice (or more) to watch them again?
Here in Germany, it is almost impossible to pirate for free . If you download shows via BitTorrent you almost immediately get a fine ("Abmahnung"). There are some illegal streaming sites, but quality and reliability is poor in my experience. But you can get a subscription to a VPN for about the same price as a Netflix subscription (~10€/month), that will allow you to torrent without worring about getting caught. Stra…
I doubt the Usenet subscription would trigger any fines. This isn’t like torrents where some seeder could be giving IPs to whoever sends you the Abmahnung fines.
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I bet in we'll see a hoarder who dies alone under a pile of high density 8TB sandisk magnetic tapes. Full of something important like pirated twitch streams.
The multimillionaire, locally known for his completely isolated & reclusive lifestyle, was found to have been financially destitute after his untimely passing from a freak accident. Crushed to death under a stack of computer equipment, they leave behind only 1 Petabyte worth of Seagate 8TB hard disks. Upon investigating, it was found that each drive was completely filled with “boutique furry porn.” Those who knew the…
What you’re describing is data hoarding. I pirate a ton too, but you know what I do with a movie or TV show after I’ve watched it? I delete it. Poof, gone. But it’s still in the most important dataset I have. My memory. To help with the metadata of my own memory, I write down a list of the films I’ve seen. I only keep the movies I really love and want to rewatch (Robocop). That TV show I just finished that was great…
I’ve only ever heard the term used in jest, at least partially, and in particular not ever with the same severity that actual hoarding receives.