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So either rent a server in some country that doesn’t recognize copyright law, or uproot your entire life and move there? Why would anyone choose the second option?
the UK would be a good example of what they're referring to. in the UK there's absolutely no enforcement of consumer internet piracy laws whatsoever
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If you're gonna do this stuff always always always use a VPN, and not a free VPN. Honestly I use a VPN for literally everyhing. My two mobile phones and 3 PCs and a home server. If I can't get to a site because they block VPNs then fuck them I'll spend my money somewhere else.
What are good VPNs to use?
With the demographics of HN and some of the topics that come up often (e.g., Linux, privacy, nostalgia for old-school forums, weird little micro-optimizations of peoples' lifestyles to achieve the "best" possible way to do a certain thing, etc.), I have always been a little bit surprised to see quite how many people personally use tools like Popcorn Time and how little mention of some forms of filesharing there is. I…
You most definitely need a vpn at least if you are here in Germany.
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Or just live somewhere where consuming copyrighted content isn't a crime
with popcorn you are simultaneously distributing, and that is the main problem
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Redacted ("RED") is probably the best place to be nowadays for general music. It is where the majority of people ended up after What.CD, one of the earlier trackers, closed. They have a ton of lossless audio, and you generally have choice in terms of which version of something you would like (e.g., an older release, if you don't like the remasters [1], or want specific deluxe/international editions -- Japanese CDs of…
Great, thanks for sharing. Any chance you have an invite for RED?
I wouldn't be surprised if someone else offered an invite. I am sure a fair number of HN people have accounts, but since RED has a relatively easy official route, I would go with that option if it's something you can find the time for; it'd suck to potentially build up an active account somewhere just to end up banned because your inviter also happened to invite someone else who did someone silly, like sell their account, etc.
There are lots of little random smaller trackers that have open signups, which you can usually find on Reddit, as roboyoshi mentioned. They'll vary in quality a lot, though, but occasionally there is something interesting there.
Other than open signups and person-to-person invites, most trackers have some sort of official invitation route. Typically this is just having an account on --insert partnered site-- for X months, don't get banned, have a minimum amount of data downloaded/uploaded.
In addition, as far as useful trackers go that have regular pathways without knowing anyone or having any account on any site, the ones below are the only ones I am super aware of.
IRC invites:
- RED; general music
- MyAnonamouse; ebooks/audio books/sheet music
- BakaBT; anime
- AvistaZ/ExoticaZ/CinemaZ; AZ is great for people who like Asian movies, and they have a Discord where they announce open signups, which is usually a couple of times a month
- Jpopsuki; East Asian music
- M-Team; movies, tv, adult content If any weebs out there end up on U2, jpopsuki, animebytes, etc., I have such an absurd amount of bonus points, so feel free to PM or емаil me and I'll send you a load of credits to get started without worrying about ratios - plznospam |AT| omarassadi.com
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the UK would be a good example of what they're referring to. in the UK there's absolutely no enforcement of consumer internet piracy laws whatsoever
Wait. Is this true? As in they have laws they just don't enforce them?
If popcorn time would also add streaming of live events functionality, they would completely capture the old acestream market that would still be interested.
With the demographics of HN and some of the topics that come up often (e.g., Linux, privacy, nostalgia for old-school forums, weird little micro-optimizations of peoples' lifestyles to achieve the "best" possible way to do a certain thing, etc.), I have always been a little bit surprised to see quite how many people personally use tools like Popcorn Time and how little mention of some forms of filesharing there is. I…
Yeah, good luck getting into PTP or BTN now without putting in hundreds of hours of work into it (and even then, probably not gonna happen). There’s a reason those accounts sell for upwards of $500 Best bet for most people is finding a plex server with access to these sites.
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You can query trackers and DHT for torrents, and they return a bunch of IPs that are seeding/downloading the torrent. And then, as an ISP, you can combine IPs to subscriptions. Check out this website that does the IP querying part for you: https://iknowwhatyoudownload.com/
My local ISP uses CGNAT so I guess that page lists what my neighbors are downloading. So many porns.