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Pirating "The Pirate Bay" TV Series Is Ironically Difficult

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Re: Pirating "The Pirate Bay" TV Series Is Ironically Difficult

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It’s funny how much better the Russian torrent tracker «Rutracker» is for foreign movies and serials, this show included. I love foreign movies and shows, and sometimes I literally can’t pay to watch it.

There is a huge number of TV shows (e.g. old British comedy shows) and movies (e.g. big releases from Trier) that are not available to stream on any streaming service in the US. There is no other option than to pirate. An astoundingly ridiculous situation.

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#42

Before reading the article I thought it would be because of the name, like when it was hard to find the (great) album "The Music" by the band "The Music" in the early 2000s.

Reminds me of the joke from Peep show about naming their band "Various Artists".

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I literally found it in two seconds on one of the most popular non-legit streaming sites. Checked two others, and it's there as well. The article author has no idea what they're talking about.

I may be ignorant, but streaming is not the same as torrenting, and The Pirate Bay is known for the latter.

Not ignorant. Definitely overpedantic.

The Pirate Bay is known for its championing piracy, in general. Those streaming sites are piracy. They also usually use the same source videos as those found on torrent sites; if not outright acting as a thin media player on top of torrents, in some cases.

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#45
post #6

It’s funny how much better the Russian torrent tracker «Rutracker» is for foreign movies and serials, this show included. I love foreign movies and shows, and sometimes I literally can’t pay to watch it.

For language learning (immersion based) piracy is the way, Netflix doesn't allow me to watch most of foreign tv shows and a bunch of tools like susbsr2, mpv and other work with the local file

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#46
post #7
post #6

It’s funny how much better the Russian torrent tracker «Rutracker» is for foreign movies and serials, this show included. I love foreign movies and shows, and sometimes I literally can’t pay to watch it.

> sometimes I literally can’t pay to watch it. Yup. Top 2 reasons I became a pirate again after not being a pirate since maybe 15 years ago: #1 I literally couldn't give someone money to watch/listen to what I wanted #2 I was paying someone money to watch/listen to something and then they removed it Even popular things like Saturday Night Live are still impossible to acquire legally in my country. Edit: Forgot anothe…

"For example, watching a Swedish TV show on Spanish Netflix doesn't let me have English subtitles for example. "

This is so weird, why are they doing this? That the localized audio might have stupid local licenses ok, (or not ok) - but even the subtitles?

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#47
post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How about just not consume their products then?

Right? "I don't like what you stand for or your views on certain topics, but I do want to enjoy the product you make, so I feel justified in not compensating you for partaking in the services you provide." Can I stiff my Uber driver if I don't agree with their politics? If I don't like their car? Can my boss not pay me for developing software if I didn't laugh enough at his jokes? We find it easy to say "no" in those…

I agree with your core concept, but I don't think those analogies are fair.

TV and movies are part of pop culture and depending on your circle can be critical to have knowledge on for social reasons. If something is unavailable to you due to means outside of your control (licensing, internet speed, accessibility of UI, etc) then there's more justification to that than not paying your Uber driver based on politics.

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post #28
post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> sometimes I literally can’t pay to watch it. Yup. Top 2 reasons I became a pirate again after not being a pirate since maybe 15 years ago: #1 I literally couldn't give someone money to watch/listen to what I wanted #2 I was paying someone money to watch/listen to something and then they removed it Even popular things like Saturday Night Live are still impossible to acquire legally in my country. Edit: Forgot anothe…

"Forgot another point that became very annoying, the show is available but not with the subtitles I want and/or need. For example, watching a Swedish TV show on Spanish Netflix doesn't let me have English subtitles for example. But if I use Swedish Netflix, it would work, but technically breaking Netflix's ToS. Content rights have completely fucked up the user experience." I think you can set which subs (and audio tr…

No, Netflix/Max/Etc literally limit the options available to you. They want to try to dissuade people from purchasing those services at a discount in lower CoL regions, and don't want to deal with multi-region licensing for dubs/specific media/etc.

The only regions that give you carte blanche (in general) language options are the anglophone countries and some EU regions.

But they're also geocoded (presumably, for travelers), so if you can get a VPN/tunnel that works, you can use another regions' primary languages. Max, last I checked, is the only one that outright limits usage outside of your region.

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#49
post #19

Never use public trackers (unless you're downloading Linux ISOs of course).

Been downloading literally whatever I feel like in Canada here for the past few decades with nothing more than an email forwarded to me from my ISP with some "threats" from the original copyright owners :P

Re: Pirating "The Pirate Bay" TV Series Is Ironically Difficult

#50
post #6

It’s funny how much better the Russian torrent tracker «Rutracker» is for foreign movies and serials, this show included. I love foreign movies and shows, and sometimes I literally can’t pay to watch it.

Russian authorities don't cooperate with take downs. The US government forces the world to comply.
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