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New Anti-Piracy System to Hit U.S. Internet Users on Monday

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Re: New Anti-Piracy System to Hit U.S. Internet Users on Monday

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Post by smtddr »

waterlesscloud wrote: post #61
GuiA wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OP is talking about season 3, how it'll inevitably get pirated, and how there's no alternative.

Sure there's an alternative. Wait a few months until it's available for purchase. Works fine for me.

Unacceptable. If my friends/family are watching some awesome show like say, LOST, I'm not waiting for TV companies/netflix/whoever to get their act together. The moment people around me want to discuss the show is the moment I want it and not a second later. I will pirate it if need be. I won't "wait a few months". I'm not here trying to justify piracy either; think whatever you want of me - I'm not waiting, that's all I'm saying. You want me to pay for it? You better be ready to give it to me the same time people around me are talking about it. And it needs to be in a friendly format. Netflix/HULU/whatever or downloadable files for my cyanogenmod KindleFire.

Re: New Anti-Piracy System to Hit U.S. Internet Users on Monday

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Post by shitlord »

autarch wrote: post #44
drivebyacct2 wrote: post #5

And everyone's favorite VPN is...?

The http://torguard.net/ SOCKS proxy service works quite well if all you care is bittorrent. They also offer a VPN product. They don't keep logs, which is something to look for in any decent VPN or SOCKS proxy.

If all you care about is bittorrent, why not just use private trackers for whatever you need?

Re: New Anti-Piracy System to Hit U.S. Internet Users on Monday

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Post by zanny »

EGreg wrote: post #31

LOOK MA, NO GOVERNMENT! With SOPA destroyed by the combined efforts of giant internet companies and internet users calling their congressmen, Hollywood was able to engage another group: ISPs. Note: this is done completely without government. It is one of the best illustrations to date of what I was saying, about nannies curtailing liberties being possible even if government doesn't do them. To all libertarians that s…

One of the primary reasons this can even happen is because all the internet infrastructure in the US is already government granted monopoly on the local level. It isn't free market at all, which is why ISP's can collude like this and get away with it. Nobody has an option.

Though I am usually libertarian, I don't know a good way to see the mass deployment of essential 21st technologies like fiber / high speed rail / automated transport without the traditional forced violence method employed by government. You won't get those gifted through inheritance and chance with obscene wealth offering to build the next generation of infrastructure.

Re: New Anti-Piracy System to Hit U.S. Internet Users on Monday

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Post by 7c8011dda3f3b »

drakeandrews wrote: post #60
rishimoko wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

PIA for me. They take Bitcoin and XRP. https://www.privateinternetaccess.com

XRP?

After some digging it seems to be another decentralized virtual currency like bitcoin.

"Ripple credits, aka XRP or ripples, are the units used as a transaction fee to protect the Ripple payment system from malicious attacks."

Previous HN discussion:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5254395

Re: New Anti-Piracy System to Hit U.S. Internet Users on Monday

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Post by [deleted] »

nwh wrote: post #26
gizmo686 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Encryption has been the default setting in most bittorrent clients for a while now. The fundamental problem is that no matter how good you encryption is, if some simply attempts to download the file themself, they can see what IPs are supplying them the pieces. In order to solve this, you would need to add an additional layer to the protocol, where a user downloads and uploads files not related to the ones they want…

Please don't torrent through the onion router.

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Re: New Anti-Piracy System to Hit U.S. Internet Users on Monday

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Post by beedogs »

UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #13

Game of Thrones (the most pirated show of last year) comes out in March. Still not for sale at any price unless you have a cable package AND one of their authorised ISPs (plus $18+tax/month). Maybe companies like HBO should update their business practices to something roughly compatible with 2013, instead of trying to legal threat everyone into submission. If they sold it on iTunes, YouTube, or Hulu+ they'd convert t…

HBO programs are one of the main things I pirate. Their distribution channels are the modern equivalent of the horse-and-buggy.

I'm not about to wait a year to watch shows here in Australia that aired ages ago in the US. Get with the fucking times, HBO.

Re: New Anti-Piracy System to Hit U.S. Internet Users on Monday

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Post by bionsuba »

nwh wrote: post #26
gizmo686 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Encryption has been the default setting in most bittorrent clients for a while now. The fundamental problem is that no matter how good you encryption is, if some simply attempts to download the file themself, they can see what IPs are supplying them the pieces. In order to solve this, you would need to add an additional layer to the protocol, where a user downloads and uploads files not related to the ones they want…

Please don't torrent through the onion router.

Could you elaborate?

Re: New Anti-Piracy System to Hit U.S. Internet Users on Monday

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Post by CamperBob2 »

chimi wrote: post #53
UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #13

Game of Thrones (the most pirated show of last year) comes out in March. Still not for sale at any price unless you have a cable package AND one of their authorised ISPs (plus $18+tax/month). Maybe companies like HBO should update their business practices to something roughly compatible with 2013, instead of trying to legal threat everyone into submission. If they sold it on iTunes, YouTube, or Hulu+ they'd convert t…

This is a tired argument born out of ignorance. You have no provided no evidence that the pirates would pay for it if they could, nor have you provided any evidence that HBO would make more money selling Game of Thrones to individuals than selling their network to the cable companies as an exclusive option for consuming their content.

What in the world makes you think I wouldn't rather give money to HBO and Showtime instead of hidemyass.com?

Re: New Anti-Piracy System to Hit U.S. Internet Users on Monday

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Post by CamperBob2 »

erichocean wrote: post #38
UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #13

Game of Thrones (the most pirated show of last year) comes out in March. Still not for sale at any price unless you have a cable package AND one of their authorised ISPs (plus $18+tax/month). Maybe companies like HBO should update their business practices to something roughly compatible with 2013, instead of trying to legal threat everyone into submission. If they sold it on iTunes, YouTube, or Hulu+ they'd convert t…

Still not for sale at any price It's at Costco for $33.

Sigh. Yes, I can buy last season's shows at Costco. So?

Re: New Anti-Piracy System to Hit U.S. Internet Users on Monday

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Post by city41 »

smtddr wrote: post #81
waterlesscloud wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure there's an alternative. Wait a few months until it's available for purchase. Works fine for me.

Unacceptable. If my friends/family are watching some awesome show like say, LOST, I'm not waiting for TV companies/netflix/whoever to get their act together. The moment people around me want to discuss the show is the moment I want it and not a second later. I will pirate it if need be. I won't "wait a few months". I'm not here trying to justify piracy either; think whatever you want of me - I'm not waiting, that's a…

Unacceptable? It's a tv show. I think some perspective is needed. It's also a tv show that HBO owns the full rights to and is free to do with it as they please.
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