The Pirate Bay Remains Resilient, 20 Years After the Raid

Post by nwellinghoff » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 9:46 PM UTC

jjulius wrote: post #41

hbn wrote: post #29

Every once in a while I'll try to watch something through the Intended Method™ and it always proves itself to be a worse experience. Most recent example - I was watching Malcolm in the Middle on Disney+ with my girlfriend, and we found that there are entire audio tracks missing in multiple episodes. Usually some kind of ADR, like someone talking off camera. There's an episode where Reese rents an apartment and there'…

Not to go off on a complete tangent, but... >... like the infamous Duff Beer joke being out of frame in The Simpsons. My collection of The Simpsons, seasons 1-13, are all TV rips from waaaaayyyyy back in the 00's. Sure, it's not super high-quality, but at least they don't look like the ugly remasters (on some of the ones I've tried watching on Disney+, they look like someone's drawn over the old cells), the aspect ra…

Post by lII1lIlI11ll » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 9:51 PM UTC

dmos62 wrote: post #25

tokai wrote: post #20

The pirate bay raid is a good example of the kind of soft power the US has lost with their recent behavior. Hard to imagine Stockholm police being as receptive nowadays. edit: I'm very sorry for making a relevant comment that extrapolate on the content of the shared article.

Paradoxically, it's also a good example of the kind of soft power the US still has: we're all watching their movies.

Post by whateverboat » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 9:57 PM UTC

blablabla123 wrote: post #73

It's very strange to think about this in the current context. Anything P2P used to be the Anti Christ of the Software Industry. The lengths Microsoft and game vendors went to prevent copying is insane. Installing Windows as well as various Higher End software is a huge pain because of this. On the other hand Microsoft is very much leading with OpenAI in vacuuming any content, stripping effectively copyright claims. T…

Post by Jtarii » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 10:07 PM UTC

gamblor956 wrote: post #222

someguyiguess wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you trying to listen in Dolby surround on a stereo setup? Disney+ defaults to surround sound and you’ll lose some audio channels if your speakers are stereo

This is basically the issue. User error but blaming the service to make an ideological point. The dialog is just fine if you have a surround sound system or spend 5 seconds once to select stereo sound. Importantly, the dialog is still missing in the torrent versions taken from the surround sound stream because the same problem occurs. You only get the missing dialog in stereo if you download the stereo rip.

Post by WarOnPrivacy » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC

    Although the raid and the subsequent criminal investigation were
    carried out in Sweden, the US Government played a major role behind
    the scenes.

    (2012) Chris Dodd [MPAA chief] went on Fox News to explicitly threaten
    politicians who accept MPAA campaign donations that they’d better
    pass Hollywood’s favorite legislation… or else: