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Is “completely irrelevant” accurate? In reality, the influence of the US extends far beyond where the jurisdiction of US laws ends.
In the case of DMCA notices, yes. 100.00% of those which are relevany are served within US jurisdiction.
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They're not clones. Just proxies so they are down too. This is usually done to make it harder for the courts to force providers to block these sites. Whack-a-mole.. PS: Why am I getting downvoted? Try clicking on the links, you will see the same goodbye message. Edit: Oh the first 2 do seem to be clones, now I understand. The rest are proxies though. I do think even the clones basically skived off the original's data…
Did you actually try any of these yourself? Some are clearly clones, and are not down.
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> in western Europe it's quite common to get threatening letters as soon as you start torrenting without VPN What about the right of the privacy of communication? Oh, right, it's the state-owned postal services that have to respect that right, and only with regards to the paper letters, not the privately operated ISPs that can (and obliged to) wiretap at the slightest suspicion of crime.
It is not that clear cut for Western Europe. - Germany sends letters and fines - Czech Republic doesn’t send letters or fines - The Netherlands doesn’t send letters or fines (unless you share an absolutely ludicrous amount) - Belgium doesn’t send letters or fines - UK sends letters and fines - France sends letters (tiny chance of a fine) - Switzerland doesn’t send letters or fines
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Google takes down content when they get notified, rarbg doesn't.
I've yet to see Google not return a piratebay link at any point in history. Is it a loophole where they take it down, but their indexer then immediately puts it back in the next pass, lol?
While I don't doubt that a torrent link shows up once in awhile, Google no longer usefully searches for such things. Or really anything, legal or not. It's more like a purchase recommendation system pretending to be a search engine.
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Well, Bulgaria used to be a jurisdiction that doesn't care but this is no longer early 2000s. Are there really jurisdictions that don't care and still have connections to the rest of the world? I guess DPRK, Iran, Cuba and maybe a few more can do that but wouldn't they be a problem to the infrastructure provider to work with in first place?
Vietnam is probably the #1 place for digital piracy today. https://torrentfreak.com/vietnam-could-kill-several-major-pi...
Potential Impact on Major Pirate Sites as Vietnam ISPs Face New Responsibilities, May 12, 2023.
> “Most Voluminous” Copyright Decree Ever Issued in Vietnam
> Global IP services firm Rouse reports that with 8 chapters and 116 articles, Decree 17 is the most voluminous copyright decree ever issued in Vietnam.
> “[T]he Copyright Decree provides significantly detailed guidance on copyright enforcement, especially which disputes can be classified as a copyright dispute, how to establish acts of copyright infringement, and how to calculate damages caused by infringements,” the company reports.
> “The long, detailed section in copyright assessment is also expected to pave the way for the growth of the currently limited copyright assessment services in Vietnam.”
https://torrentfreak.com/potential-impact-on-major-pirate-si...
They could either self-update the torrent [1] or just release the new torrent via forums/groups/chats etc. Would bring the costs down to zero.
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It's deprecated and I believe it only used to work in very old AWS regions for legacy reasons. Not sure what the current status is but it clearly has no future.
Even cooler, someone start a hosting for legitimate businesses like RARBG.
I had never heard of RARBG before, so I don't know if they were legitimate and you are being sarcastic or serious?
Probably the largest blow to the torrent sharing community since The Pirate Bay got shut down. The impact of content availability will be noticeable for years to come
1 - Pirate bay still exists and is very much alive. 2 - Rarbg was a margin note in torrent community. There are others very much alive and better.
Can you please tell me which ones or point me to a place that does?
It's absolutely insane how many of these incredibly important torrent sites are just managed and hosted by a rag-tag group of people with the site barely clinging to life.
Running a website doesn't require that many people.
I've worked at companies with 4 developers and 30+ "other stuff". The company would not be profitable and we would not get paid without them, but the actual product would work just fine if we wanted it to.