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Just to be clear, the rights holders probably aren't publishing torrents, they just also download them and monitor anybody that happens to connect with their seed. In a way, they are helping us with better download speeds.
I'm sure they are capping their upload speeds to basically nothing and just monitoring the IPs that connect to it.
I do the same, minus the logging.
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Private ones that are invite only, like PTP, BTN, RED, Bib, etc.—the public tracker community really pales in comparison.
Public trackers have the advantage that they often don't even require accounts. If a private site ever gets raided, they'll have a ton of records like everything you've ever seeded, every IP you've used, the email address you signed up with, anything in your profile or comments that could be used to identify you etc. Way more risky than accessing a public website where all they ever see is a random IP address that vi…
But indeed it means that you are very exposed if the site ever gets taken down. And what we've seen in the netherlands: The site owners often hand everything over when they're caught because they're threatened with huge fines.
For those questioning how websites can still illegally operate torrenting movies, the answer is very simple. It costs a lot of money and resources for the FBI and/or other federal agency to prosecute someone, let alone post adjudication costs ie: probation officers. The feds just don't care to waste time with search warrants over a menial crime. They tried a few years back just simply mailing fines to people. But qui…
RARBG was originally Bulgarian, like many other trackers and warez stuff. Eastern Europe - inside EU or outside of the EU - has always been major player in this scene. RIP. I'm still curious how it's possible to run such global illegal operations without being exposed or caught. How is it still possible to remain anonymous on the Internet, considering in this age the thing is very mature and well commercialised?
Because it is not obviously illegal. A tracker just points to the content, not the content itself. That may seem meaningless, but then so are the arbitrary demands of copyright holders. They want to have their cake and eat it too. So the system works as intended.
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Never had any threatening letters in NL, so perhaps this varies by country.
Same in Sweden.
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I second this but I'm not sure how much use it is outside of the former USSR. Most movies and TV shows there do come with original English soundtracks tho.
I believe this is what kept it relatively low profile despite the scale. There is far more copyright enforcement and attention paid to English language sites compared to non-English languages. China has had their own crackdowns, and the totalitarian system cannot allow freedom of information, so there are no good torrent sites in China either. This leaves Russian sites most unencumbered, with the high quality moderat…
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Don't pretend you care about artists when you refuse to pay them.
You shouldn't assume what I do or do not do. I take my kids to the movies. I subscribe to services like Apple Music and TV+, and HBO Max. We watch YouTube videos where there's sponsored content in them. We buy officially licensed merchandise like clothing and toys. We buy books, both physical and digital. And, frankly, it doesn't matter what I do personally. Millions, hell billions, of people around the world do as w…
This is false. Artists get paid residuals, meaning, per sale, so every non-sale due to piracy is literally coming out of artists' pockets.
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Then Google should be prosecuted.
Google takes down content when they get notified, rarbg doesn't.