I could have sworn that rarbg got shut down like 5 years ago... I didn't know they were still operating.
Not that I use bittorrent very much personally, I gave that up many years ago.
RIP, I suppose.
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#622Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm very out of the loop at this stage of life, but one thing I have wondered--has software as a service, and all the online gaming, killed off all those kinds of warez? Are most of these pirate sites nowadays just for movies/tv? (One of the reasons I have been wondering about this is that I so f'ing hate windows etc updating and phoning home all the time I would prefer a version cracked a la 2007 to prevent that, ov…
Online-only, heavily DRMed games are still a tiny minority of games. And even if you look at popularity instead, Minecraft (so far as the more open Java version is still popular at least) single-handedly skews the results enough for them not being a clear win for the locked down games.
Where are you getting that from?
On Steam, the offline title with the highest concurrent player count is Civ 6 on place 18, with 1/30 the amount of players of CS:GO.
On Twitch, Minecraft, which almost all streamers seem to be playing on multiplayer servers, is in 20th place, behind 19 exclusively online games.
I would estimate more than 99% of all playtime is spent on online games.
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#623Earlier quoted context omitted.
In my experience law firms would not hop through these. That is the job of hired ethical hackers, police and prosecutor's office. A law firm would be useful in (a) applying to remove illegal content, (b) seize any profit generated by illegal use of clents' content, (c) (if the client requests) horrify users identified of such illegal services, (d) pressure the authorities to crack down on the operation. Most lawyers…
> My advice would be establish a good working relationship with a lawyer in the firm that you trust, continuously send work. Ask estimates if you are on a tight budget. But do not be cheap and try to get things done with less budget. Law firms provide a service you need, if you pay them decently you'll receive your money's worth. Lawyers will literally take a bullet for you to make things happen when you need them. W…
Most of the times you do not pay for stand by. If there is work to do your lawyer charges you in billable hours. That is the point of the billable hours system. For larger projects you can get a fee estimate, fixed quote or agree on a hybrid solution.
I am also talking about corporate law work. Maintaining corporate records, lease agreements, employment agremeents, director changes et.
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#624Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are plenty of real uses for cryptocurrency that exist in the real world, but most of it is boring stuff: people holding their assets in stablecoins in countries that have capital controls.
Cryptocurrency is the only actual use-case for blockchain, all the rest can be done better with other technology. And cryptocurrency is usually used for illegal stuff, so it is not necessarily desirable.
> Cryptocurrency is the only actual use-case for blockchain, all the rest can be done better with other technology.
How I can take out a collateralized loan, anywhere in the world, without having to ask for approval?
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#625I'm interested in the art-house, non-mainstream genres, mainly produced by independent studios (e.g. one of my all-time favourites is When father was away for business, by Emir Kusturica). Do you have any suggestions for trackers specialised in these types of movies?
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#626Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Please indicate which is better. Where can I click on "top 100" or similar, and instantly see a page full of recent releases with screenshots, synopsis, and comments one click away?
Use Usenet tbh. NZBGeek offers many of the same features that RARBG did.
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#627Earlier quoted context omitted.
Many corporations make billions. That isn't an argument to not pay for the goods or services they offer. I'll add, since I'm not the person you were replying to, I don't care about who gets paid what. I don't care if the actors get paid or not. All I care about is some basic consistency if we're going to have morals about anything. Is it wrong to steal? Yes? Then piracy is wrong. (Or, no? Then let's skip this convers…
We disagree before your argument even begins to form. I don't believe that piracy, the act of downloading a movie, tv show, or song is stealing. On the flip side, these corporations take from society and refuse to give back thanks to ridiculously long copyright protection terms. They take advantage of their workers, paying a fraction of a penny to them that they make. They screw artists over with bad contracts or lou…
Cool, a gish-gallop of whataboutisms. Good job.
> This is exactly the type of thing an internet white knight would write. You're ridiculous.
I'm responding to a comment that is defending another comment that said:
> o7 thank you for your service
> Where one piracy site dies, a thousand spawn from its corpse.
Et cetera. Have a nice day, enemy.
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#628Earlier quoted context omitted.
We disagree before your argument even begins to form. I don't believe that piracy, the act of downloading a movie, tv show, or song is stealing. On the flip side, these corporations take from society and refuse to give back thanks to ridiculously long copyright protection terms. They take advantage of their workers, paying a fraction of a penny to them that they make. They screw artists over with bad contracts or lou…
Cool, a gish-gallop of whataboutisms. Good job. > This is exactly the type of thing an internet white knight would write. You're ridiculous. I'm responding to a comment that is defending another comment that said: > o7 thank you for your service > Where one piracy site dies, a thousand spawn from its corpse. Et cetera. Have a nice day, enemy.
> Cool, a gish-gallop of whataboutisms. Good job.
Cool. Brushing off what I wrote instead of addressing it. Good job.
> I'm responding to a comment that is defending another comment
Then perhaps you should respond to that comment instead.
> Have a nice day, enemy.
Ah, never mind, you were in fact responding to me.
Farewell, Ser White Knight.
Ridiculous.
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#629Earlier quoted context omitted.
Many corporations make billions. That isn't an argument to not pay for the goods or services they offer. I'll add, since I'm not the person you were replying to, I don't care about who gets paid what. I don't care if the actors get paid or not. All I care about is some basic consistency if we're going to have morals about anything. Is it wrong to steal? Yes? Then piracy is wrong. (Or, no? Then let's skip this convers…
I agree with your plea for moral consistency, but it should be noted that describing the unlicensed copying of data as "stealing" and "thievery" is a metaphor. If I steal a car, I have denied someone else use of the car. If I pirate a film that I would never have paid for, I have enriched myself at no cost to anyone else. If I pirate a film which I would otherwise have paid for, then yes, I have impoverished the stud…
I agree in a sense, it's a grey area, given the only crime is a person is literally copying a work and enjoying/using it. So my biggest issue with IP laws are that the potential punishments for copying do not come close to matching the crime, as they're quite draconian.
And I find it hard to believe that the spirit of these laws was intended to target end-users who copy something to watch for their own personal enjoyment, rather than to target people who copied works in an attempt to earn a profit personally. The only way the punishment fits the crime is in the latter situation, IMO. Yet I assume the laws are applied more frequently to the former situation.
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#630where are all these torrent sites that have been up for years and I've never heard of geez