When I say used to I mean the days of limewire, napster, and sublimedirectory to name a few. Or IRC or even ICQ.
I got a 1900€ bill that I had to hire a lawyer to fight, so now all my devices wear a condom to hit the internet no matter
I read it but can you dumb it down?
I downloaded a song for my kid 15ish years ago and Telekom tracked it to me so I got a fine.
First time? That seems excessive.
Yes, it was the first time
I hope you joking but if not holy shit. Don’t they hand out warnings a bunch of times before hitting your bank? I am in the states BTW
Holy shit is right. I got no warnings I downloaded a popular song one day after dinner and got the letter three or so months later, my wife was super pissed.
I was going to say: I live in Germany and they’ll absolutely go after people who pirate.
I still pirate without a VPN
Yeah I pirate straight to my TV no VPN, no debrid, nothing.
All I do is require encryption on all connections.
Uninstalled pretty much all the streaming apps because it works well enough my whole family prefer pirating to finding the right app for a given show.
Only problem is the cache builds up fast and it’s a closed source app so I can’t fix that
The high seas have always been a constant battle. Are you really asking why both sides keep trying harder?
Ah screw it. This early in the morning you piqued my interest. So yeah why both side keep trying harder?
Its the same kind of arms race that cybersecurity is going through, one side creates defenses, the attackers (all color hats) figure out bypasses and exploits, the defenders patch out the exploits, attackers find new exploits, defenders keep reacting, attackers keep finding new exploits, and the cycle keeps continuing. In an attempt to break the arms race, the defenders are going to turn to legislation to make engaging in the arms race illegal unless you’re certified.
Side note but I’m not making a value judgement on either side, there are defenders protecting bad people and attackers who are justified in their attacks and have released important information out to the public, but protecting your own information from malicious attackers is also super important, stuff like login info to critical infrastructure systems or your financial details so bad actors dont open up a dozen credit cards in your name and destroy your financial reputation needed to survive in this world (fuck credit scores but they are unfortunately part of our reality.)
Same sort of deal with copyright holders vs pirates, copyright holders are trying to protect what is legally theirs, and pirates are trying to bypass that. (Again no moral arguments here, this is just the nature of the conflict). Pirates gain access, copyright holders create more hurdles to the content, pirates gain access again, copyright does the same thing. Eventually they just keep throwing more legislation at the war to make privacy becomes increasingly expensive through the courts. At the end of the day, unlike cybersecurity, this piracy war wouldn’t exist if every piece of media created was commodified for massive profit. Steam is evidence of that.
srsly? Because they both want what they want and neither side is giving up.
in my country you can torrent all you want. if I forget to turn on my VPN I might get a message from my ISP saying they got a copyright call, but they didn’t give my info.
The dream is still alive in small countries the corporations don’t care about! I sail in vast oceans without VPN.
Doesn’t cost me anything. I’ve never paid for a VPN. You don’t really need it unless you’re in a country that firewalls you.
or someone who flexes their “downloading skills” on everyone they meet.
many years ago a colleague of mine tried to flex on me without really knowing my position on ethics of piracy.
(i have no problem with as long as it’s about enabling access to media and art that would be inaccessible rather than making money. on the other hand, if an artist decides to do Spotify instead of Bandcamp i generally tend to respect their wish and avoid them like the plague.)
incidentally the same guy complained some months later that he got some notice from police.
I don’t pay for a VPN but I do pay for a debrid. TorBox has a $3/month plan and it allows you to download torrents at 1Gbps from HTTPS endpoints with a no-logs policy.
capitalism and tech oligarchs happened.
soulseek is still around
It’s because you didn’t pirate a VPN.
Try soulseek. But $ ruined nearly everything
Piracy wuz Crapitalyzed
I don’t use a VPN with private trackers. And I see for 3 weeks.
Yeah, only normies use “VPN” to pirate.
Why is “VPN” in quotes? Do you think it’s a euphemism for something?
Dude, nobody owes you anything for free. Back in the days before internet piracy cost postage and floppies and video cassettes and dual tape decks and sneakers, not to mention making and maintaining contacts. Quit fucking whining for having everything effortlessly at your fingertips.
Thanks for the input Lars.
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No problem, main character.
