Does YouTube now block VPNs??
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Weekly General Discussion Thread (January 26, 2025)
The Weekly General Discussion Thread is for the [r/Piracy](https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/) community to discuss whatever is on their mind, whether it is related to digital piracy or not.
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"DONT BE EVIL" - Google 2004
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But you have of me... (Ad blockers for life!)
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Telegram 'Suspends RuTracker's Channel' For Copyright Infringement * TorrentFreak
https://torrentfreak.com/telegram-suspends-rutrackers-channel-for-copyright-infringement-250122/
https://redd.it/1i79qel
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Why Don't Fan-Made Game Remake Creators Never Just Release In Full Right When It's Done So They Don't Get C&D'd?
Don't know where else to post about this, don't really think I can post about it anywhere else, and maybe it's a bit stupid but...
People that do these always, and I mean ALWAYS, do progress updates, post videos, make no real effort to hide who they are behind the screen, and because of this they ALWAYS get C&D'd before they release it and all their work is for absolutely nothing.
I've seen so many projects like this fail, mainly Nintendo ones, because they just couldn't help but be excited about it and post all about it on the internet, getting the attention of the company's legal team to then threaten them so they can't do anything more with it.
So... why not just, out of the blue, on a few random forums using alt accounts, suddenly upload it when it's done? So it's just out there on the internet immediately, there's significantly less chance of them finding out who you are, and because it's already out there there's nothing for them to C&D.
Now granted I don't know legal stuff like... at all, and maybe this would be a terrible idea because they would just go right past the C&D to suing you for everything you have and utterly destroying your life.
Would it be better for them to just do it like this? Just a sudden release when it's done instead of advertising all over the internet that they're violating the company's copyright?
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The art in “crime”
https://redd.it/1i74baz
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Anyone care to explain how my post breaks literally any of those rules? I'm so confused...
https://redd.it/1i71gla
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Netflix Raising Prices in U.S. Again, Including First Hike on Ad-Supported Tier
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/netflix-price-hike-ad-plan-2024-1236280428/
https://redd.it/1i6ue6q
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Looking to get a hard drive and fill it with movies and shows. Best TV for that?
Probably the wrong place but I want to fill a hard drive up with movies and shows and plug it into a tv. Just want a basic plug and play experience, no home server bullshit. I'm not sure what to look for, obviously a usb port and hdmi and 60 hz but what else?
https://redd.it/1i6te6n
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I absolutley love this community
For context I found my old Surface go and wanted to repurpose it as an ereader... after some digging ive found some awesome tools to help me achieve this task... If you take the time to search you will find some amazing things
Keep sailing the seas boys... (and girls), have a great day
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Authors Seek Meta’s Torrent Client Logs and Seeding Data in AI Piracy Probe * TorrentFreak
https://torrentfreak.com/authors-seek-metas-torrent-client-logs-and-seeding-data-in-ai-piracy-probe-250120/
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Found this while watching The Fall Guy lmao
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I pirate romcoms becuz I don't want my family to know I watch them
https://redd.it/1i699hx
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unsure how internet piracy works but i thought yall would like some flags
https://redd.it/1iamr9v
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Why isn't it working?
https://redd.it/1iaerzd
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Megathread was more interesting than I expected
https://redd.it/1ia61af
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It's like browsing a dvd shop, then leaving to go home and torrent
https://redd.it/1i7cjkb
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It was okay at first, but it got old quickly. That's why we use an old trick
https://redd.it/1i7bu2f
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Netflix is about to increase price ? Oh no, anyways
https://redd.it/1i79oym
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Just a friendly reminder to donate to what matters to you
https://redd.it/1i74pxh
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Analysis of Denuvo by Connor Jay
I found a great analysis of Denuvo DRM (while browsing sizeof.cat) that I think will interest anyone curious about how it works. I didn’t write it, it’s by Connor Jay, but it’s worth reading
https://connorjaydunn.github.io/blog/posts/denuvo-analysis/
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Am I doing this right?
I've sailing the seas since long time. When I started 10-15 years back, I was in an Asian country, when it was all about just installing uTorrent and downloading whatever you want. No need of VPNs.
Now I am in Canada, using SaskTel as my ISP. I bought Proton VPN Plus. Connect to Asian servers and always using Kill Switch feature of the VPN. Using qBittorrent. Bound VPN with it.
Am I taking enough steps for safe torrenting?
https://redd.it/1i70sgf
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when will enough be enough?
https://redd.it/1i6uer8
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I love this Add-on! Rarely seeing ads,but when you see it,you remove it for others.
https://i.imgur.com/jMDmghr.png
https://redd.it/1i6o5p8
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Reddit and Film Companies Clash in Appeals Court Over Sharing Users' IP Addresses
https://torrentfreak.com/reddit-and-film-companies-clash-in-appeals-court-over-sharing-users-ip-addresses-250121/
https://redd.it/1i6ld3j
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What is the Gold Standard to Downloading Music?
Would like to know what you guys use/recommend when it comes to downloading music. Preferably, it would fullfil the following requirements:
\- Ability to download Lossless files (.flac) but .mp3 files too.
\- Full Metadata of songs (Album cover, album name, track number, etc.)
\- Ability to import songs from Spotify/identify liked all liked songs from Spotify.
\- (Optional) have integrated lyrics, like Spotify.
I feel like I'm missing something else, but can't quite put my finger on it. Anyway, please enlighten me dear booty lovers. What is da waey?
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Meta has been caught torrenting to train their AI models.
https://redd.it/1i5ygoy
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