Someone needs to create a page about how to help and contribute to piracy communities. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I think there is a deep need for someone to create a page listing all the ways someone can help seperated by the media type.

The previous generations of pirates who contribute is becoming too old to sustain, we need a new generation of pirates to keep piracy going for more time.

All the guides are for lurkers but there is no guides/ pages for providers.

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[-] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago

I think the reason people don't post much about how to host pirated media and distribute to a wide audience is because in reality it's not so easy to do this. This community mainly exists to help people learn the basic of piracy: e.g., how to torrent safely, how to setup a jellyfin server, which websites are good for obtaining certain types of media, help with troubleshooting etc.

Let's take torrenting as an illustrative example. It's simple to learn how to download a torrent, and even simpler to seed it (though you might not think so given the actual number of damn seeders lol). But if you want to become a torrent uploader of your own pirated content there are many barriers to entry:

If anyone could upload torrents to [insert your favorite public torrent tracker site here] then it would quickly become swamped by malicious uploads that contain malware. That's why it's hard to find any public trackers that allow torrent uploads. You may have better luck on a private tracker, but then you will have to jump through hoops to get an invite, and then prove yourself over a period of time.
It takes time to establish a reputation as a trusted uploader, and even one (accidental or otherwise) slipup and you have destroyed your reputation. That's why pirates love uploaders like fitgirl (for example), who has created clean and trusted repacks for many years.

Hosting is problematic because it's a constant cat-and-mouse game with domains being seized frequently and DMCA notices being sent to the hosting provider who will often happily delete your account and give your info to the po po. You've also got to consider bandwidth and infrastructure costs.

Apps like Jellyfin are great for personal use (a few friends and family) but usually can't cope with a large number of simultaneous users. Online streaming piracy is very user friendly, but extremely expensive and technical to setup at scale.

You can upload to Usenet but you have to be very careful to hide your tracks since your IP address could be logged when uploading. And Usenet is often pretty hopeless for older stuff because uploaded content often gets copyright claimed quite quickly, and content is only retained for so long.

Maybe I2p is part of the answer? It has some enthusiastic advocates, but I haven't really engaged with it much so far.

[-] montar@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

I've found a old CD and put it up on Internet Archive, it's a place for old stuff to go.

[-] communism@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Agree about the difficulty uploading. I tried to share torrents on a few sites for a video game (which was no longer possible to buy or download legitimately anyway) and some books I'd scanned but got rejected 🤷‍♀️ I understand they have to maintain a quality of uploads and uploaders but it would be nice if they could stay away malware while still making the barrier to entry for sharing your own benign torrents low.