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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by fernandu00@lemmy.ml to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

So I saw this post here a couple days ago about music piracy and got interested in soulseek. I've installed nicotine in a docker container and started searching for some music. I've found some pretty hard to find music and this album my father used to have in vynil when I was a kid. Cool. But the files had PRIVATE written on them.. Tried to download but the user did not share them with me. My question is: what's the point of sharing folders in a p2p program and denying access to these folders? I mean..just don't share it if you won't let anybody download it. Am I missing something in order to download this album?

Edit: hey guys I sent a message to the user asking if he could share the folder with me and he answered that he'd added me and I could download whatever I wanted! Great! Thanks for the help!

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[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, some dickheads apparently want to monetize and should die in a fire, but it doesn't hurt to ask. Patience usually does the trick, but I need to work out how to filter Private out of search results.

[-] fernandu00@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

I'm gonna try asking for the files thanks

[-] maxprime@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago
[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 weeks ago
[-] fernandu00@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

Wow... I mean,if you paid for your music and don't want to share it,OK ..just don't share it

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago

I ran across it somewhere, greed makes it sound plausible, but I have no direct evidence.

[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

you can hide private files in search results, at least in nicotine

[-] fernandu00@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Cool..I'm gonna try that so I don't get frustrated to find some cool music that I'm not able to download.

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Figured that was likely, haven't found it yet.

[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 weeks ago

Preferences -> Searches -> toggle Show privately shared files in search results

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks, literally the second option. Blind!

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