Comment on Movie industry demands US law requiring ISPs to block piracy websites
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 10 months agoBeen doing torrents for about… I don’t even know now. 25 years? I’ve got the same setup. What makes use et better? I still don’t get it. I tried it once. It was weird, I had to grab a bunch of files and combine them or something, and I’m mystified how it’s any different than downloading off someone’s server and how they’re able to skirt around site takedowns. You have to pay for it too. Is the lifetime of files even any good? When I tried it I remember you had to take what you could get while it was still there.
Depends on your country’s laws, but where I live you get busted for PROVIDING copyrighted material for download - not for downloading it. Unlike a torrent, you aren’t sharing with anyone else.
Couple years ago when I first set up Radarr, I found the same shit was on Usenet as the private trackers I was on, so I just stopped torrenting.
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 10 months ago
A huge difference is you actually are downloading off someone’s server - unlike torrents where you’re actively participating in the distribution of pirated material. If you ever do end up in court… that difference will be important.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
True, but how are these servers just willy nilly allowed to exist and not taken down?
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 10 months ago
shrug that’s their problem not mine