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40 <br> 40 <br>
41 <p>I am a man who has despised piracy and the works of copyright thieves my entire life. As soon as I could 41 <p>I am a man who has despised piracy and the works of copyright thieves my entire life. As soon as I could
42 understand what copyright was, I became a massive proponent for it and for what it stand for: Order, a 42 understand what copyright was, I became a massive proponent for it and for what it stand for: Order, a
43 bullwark against those who'd stoop so low as to steal someone else's idea and pawn it off as their own. 43 bulwark against those who'd stoop so low as to steal someone else's idea and pawn it off as their own.
44 I can not STAND pirates, I get physically violent around them, my family has banned any mention of pirates 44 I can not STAND pirates, I get physically violent around them, my family has banned any mention of pirates
45 or pirate adjacent activities in my presence! Yet however much I hate pirates, I understand that some people 45 or pirate adjacent activities in my presence! Yet however much I hate pirates, I understand that some people
46 simply do not know better; some are ignorant to the damage they're doing by downloading a game or a book for 46 simply do not know better; some are ignorant to the damage they're doing by downloading a game or a book for
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48 Yet again, it is understandable that some people may not truly grasp the gravity of their actions. That's what 48 Yet again, it is understandable that some people may not truly grasp the gravity of their actions. That's what
49 this guide is for, for those who don't know how to avoid piracy!<br> 49 this guide is for, for those who don't know how to avoid piracy!<br>
50 <br> 50 <br>
51 In this guide on avoiding piracy, I endeavour to teach you, the reader, on how to spot piracy in the wild, 51 In this guide on avoiding piracy, I endeavor to teach you, the reader, on how to spot piracy in the wild,
52 how to resist the siren call of free stuff, and the most common / popular services currently used in modern 52 how to resist the siren call of free stuff, and the most common / popular services currently used in modern
53 copyright theft. 53 copyright theft.
54 </p> 54 </p>
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93 <p> 93 <p>
94 People pirate for a multitude of reasons, all unacceptable, but some more "valid" than others. Some of these reasons 94 People pirate for a multitude of reasons, all unacceptable, but some more "valid" than others. Some of these reasons
95 include:<ul> 95 include:<ul>
96 <li><b>Pricing</b>: The pirate may believe the copyrighted work is priced too high, or may be unable to afford a legitamite purchase</li> 96 <li><b>Pricing</b>: The pirate may believe the copyrighted work is priced too high, or may be unable to afford a legitimate purchase</li>
97 <br>
97 <li><b>"Trials"</b>: The pirate may wish to trial the copyrighted work, say in the case of software, to determine its "true" value</li> 98 <li><b>"Trials"</b>: The pirate may wish to trial the copyrighted work, say in the case of software, to determine its "true" value</li>
98 <li><b>Availability</b>: The pirate may be unable to acquire the copyrighted work through legitamite means, and is 99 <br>
100 <li><b>Availability</b>: The pirate may be unable to acquire the copyrighted work through legitimate means, and is
99 forced to pirate as a means to access the content</li> 101 forced to pirate as a means to access the content</li>
102 <br>
100 <li><b>DRM Removal</b>: The copyrighted work may employ <abbr title="Digital Rights Management">DRM</abbr> as a 103 <li><b>DRM Removal</b>: The copyrighted work may employ <abbr title="Digital Rights Management">DRM</abbr> as a
101 means to prevent pirates from exploiting their work, which may interfere with the legitamite use of the 104 means to prevent pirates from exploiting their work, which may interfere with the legitimate use of the
102 software/media</li> 105 software/media</li>
106 <br>
103 <li><b>Flagrant Disregard</b>: Some people simply disagree with the concept of copyright, and become pirates as they do not respect the law</li> 107 <li><b>Flagrant Disregard</b>: Some people simply disagree with the concept of copyright, and become pirates as they do not respect the law</li>
108 <br>
104 <li><b>Etc.</b>: Other <em>(still invalid)</em> reasons not mentioned for lack of time</li> 109 <li><b>Etc.</b>: Other <em>(still invalid)</em> reasons not mentioned for lack of time</li>
105 </ul> 110 </ul>
106 <br> 111 <br>
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139 from skirting the law in other places? Pirates are already stealing, so what's to prevent them from shoplifting 144 from skirting the law in other places? Pirates are already stealing, so what's to prevent them from shoplifting
140 or snatching purses from frail old ladies?</li> 145 or snatching purses from frail old ladies?</li>
141 </ul> 146 </ul>
147 There really is no reason to break the law and pirate. No rational one at least.
148 </p>
149 <br>
150 <br>
151 <h3>Avoiding Piracy In The Wild</h3>
152 <br>
153 <p>
154 Not everyone has as sharp an eye for piracy as me, and it can't be expected that someone with no experience
155 nor any idea of what piracy looks like in real life should be able to spot it and avoid it; You can't expect
156 someone who's never been taught that stealing is bad to avoid stealing. Luckily, piracy is rather easy to spot<br>
157 <br>
158 Piracy is usually an intentional activity, as it's fairly hard to participate in piracy on accident. It's
159 possible to be a pirate ignorantly, but the pirate must take some action to infringe on someone's copyright
160 for it to be piracy. This is quite nice for us copyright respecters, as it means we don't need to worry about
161 infringing on anything in most daily activities. Piracy is <b>NOT</b>:
162 <ul>
163 <li>Listening to music</li>
164 <li>Watching a movie</li>
165 <li>Playing a video game</li>
166 <li>Interacting with a copyrighted work through its intended means</li>
167 </ul>
168 Piracy in most daily scenarios boils down to the dissemination of material through improper channels and
169 without permission of the copyright holder. This means most interactions with pirates will take place at
170 the point of distribution. This may happen online or offline, in-person or from half-way across the world.
171 One easy way to tell if something is piracy or not is to ask yourself it it seems sketchy. If you have
172 second thoughts about if this is what the owner would want, or if your safety is put at risk through the
173 activity, it's probably piracy. If someone offers you a magazine for significantly cheaper than you'd
174 expect, they're probably pirating the magazine. If you're offered cheap software through some sketchy
175 website, it's probably piracy. Really, just use common sense and stay away from those weird dark corners
176 of the internet. Here are some examples of what piracy <b>IS</b>:
177 <ul>
178 <li>Using a YouTube video downloader to download a song</li>
179 <li>Torrenting movies, software, video games, etc.</li>
180 <li>Using ad-free versions of apps that normally require ads</li>
181 <li>Using an ad-blocker on a website that normally serves ads</li>
182 <li>Recording a movie or video with a screen recorder or camera</li>
183 <li>Giving or receiving a copy of a game to/from a friend</li>
184 <li>Redistributing or modifying media in any way that you are not given express permission to do so</li>
185 </ul>
186 </p>
187 <br>
188 <br>
189 <h3>Links, sites, and tech to avoid</h3>
190 <p>
191 Despite my best efforts, there will inevitably be people who will end up as pirates if not given EXPLICIT
192 instructions on what to avoid, so that is what I endeavor to do here. I repeat, this section is intended
193 to be a list of things to AVOID, NOT THINGS TO USE! I do NOT endorse piracy in any way, if I haven't made
194 that obviously clear so far. Do NOT use these "services" (crime facilitators) to subvert the copyright
195 protections of others. This is simply a list of things to AVOID!!!!<br>
196 <br>
197 <h4>Torrenting</h4>
198 <br>
199 Torrenting, or the use of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent" target="_blank">BitTorrent Protocol</a>, is not inherently illegal. It is perfectly legal to use
200 the BitTorrent Protocol to share files with your friends or strangers, GIVEN THAT THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER HAS
201 AUTHORIZED THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTENT!!! For example, sharing Linux ISOs is perfectly fine because of
202 Linux's GPLv2 License. This is NOT the case for, say, "Spiderman: Into the Spideyverse". Unless Sony comes
203 out and says "WE DON'T CARE ABOUT SPIDERMAN ANYMORE, GO NUTS!", it is piracy (and illegal!) to download or
204 redistribute any Spiderman movies using the BitTorrent protocol (or any information transmission protocol
205 for that matter)
206 <br>
207 Examples of illegal torrenting:
208 <ul>
209 <li><b>The Pirate Bay</b> [<a href="https://thepiratebay.org/" target="_blank">thepiratebay.org</a>]: A public
210 torrent tracker which provides the .torrent files required to download files illegally. Curiously
211 enough, <abbr title="The Pirate Bay">TPB</abbr> doesn't host any copyrighted material, they only facilitate the act of copyright
212 infringement by offering a safe haven for pirates to congregate</li>
213 <br>
214 <li><b>1337x</b> [<a href="https://1337x.to/" target="_blank">1337x.to</a> | <a href="http://l337xdarkkaqfwzntnfk5bmoaroivtl6xsbatabvlb52umg6v3ch44yd.onion" target="_blank">l337xdarkkaqfwzntnfk5bmoaroivtl6xsbatabvlb52umg6v3ch44yd.onion</a> *]:
215 Another very popular torrent site that provides .torrent files and magnet links without being a tracker.
216 According to <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/top-10-most-popular-torrent-sites-of-2020-200105/" target="_blank">TorrentFreak</a>,
217 it is the 2nd most popular torrent site of 2023 </li>
218 <br>
219 <li><b>BTDigg</b> [<a href="https://btdig.com/" target="_blank">btdig.com</a> | <a href="http://btdigggink2pdqzqrik3blmqemsbntpzwxottujilcdjfz56jumzfsyd.onion" target="_blank">btdigggink2pdqzqrik3blmqemsbntpzwxottujilcdjfz56jumzfsyd.onion</a> *]:
220 A torrent search engine that uses the Mainline DHT as a way to find and serve magnet links. Unlike other
221 sites it is neither a tracker nor an index as it does not store any information about magnet links, it
222 simply traverses the Mainline DHT to find torrents for pirates to download</li>
223 <br>
224 <li><b>rutracker</b> [<a href="https://rutracker.org/" target="_blank">rutracker.org</a> | <a href="http://torrentsru5dbmqszbdinnz7cjiubxsjngq52qij6ih3fmp3gn7hwqqd.onion" target="_blank">torrentsru5dbmqszbdinnz7cjiubxsjngq52qij6ih3fmp3gn7hwqqd.onion</a> *]:
225 The largest Russian BitTorrent tracker to date. Tracks an enormous number of torrents, and is often used
226 by non-russians due to the sheer volume of content stored there</li>
227 </ul>
228 There are far more torrent trackers that I could have listed, but they'd pale in comparison to these 3 titans. Generally, you'll know if a
229 website is a torrent tracker because it won't be shy about telling you. If it IS shy about telling you, it's a private tracker, which you
230 aren't getting invited to without doing a lot of torrenting (which you wouldn't do, because you're not a pirate!)<br>
231 <br>
232 <h4>Torrenting Peripherals</h4>
233 <br>
234 Because of how the BitTorrent Protocol was written, it exposes your IP address to anyone else who's torrenting
235 a file you're uploading/downloading. This is great news for us pirate haters, because this means copyright
236 holders can get a pirate's IP and report them to their <abbr title="Internet Service Provider">ISP</abbr> for
237 copyright infringement and get their internet shutdown. If someone is a big enough pirate they may even get a
238 visit from our boys in the FBI. Unluckily, most pirates know about this and use things to circumvent this<br>
239 <br>
240 Some of these services include:
241 <ul>
242 <li><b><abbr title="Virtual Private Network(s)">VPNs</abbr></b>: A piece of software used to mask your IP,
243 which can be used to circumvent a copyright holder's request to shut off your WiFi. Not all VPNs allow
244 torrenting, however there are VPNs that are built entirely for piracy. VPNs in and of themselves are
245 perfectly legal, it's just that some people decide that they can commit crimes if it's harder for their actions
246 to point back to them </li>
247 <br>
248 <li><b>Meshnets</b>: A special form of internet that requires special software to access. Meshnets tend to
249 bounce internet traffic between multiple different computers in an attempt to make it nigh-impossible to
250 track any individual user. Again, these services in and of themselves are not illegal, but people tend to
251 do illegal things while on them. Some of these services include: <a href="https://torproject.org" target="_blank"><abbr title="The Onion Router">Tor</abbr></a>,
252 <a href="https://geti2p.net/en/" target="_blank"><abbr title="Invisible Internet Project">I2P</abbr></a>,
253 and <a href="https://www.tribler.org/" target="_blank">Tribler</a></li>
254 </ul>
255 The earlier links that ended in .onion are links to Onion Sites, special sites hosted using <a href="https://torproject.org" target="_blank"><abbr title="The Onion Router">Tor</abbr></a>.
256 To access an Onion Site, one must use the <a href="https://www.torproject.org/download/" target="_blank">Tor Browser Bundle / Tor Browser</a>. The more tech savvy may know that sites hosted
257 using Tor are on the Dark Web. If that's not enough of a reason to avoid them, I don't know what is!<br>
142 <br> 258 <br>
259 <h4>Non-Torrenting Piracy Sites</h4>
260 <br>
261 Not every piracy site uses torrenting to distribute their ill-gotten goods. Some sites distribute materials directly,
262 while others use other technologies to disseminate their illegitimate copies. Some of these sites include:
263 <ul>
264 <li><b>Scihub</b> [<a href="https://sci-hub.st/about" target="_blank">sci-hub.st</a>]: Scihub mainly
265 provides access to research papers, regardless of the copyright or licensing agreements held by
266 the paper's authors. Papers require <abbr title="Digital Object Identifier(s)">DOIs</abbr> to
267 access. I have personal experience with this site, as a (now fired, lol!) college professor recommended
268 it to me (disgusting!)</li><br>
269 <li><b>Library Genesis</b> [<a href="https://libgen.li" target="_blank">libgen.li</a>]: Another shadow library in the vein
270 of Scihub, but this one offers books instead of research papers. Libgen is one of the more popular shadow libraries, as it
271 has been around since 2008 and sports a very large catalog of pirated material. LibGen is unique from the other libraries
272 in that if offers downloads using the <a href="https://ipfs.tech/" target="_blank"><abbr title="Interplanetary Filesystem">IPFS</abbr></a>,
273 protocol another filesharing protocol similar to BitTorrent. Another funny fact is that LibGen came from the Soviet Union; only
274 commies could bear such a terrible disregard of copyright law!</li><br>
275 <li><b>Z-Library</b> [<a href="loginzlib2vrak5zzpcocc3ouizykn6k5qecgj2tzlnab5wcbqhembyd.onion" target="_blank">loginzlib2vrak5zzpcocc3ouizykn6k5qecgj2tzlnab5wcbqhembyd.onion</a> * | <a href="http://zlib24th6ptyb4ibzn3tj2cndqafs6rhm4ed4gruxztaaco35lka.b32.i2p/" target="_blank">zlib24th6ptyb4ibzn3tj2cndqafs6rhm4ed4gruxztaaco35lka.b32.i2p</a> *]:
276 yet again another shadow library, but this one has been fully kicked off the clearnet and into the Dark
277 Web. Currently only accessible through either Tor or I2P (using the .b32.i2p link), Z-Library is possibly the most illegal site I've
278 covered so far. It sports a similarly large catalog of books to LibGen, and can be seen as an alternative.
279 Not that anyone should be looking for alternatives anyway</li><br>
280 <li><b>Anna's Archive</b> [<a href="https://annas-archive.org/" target="_blank">annas-archive.org</a>]: Anna's archive differs
281 from the other shadow libraries in that it is not a shadow library in and of it self, but a search engine for the rest of the
282 previously mentioned shadow libraries. It does not host any copyrighted content, much the TPB, but facilitates piracy by making
283 it trivially easy to find media across the different libraries. Anna's Archive claims that they do not wish to hurt the authors
284 of the content they link to, in their about page, but fail spectacularly by simply existing!</li>
285 </ul>
286 Again, there are many more examples of non torrent-based piracy sites, but if I were to list them then we'd be here all day. Pirates regularly
287 have their domains seized and are forced to either go dark and take their site down or switch to another domain. It's likely that all the
288 domains I've listed will be different or defunct within a year (here's hoping!). Going on a pirate hunt is a lot like trying to kill the hydra,
289 kill one pirate and 3 more hop out of the hole you blasted through their ship. The only way piracy can end is if people are made aware of the
290 harm they're bringing; only through willing refusal to pirate can piracy be defeated, and I hope that I've helped in achieving that.
291 </p>
292 <br>
293 <br>
294 <h3>Closing Remarks:</h3>
295 <br>
296 <p>
297 While piracy may never come to an end, I hope I have convinced you to give up any future piracy you may
298 have potentially committed. Maybe I was so convincing as to have you share this article around and spread
299 the word of anti-piracy to the masses. If I can have even one person swear off piracy forever, I will be
300 satisfied with my efforts. I hope this guide has been helpful in your journey to become a better person
301 and better netizen. Remember, piracy kills!
143 </p> 302 </p>
144 <h4>Avoiding Piracy In The Wild</h4>
145 <p></p>
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