From f8605829c9fa3efcf1bd04ef0d3e23f9e61cf907 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dabikers' admin Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 21:57:09 -0600 Subject: Add section on youtube and adblocking, fix

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People pirate for a multitude of reasons, all unacceptable, but some more "valid" than others. Some of these reasons - include:

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There really is no reason to break the law and pirate. No rational one at least.



Avoiding Piracy In The Wild

@@ -160,12 +162,14 @@ possible to be a pirate ignorantly, but the pirate must take some action to infringe on someone's copyright for it to be piracy. This is quite nice for us copyright respecters, as it means we don't need to worry about infringing on anything in most daily activities. Piracy is NOT: - +

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Piracy in most daily scenarios boils down to the dissemination of material through improper channels and without permission of the copyright holder. This means most interactions with pirates will take place at the point of distribution. This may happen online or offline, in-person or from half-way across the world. @@ -175,16 +179,16 @@ expect, they're probably pirating the magazine. If you're offered cheap software through some sketchy website, it's probably piracy. Really, just use common sense and stay away from those weird dark corners of the internet. Here are some examples of what piracy IS: -

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Links, sites, and tech to avoid

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Torrenting

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Torrenting

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Torrenting, or the use of the BitTorrent Protocol, is not inherently illegal. It is perfectly legal to use the BitTorrent Protocol to share files with your friends or strangers, GIVEN THAT THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER HAS AUTHORIZED THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTENT!!! For example, sharing Linux ISOs is perfectly fine because of @@ -207,32 +213,36 @@ for that matter).

Some examples of illegal torrenting sites / trackers include: -

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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 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 aren't getting invited to without doing a lot of torrenting (which you wouldn't do, because you're not a pirate!)

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Torrenting Peripherals

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Torrenting Peripherals

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Because of how the BitTorrent Protocol was written, it exposes your IP address to anyone else who's torrenting a file you're uploading/downloading. This is great news for us pirate haters, because this means copyright holders can get a pirate's IP and report them to their ISP for @@ -240,59 +250,129 @@ visit from our boys in the FBI. Unluckily, most pirates know about this and use things to circumvent this

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The earlier links that ended in .onion are links to Onion Sites, special sites hosted using Tor. To access an Onion Site, one must use the Tor Browser Bundle / Tor Browser. The more tech savvy may know that sites hosted using Tor are on the Dark Web; By the way, I2P counts as the Dark Web too! If that's not enough of a reason to avoid them, I don't know what is!
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Non-Torrenting Piracy Sites

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Not every piracy site uses torrenting to distribute their ill-gotten goods. Some sites distribute materials directly, while others use other technologies to disseminate their illegitimate copies. Some of these sites include: -

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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 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 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, - 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 - harm they're bringing; only through willing refusal to pirate can piracy be defeated, and I hope that I've helped in achieving that. + kill one pirate and 3 more hop out of the hole you blasted through their ship, each with a new domain to shoot down.
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Other Miscellaneous Piracy Techniques

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+ Some methods of piracy do not use torrenting or some other random website, but instead use a piece of illicit software + dedicated to the goal of piracy. These pieces of software can be harder to shoot down by copyright holders due to legal + loopholes that allow them to skirt by. Hopefully organizations like the RIAA + can get these hideous blemishes on the books wiped from the record.
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+  - YouTube Piracy Tools
+ YouTube, one of the largest video sharing platforms in the world, has a piracy problem. Not only are pirates + uploading content to YouTube without proper authorization, they're also creating tools to download videos as + .mp3/4's so they can redistribute those as well. Some of these tools include:

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+  - Ad-Blocking
+ Ad-blocking is a form of piracy where the intrinsic social contract between the user of a site and the site + administrator of "User will watch ads to pay for the Administrator's site so that they may keep serving the user" + is broken by preventing ads from showing -- thus preventing ad revenue from being claimed by the site admin -- + while still loading the rest of the website. This is unacceptable, as running a website is not only difficult, but + costs money! (Trust me, it's both)
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+  - Other notable apps/methods
+ As it turns out, the internet isn't just YouTube! There are other platforms with their own pirate problems. + There are too many possible piracy methods for me to point out every single one, but I will occasionally + update this section with other notable apps or methods used to pirate, and which service the app/method impacts.
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