From 2f9f0ec0933e701dea88431b1dc869665adc40da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dabikers' admin Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 23:08:39 -0600 Subject: Finishing touches --- nopiracy.html | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------- 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-) (limited to 'nopiracy.html') diff --git a/nopiracy.html b/nopiracy.html index 0203c86..32eae45 100644 --- a/nopiracy.html +++ b/nopiracy.html @@ -50,12 +50,11 @@ this guide is for, for those who don't know how to avoid piracy!

In this guide on avoiding piracy, I endeavor to teach you, the reader, on how to spot piracy in the wild, - how to resist the siren call of free stuff, and the most common / popular services currently used in modern - copyright theft. + and the most common / popular services currently used in modern copyright theft so that you may avoid them.



-

What IS Piracy Anyway?

+

What IS Piracy Anyways?


The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines piracy as:

@@ -85,10 +84,9 @@ of piracy for most internet users: the copying and redistribution of a copyrighted work. The actual details of real copyright law are a bit too verbose and unnecessarily fine-grained for this guide, so I'll spare you the detail.

- TL:DR - Piracy is the unauthorized copying and redistribution of a copyrighted material + TL:DR - Piracy is the unauthorized copying and redistribution of a copyrighted material.


-

But Why Do People Pirate?


@@ -96,20 +94,20 @@ include:


Again, none of these reasons are valid excuses to break the law:

@@ -123,7 +121,7 @@ acquiring a full copy of a piece of interactive media such as software or a video game is NOWHERE near a traditional "demo", as the entire content of the media is contained within the pirated copy. If the pirate didn't wish to pay for the real product, but still wanted to use it, there would be nothing - preventing them from simply using the copy they already have + preventing them from simply using the copy they already have.
  • Availability: This is possibly the most understandable reason as to why someone would intentionally commit piracy, however it is yet again unacceptable. There is plenty of media that has been rendered @@ -138,7 +136,7 @@ wire for the injuries of criminals who can obviously see the danger and still cut themselves on it. It's an even more preposterous action to blame him for the injuries of innocents when it's the installer's fault for the faulty use. Don't blame DRM, blame the pirates. And if you can't blame the pirates for some reason, blame - the companies who implement DRM in ways that harm the consumer
    • + the companies who implement DRM in ways that harm the consumer.
  • Flagrant Disregard: I shouldn't need to comment on this, but I shall regardless. We depend on law and order to keep the peace in modern society. When someone willingly goes against law and order, they are naturally @@ -150,13 +148,12 @@

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


    -

    Avoiding Piracy In The Wild


    Not everyone has as sharp an eye for piracy as me, and it can't be expected that someone with no experience - nor any idea of what piracy looks like in real life should be able to spot it and avoid it; You can't expect - someone who's never been taught that stealing is bad to avoid stealing. Luckily, piracy is rather easy to spot
    + nor any idea of what piracy looks like should be able to spot it and avoid it; You can't expect + someone who's never been taught that "stealing is bad" to avoid stealing. Luckily, piracy is rather easy to spot.

    Piracy is usually an intentional activity, as it's fairly hard to participate in piracy on accident. It's possible to be a pirate ignorantly, but the pirate must take some action to infringe on someone's copyright @@ -190,7 +187,6 @@

  • Redistributing or modifying media in any way that you are not given express permission to do so

    • -

    Links, sites, and tech to avoid


    @@ -218,26 +214,26 @@

  • The Pirate Bay thepiratebay.org: A public torrent tracker which provides the .torrent files required to download files illegally. Curiously enough, TPB doesn't host any copyrighted material, they only facilitate the act of copyright - infringement by offering a safe haven for pirates to congregate
    • + infringement by offering a safe haven for pirates to congregate.
  • 1337x 1337x.to l337xdarkkaqfwzntnfk5bmoaroivtl6xsbatabvlb52umg6v3ch44yd.onion: Another very popular torrent site that provides .torrent files and magnet links without being a tracker. According to TorrentFreak, - it is the 2nd most popular torrent site of 2023
    • + it is the 2nd most popular torrent site of 2023.
  • BTDigg btdig.com btdigggink2pdqzqrik3blmqemsbntpzwxottujilcdjfz56jumzfsyd.onion: A torrent search engine that uses the Mainline DHT as a way to find and serve magnet links. Unlike other sites it is neither a tracker nor an index as it does not store any information about magnet links, it - simply traverses the Mainline DHT to find torrents for pirates to download
    • + simply traverses the Mainline DHT to find torrents for pirates to download.
  • rutracker rutracker.org torrentsru5dbmqszbdinnz7cjiubxsjngq52qij6ih3fmp3gn7hwqqd.onion: The largest Russian BitTorrent tracker to date. Tracks an enormous number of torrents, and is often used - by non-russians due to the sheer volume of content stored there
    • + by non-russians due to the sheer volume of content stored there.

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

    Torrenting Peripherals

    @@ -247,7 +243,8 @@ 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 copyright infringement and get their internet shutdown. If someone is a big enough pirate they may even get a - visit from our boys in the FBI. Unluckily, most pirates know about this and use things to circumvent this
    + visit from our boys in the FBI. Unluckily, most pirates know about the dangers of their craft and work to circumvent + these efforts to shut them down.

    Some of these services include:

    @@ -256,18 +253,18 @@ which can be used to circumvent a copyright holder's request to shut off your WiFi. Not all VPNs allow torrenting, however there are VPNs that are built entirely for piracy. VPNs in and of themselves are perfectly legal, it's just that some people decide that they can commit crimes if it's harder for their actions - to point back to them + to point back to them.
  • Meshnets: A special form of internet that requires special software to access. Meshnets tend to bounce internet traffic between multiple different computers in an attempt to make it nigh-impossible to track any individual user. Again, these services in and of themselves are not illegal, but people tend to do illegal things while on them. Some of these services include: Tor, I2P, - and Tribler
    • + and Tribler.

    - 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 + 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. More tech savvy readers 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!

    @@ -283,21 +280,21 @@ provides access to research papers, regardless of the copyright or licensing agreements held by the paper's authors. Papers require DOIs to access. I have personal experience with this site, as a (now fired, lol!) college professor recommended - it to me (disgusting!)
    -
  • Library Genesis libgen.li: Another shadow library in the vein - of Scihub, but this one offers books instead of research papers. Libgen is one of the more popular shadow libraries, as it + it to me (disgusting!).

    • +
  • Library Genesis libgen.is: Another shadow library in the vein + of Scihub, but this one offers books instead of research papers. LibGen is one of the more popular shadow libraries, as it has been around since 2008 and sports a very large catalog of pirated material. LibGen is unique from the other libraries - in that if offers downloads using the IPFS, - protocol another filesharing protocol similar to BitTorrent. Another funny fact is that LibGen came from the Soviet Union; only + in that it offers downloads using the IPFS + protocol, another filesharing protocol similar to BitTorrent. Another funny fact is that LibGen came from the Soviet Union; only commies could bear such a terrible disregard of copyright law!

  • Z-Library loginzlib2vrak5zzpcocc3ouizykn6k5qecgj2tzlnab5wcbqhembyd.onion zlib24th6ptyb4ibzn3tj2cndqafs6rhm4ed4gruxztaaco35lka.b32.i2p: yet again another shadow library, but this one has been fully kicked off the clearnet and into the Dark Web. Currently only accessible through either Tor or I2P (using the .b32.i2p link), Z-Library is possibly the most illegal site I've covered so far. It sports a similarly large catalog of books to LibGen, and can be seen as an alternative. - Not that anyone should be looking for alternatives anyway

    • + Not that anyone should be looking for alternatives anyway.
  • Anna's Archive annas-archive.org: Anna's archive differs - 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 - previously mentioned shadow libraries. It does not host any copyrighted content, much the TPB, but facilitates piracy by making + from the other shadow libraries in that it is not a shadow library in and of itself, but a search engine for the rest of the + previously mentioned shadow libraries. It does not host any copyrighted content, much like TPB, but facilitates piracy by making it trivially easy to find media across the different libraries. Anna's Archive claims that they do not wish to hurt the authors of the content they link to, in their about page, but fail spectacularly by simply existing!
    • @@ -324,14 +321,14 @@

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