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I am a man who has despised piracy and the works of copyright thieves my entire life. As soon as I could understand what copyright was, I became a massive proponent for it and for what it stand for: Order, a - bullwark against those who'd stoop so low as to steal someone else's idea and pawn it off as their own. + bulwark against those who'd stoop so low as to steal someone else's idea and pawn it off as their own. I can not STAND pirates, I get physically violent around them, my family has banned any mention of pirates or pirate adjacent activities in my presence! Yet however much I hate pirates, I understand that some people simply do not know better; some are ignorant to the damage they're doing by downloading a game or a book for @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Yet again, it is understandable that some people may not truly grasp the gravity of their actions. That's what this guide is for, for those who don't know how to avoid piracy!

- In this guide on avoiding piracy, I endeavour to teach you, the reader, on how to spot piracy in the wild, + 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.

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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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Avoiding Piracy In The Wild

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+ 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
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+ 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 + 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: +

+ 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. + One easy way to tell if something is piracy or not is to ask yourself it it seems sketchy. If you have + second thoughts about if this is what the owner would want, or if your safety is put at risk through the + activity, it's probably piracy. If someone offers you a magazine for significantly cheaper than you'd + 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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+ Despite my best efforts, there will inevitably be people who will end up as pirates if not given EXPLICIT + instructions on what to avoid, so that is what I endeavor to do here. I repeat, this section is intended + 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 + that obviously clear so far. Do NOT use these "services" (crime facilitators) to subvert the copyright + protections of others. This is simply a list of things to AVOID!!!!
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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 + Linux's GPLv2 License. This is NOT the case for, say, "Spiderman: Into the Spideyverse". Unless Sony comes + out and says "WE DON'T CARE ABOUT SPIDERMAN ANYMORE, GO NUTS!", it is piracy (and illegal!) to download or + redistribute any Spiderman movies using the BitTorrent protocol (or any information transmission protocol + for that matter) +
+ Examples of illegal torrenting: + + 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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+ 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 + 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
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+ Some of these services include: + + 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. If that's not enough of a reason to avoid them, I don't know what is!

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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: + + 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. +

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Closing Remarks:

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+ While piracy may never come to an end, I hope I have convinced you to give up any future piracy you may + have potentially committed. Maybe I was so convincing as to have you share this article around and spread + the word of anti-piracy to the masses. If I can have even one person swear off piracy forever, I will be + satisfied with my efforts. I hope this guide has been helpful in your journey to become a better person + and better netizen. Remember, piracy kills!

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