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As mentioned earlier we were looking for some new mods to join the team. Plenty of you applied for which I am grateful. After checking your profiles and your applications a bit, I decided to go with the following peeps

As is typical with the way we run this instance, feel free to take bold actions, so long as we can reverse them later if they cause a problem. The idea is that y'all should feel empowered to take direct action to improve things without having to ask for permission.

Welcome to the crew!

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⚓ ➜ Welcome to the c/Piracy 📜 ➜ Wiki (Community Edition)¹

This is where you may start looking for useful information on your endeavours to sail on the high seas. You never know what kind of gold mine you’ll uncover!

¹ As an anarchist instance, we don't think info on piracy should be controlled by just a few mods. If you want to contribute to maintaining our wiki, simply follow the instruction on this post.


🪶 ➜ Megathread

  • On your quest, you will come across sites, apps, tools and a variety of other excellent resources to become the most dreadful, most magnificent pirate of the sea. Now pick your destination!

🪶 ➜ FAQ

  • Frequently asked questions from the community. Take a look and don’t fall into the water now.

🪶 ➜ ISP Complaints

  • Have your ISP or web host recently sent you a DMCA letter? Discover how to manage the problem and avoid it in the future.

🪶 ➜ Rules

  • This instance’s creed. Joining this crew means upholding our ship’s code.

🪶 ➜ Guides

  • Various in-depth guides on specific topics to help get you up and running quickly.

🪶 ➜ Glossary

  • Read through the material supplied here for bite-sized information that is easy to absorb.

Edits: Created new pinned post with Wiki links.

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Ahoy! My internal hdds are at max with all I've been torrenting and I'm considering some type of Docking station for my desktop with several 10Tbs drives in them to allow me to store and backup my data for offline protection.

I was wondering if anyone had done any type of setup like this and if it's a reliable method for offline data storage. I'd also like it to have a RAID capability but I have software which can mirror drives to each other on startup/shutdown, etc. Also, I'd need it to have a USB-type connection for a USB SSD drive to pop-out & connect to my Smart TV for viewing.

An end goal would be to get a 3-2-1 setup but I can't find a reliable Cloud storage I'd trust with that much data except maybe Filen.

Any positive input about brands, drives, services, etc. would be most appreciated!

Thanks!

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Freshly unsealed court documents reveal that Meta downloaded significant amounts of data from shadow libraries through Anna's Archive. The company's use of BitTorrent was already known, but internal email communication reveals sources and terabytes of downloaded data, as well as a struggle with limited availability and slow download speeds due to a lack of seeders.

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A game I downloaded after following the Megathread activated Windows Defender. Most searches in the reddit showed that it was a False Positive but I checked in Virus Total just in case and found this. The website was RePack-Games (I read the note but I didn't find the game on the Goat sites), the game was Dynasty Warriors 8. I'd like to ask what my next course of action is here. The game also wouldn't load after the cutscene when u select a character.

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I created an account on The PirateBay Forum, verified it but can't post or reply anywhere, any ideas?

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Can't access torrentgalaxy.to, is it only me?

Looks down here too: https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/torrentgalaxy.to.html

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It supports thepiratebay, nyaa, 1337x, libgen, limetorrents and rarbg

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I already have a seedbox, but I am realizing I paid for it with my credit card (dumb) even though I used a fake name and contact info. I am going to change providers and migrate my data, but I now need to actually pay for it securely (piracy in my country is only legal if only downloading) since I not only plan to seed to a private tracker and others but also would like to buy a larger box to help out with anna's archive torrents. How do you all pay for your usenet / seedboxes?

I understand if crypto is recommended, but I dislike using it due to high overhead costs and general skepticism, so I would love some other options or providers that offer them (current provider only has crypto, stripe and PayPal).

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If approved, FADPA would allow copyright holders to obtain court orders requiring large Internet service providers (ISPs) and DNS resolvers to block access to pirate sites. The bill would amend existing copyright law to focus specifically on ‘foreign websites’ that are ‘primarily designed’ for copyright infringement.

The inclusion of DNS resolvers is significant. Major tech companies such as Google and Cloudflare offer DNS services internationally, raising the possibility of blocking orders having an effect worldwide. DNS providers with less than $100 million in annual revenue are excluded.

While site blocking is claimed to exist in more than 60 countries, DNS resolvers are typically not included in site blocking laws and regulations. These services have been targeted with blocking requests before but it’s certainly not standard.

It's aimed at DNS resolvers, so folks better start busting out them Pi-Holes and setting up unbound.

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Given a hypothetical folder structure like this:

Star.Trek.Discovery.S04E06.German.DL.1080p.BluRay.x264-iNTENTiON/
├── star.trek.discovery.s04e06.german.dl.1080p.bluray.x264-intention.mkv
├── star.trek.discovery.s04e06.german.dl.1080p.bluray.x264-intention.nfo
└── Subs
    ├── star.trek.discovery.s04e06.german.dl.1080p.bluray.x264-intention-eng.idx
    ├── star.trek.discovery.s04e06.german.dl.1080p.bluray.x264-intention-eng.sub
    ├── star.trek.discovery.s04e06.german.dl.1080p.bluray.x264-intention.idx
    └── star.trek.discovery.s04e06.german.dl.1080p.bluray.x264-intention.sub
Star.Trek.Discovery.S04E07.German.DL.1080p.BluRay.x264-iNTENTiON/
├── star.trek.discovery.s04e07.german.dl.1080p.bluray.x264-intention.mkv
├── star.trek.discovery.s04e07.german.dl.1080p.bluray.x264-intention.nfo
└── Subs
    ├── star.trek.discovery.s04e07.german.dl.1080p.bluray.x264-intention-eng.idx
    ├── star.trek.discovery.s04e07.german.dl.1080p.bluray.x264-intention-eng.sub
    ├── star.trek.discovery.s04e07.german.dl.1080p.bluray.x264-intention.idx
    └── star.trek.discovery.s04e07.german.dl.1080p.bluray.x264-intention.sub

4 directories, 12 files

What's the best way to integrate all the subtitles into the corresponding MKV file?

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Hello mateys, do you want to help steer the ship? Well you're in luck, mod applications for /c/piracy are now open.

After seeing an obviously spam post hanging in the comm frontpage for hours yesterday with a dozen reports for it up, I realize we might need more people to react to it around here.

The job is not very demanding really. We don't get a lot of things violating the rules around here. Just some obvious spam mostly. Expected effort is probably as low as a couple of hours per week. Basically being able to keep an eye for possible reports while you're active through your day. So let us know if you can lend a hand.

  • Must be willing to enforce instance rules as well.
  • Being very active in /c/piracy will be a big a plus, as that will allow you to notice and respond to problem posts, even before they're reported.
  • Knowledgeable about pirate culture and tech a plus.
  • Bonus if you're an anarchist as that vibes with our instance's culture, but not strictly necessary.

Looking for 1-2 mods. Preferrably in different timezones.

Post your application in the comments and mention the timezone you're in.

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I've checked the usual telegrams and haven't found'em. Anyone have any suggestions on where to possibly find them? I think I'm not crossing any rules with this.

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Not sure this is on-topic enough and maybe a bit niche, but does anyone here have experience running Animal Crossing via Ryujinx on the Steamdeck?

Just tested it and it really seems to bring the Steamdeck to its limits. Fan is running a lot, I had a crash or two as well. Kinda worried about frying my Steamdeck with this.

I checked online for performance tweaks but they mostly say that Yuzu works a bit better with the right tweaks, Ryujinx is already setup the best way but has worse performance.

Nothing that can be done or does anyone have some experience here?

Edit: Steamdeck OLED version by the way.

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I'll soon be assembling a new PC and I need to figure out which version of Win 11 to use. I've not been able to find a good discussion of using IoT or LTSC for a "daily driver" gaming and productivity PC.

I'll want to make use of a lot of Windows features like virtualization, the ability to run Android apps, and the Linux subsystem. I don't need all the new feature updates immediately, but I also don't want to be running an antique OS... Just a debloated one.

If you've navigated these waters I would love to hear about your experience.

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Hello, i was wondering if Lime3DS is any good as an alternative to citra

i'm not sure if emulation talk would be fitting here so my apologies if it isn't but i just thought it would be fitting considering it does have some relation to piracy due to how ROMs are obtained, but anyway.. i did hear Lime3DS isn't an actively developed fork of Citra as of now since there's a new 3ds emulator being developed as a replacement for that but i was wondering if Lime3DS would still be good to use in the meantime while waiting for the new 3ds emulator to be finished

hope this isn't a dumb question, i was just curious will be looking forward to hear back!

(Addtional question: i was gonna use it on my linux machine since it has a linux release but could it perhaps work on the steam deck too?)

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TL;DR: Chinese LLMs (including DeepSeek) are trained on my illegal archive of books and papers — the largest in the world. The West needs to overhaul copyright law as a matter of national security.

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I am well pleased to inform a new concept for Emulation, ROM and Torrent enthusiasts, if you want to see behind the scenes, join our Simplex Group!

https://rentry.co/retrotorrents#join-our-simplex-group

For context, it will be a website with magnet links to download compressed ROM files through a torrent client, like a .rvz ROM file for Wii and GameCube games in the dolphin emulator and so on.

For all that have the same goal, shall unite as one.

All thanks to Peter sunde and Njalla for the domain!

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hey everyone! quick question ive been trying lately downloading a torrent from bt4gprx.com; when i click on "magnet link" it opens a new tab but it's blank, is it just me?

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tried yt-dlp, with browser cookies. Tried the developer tools trick too (network serction). None has worked

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