Piracy General

[Gog & Magog]

how do you even access zlibrary these days? i wanna get my hands on some more artbooks and sci fi novels im too poor to pay for

idk about zlibrary but here's a site like it https://annas-archive.org/

 

[The Feline Solution]

@Slav Power
Haven't used JD2 in forever because it is, indeed, shit and gay but that info on how it can be used with IA is top-tier, i'll definitly be having a deeper look into this.

 

[Mr. 0]

here: https://www.myabandonware.com

tthere are also plenty of sites similar to myabandonware

The problem with sites like MyAbandonware or Abandonia or any place that hosts old PC games is that once said games stop being abandonware (Pharaoh, Jazz Jackrabbit, Null's bedroom etc), the download links get replaced on the game page with a link to wherever the game is being sold (GOG, Steam, Null's bedroom, etc).

 

[the grey cat]

The problem with sites like MyAbandonware or Abandonia or any place that hosts old PC games is that once said games stop being abandonware (Pharaoh, Jazz Jackrabbit, Null's bedroom etc), the download links get replaced on the game page with a link to wherever the game is being sold (GOG, Steam, Null's bedroom, etc).

welp, there's always the option to torrent.

 

[FunPosting101]

Does everyone on here know about https://steamunlocked.net/, https://gogunlocked.com/ and https://romsunlocked.com/? I've used the first one and I haven't noticed any problems.

 

[saintJogger]

I'm going to have to set up a Windows 10/11 on a VM. Does anyone know where I could get a copy? As safely as possible, so The Pirate Bay probably isn't a wise choice.

 

[Lone Wandering Courier]

I'm going to have to set up a Windows 10/11 on a VM. Does anyone know where I could get a copy? As safely as possible, so The Pirate Bay probably isn't a wise choice.

you can always download a clean ISO from microsoft themselves. As for activation, there is the Microsoft Activation Scripts on Github

 

[always-deciduous-tree]

Lone Wandering Courier is correct, I did this a couple days ago. The github repo also has ISOs available.

 

[Roland TB-303]

Does anyone know of a working tool to scrape images from an Instagram account? I’ve tried a few on GitHub but no luck so far. I’ve found a few paid paid services too but would rather use the CLI if possible.

 

[Cowboy Kim]

I'm going to have to set up a Windows 10/11 on a VM. Does anyone know where I could get a copy? As safely as possible, so The Pirate Bay probably isn't a wise choice.

you can always download a clean ISO from microsoft themselves. As for activation, there is the Microsoft Activation Scripts on Github

Put simply: https://massgrave.dev/ If the whole “business-consumer” thing is confusing, just get consumer.

 

[clipartfan92]

Does anyone know of a working tool to scrape images from an Instagram account?

This one worked for me a few months ago to grab images and metadata:

https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader

 

[King Of The Kiwis]

Im new to pirating and whenever I go to 1337x every single link has positive reviews but also some negative saying its a virus or spyware. How do you guys check to make sure somethings safe?

 

[DeadwastePrime]

Im new to pirating and whenever I go to 1337x every single link has positive reviews but also some negative saying its a virus or spyware. How do you guys check to make sure somethings safe?

>on films and tv shows
if you see a .exe in the file, its fake.
>on games
i use repackers personally

 

[King Of The Kiwis]

>on films and tv shows
if you see a .exe in the file, its fake.
>on games
i use repackers personally

I want to pirate adobe products. What you recommend?

 

[DeadwastePrime]

I want to pirate adobe products. What you recommend?

tbh i dont really know because some of those could actually have viruses to them and i dont pirate adobe's shit except substance designer/painter but only because they bought them out so i didnt have a choice there

 

[Susanna]

I want to pirate adobe products. What you recommend?

I’m still on CS5 because I don’t trust anything since. Make of it what you will. I’d install in a virtual machine first, then do a bunch of checks, and if it works go ahead and install for real.

 

[Kataskopos]

I want to pirate adobe products. What you recommend?

m0nkrus on rutracker typically has what you're looking for
check the MD5/SHA signature against the uploader on a VM + block outbound traffic w/ firewall for any adobe products

 

[Catgirl Fucker]

tbh i dont really know because some of those could actually have viruses to them and i dont pirate adobe's shit except substance designer/painter but only because they bought them out so i didnt have a choice there

I don't get why so many insist on substance painter. You can do the same stuff with blender's material nodes but with a lot less clusterfuck UI autism for free.

 

[DeadwastePrime]

I don't get why so many insist on substance painter. You can do the same stuff with blender's material nodes but with a lot less clusterfuck UI autism for free.

its not that you cant. its because theyre dedicated to that type of work opposed to blender, which is jack of all trades but is primarily a modeling software. plus its an industry tool so if you can learn how to work it the better your odds of getting hired in that industry. like marvelous for making clothing or zbrush for sculpting.

 

[Womble of Wimbledon]

Just realised after years of using qbittorrent that it has a built-in torrent search feature, just have to get the .py plugins for various torrent sites which can be found on the website. Has taken all the bullshit out of trying to find high quality movie torrents since rarbg got shut down.