Piracy General

[DavidS877]

There's actually a reason behind this. Scene groups still operate using the same infrastructure they've been using for decades, which means FTP topsites. When it comes to distributing that content, it gets around much faster if there's a bunch of small files rather than one large file because several racers can transfer different parts of it at the same time (getting credit for their upload), and if something gets corrupted along the way it's much quicker to redownload (or reupload) a 150MB file than a 12GB one

Basically it's scene rules stemming from a time when torrenting wasn't a thing. It is an archaic thing nowadays when the bittorrent protocol solves a lot of issues naturally, and rar'd releases conflict with a lot of automation tools. Most non-scene trackers enforce an unrar'd rule for convenience anyway and P2P groups don't rar their stuff

Also, Usenet.

I spent like 3 minutes after the first one adding the equivalent of "if [ -s *.rar ] ; then 7z x *.rar ; rm *.r??; fi" to my seedbox download script and it was solved forever.

 

[moocow]

I have a hunch it's as simple as retarded normies clicking on *.mp3.exe, but were infected music files and arbitrary code execution through media players actually commonplace, and if so how bad was it? Were the peer-to-peer programs of the era actually malware themselves?

It was almost entirely just idiots clicking "totally_a_song_and_not_a_virus.mp3.exe."

"Actual malware via arbitrary code execution in deliberately-malformed non-executable data blob" was a technology "pioneered" by Microsoft, who are singlehandedly responsible for making "you can't get a virus just by reading a text email" a false statement (instead of common sense) after all because their retarded fucking mail program (Outlook) used to automatically open (and potentially execute, with user or admin privileges) the attachments.

People forget how much Microsoft has set back the world of computing with their decades of incompetence.

 

[Jang Joo]

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I keep seeing memes like this one from millennials who want to feel special for being old.

I have a hunch it's as simple as retarded normies clicking on *.mp3.exe, but were infected music files and arbitrary code execution through media players actually commonplace, and if so how bad was it? Were the peer-to-peer programs of the era actually malware themselves?

lmao "90s era nostalgia" about software from the early 2000s. and the boy appears to be using a 486 which couldn't have run them anyway

Probably not that common from what I remember.
I will say though, my first foray into piracy was eMule. More than once I accidentally downloaded porn instead of pro wrestling . Then again, it's still naked people grabbing each other.

 

[SchloppyI.T.Man]

Does anyone have recommendations on how to catch the opening ceremony of the games Friday?
I'm covered for the games themselves from https://v3.gostreameast.link/ in order to put it on the TVs at work for the plebs next week but nothing so far to catch, preferably, the NBC broadcast of it.

 

[My cravat doesn't flutter]

Gonna do more digging on removing DRM from iTunes. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

 

[Gay Sex Enjoyer]

It was almost entirely just idiots clicking "totally_a_song_and_not_a_virus.mp3.exe."

"Actual malware via arbitrary code execution in deliberately-malformed non-executable data blob" was a technology "pioneered" by Microsoft, who are singlehandedly responsible for making "you can't get a virus just by reading a text email" a false statement (instead of common sense) after all because their retarded fucking mail program (Outlook) used to automatically open (and potentially execute, with user or admin privileges) the attachments.

People forget how much Microsoft has set back the world of computing with their decades of incompetence.

God I hate Bill Gates.

 

[Spruce Supremacist]

I kinda miss eMule. I 'm sure I got my family's computer ridden with malware at least on several occasions thanks to it.

A funny thing regarding eMule is that during the 00s a local ISP (who was also part of the national telecom company) would provide their users with a modified version of eMule for their subscribers to share files between each other using their servers. In fact, another ISP even hosted game servers and cracked installers for games such as Counter-Strike, Warcraft 3 and some others (in fact, it seems they still do, lol).

The Internet was truly the wild west back then and I miss it a lot.

 

[Never Scored]

Does anyone have recommendations on how to catch the opening ceremony of the games Friday?
I'm covered for the games themselves from https://v3.gostreameast.link/ in order to put it on the TVs at work for the plebs next week but nothing so far to catch, preferably, the NBC broadcast of it.

There are some NBC affiliates on that big IPTV list. I confirmed WCAU out of Philly is working and it doesn't seem to be geo blocked as I'm nowhere near it.

*Edit* The big list is broken down into smaller ones here.

 

[lowkeyl0ki]

There's actually a reason behind this. Scene groups still operate using the same infrastructure they've been using for decades, which means FTP topsites. When it comes to distributing that content, it gets around much faster if there's a bunch of small files rather than one large file because several racers can transfer different parts of it at the same time (getting credit for their upload), and if something gets corrupted along the way it's much quicker to redownload (or reupload) a 150MB file than a 12GB one

Basically it's scene rules stemming from a time when torrenting wasn't a thing. It is an archaic thing nowadays when the bittorrent protocol solves a lot of issues naturally, and rar'd releases conflict with a lot of automation tools. Most non-scene trackers enforce an unrar'd rule for convenience anyway and P2P groups don't rar their stuff

never knew they stuck with FTP, great to know!
i figured it would be to do with having to only download one part of the small files if something bad goes along the way.

 

[analrapist]

I kinda miss eMule. I 'm sure I got my family's computer ridden with malware at least on several occasions thanks to it.

eMule was a delight and absolutely one of my favorite file sharing apps, but the one I miss more than anything was Audiogalaxy. Audiogalaxy in particular was very good at keeping the rarest content alive. It remembered everything that everyone on the network had and let you queue up stuff that wasn't even online at the time.

 

[Mr. Racewar1488]

Audiogalaxy

Over 25 years later I'm posting on the same forum as someone who used the same pirate site I did. I'm starting to think there's only a few hundred people on the internet with me.

 

[Foundinglaunderer]

Just curious , is fitgirl still good for repacks or is their anyone better ??

 

[Mr. Racewar1488]

Just curious , is fitgirl still good for repacks or is their anyone better ??

When I download a game from a torrent site it's usually a FitGirl repack so if they're good enough for private sites, they should be fine.

 

[GreenTips]

Just curious , is fitgirl still good for repacks or is their anyone better ??

Yes Fit Tranny is perfectly fine, they are on private trackers. Dodi repacks are also on TL so they're reputable. I also use Skidrow & Reloaded on occasion.

 

[Betonhaus]

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I keep seeing memes like this one from millennials who want to feel special for being old.

I have a hunch it's as simple as retarded normies clicking on *.mp3.exe, but were infected music files and arbitrary code execution through media players actually commonplace, and if so how bad was it? Were the peer-to-peer programs of the era actually malware themselves?

lmao "90s era nostalgia" about software from the early 2000s. and the boy appears to be using a 486 which couldn't have run them anyway

With Limewire whenever you did a search the malware providers would send you malware with your search added to the filename. I almost immediately realized something was odd when I was being offered cracked versions of music albums and started using ranDom cApitiliZation because the malware would match your capitalization and legitimate searches wouldn't.
Also we were using a Mac at the time I think, so the malware didn't work anyways.

I think the worst I got was a song that would randomly mute and have a car horn honk before resuming throughout the song.

 

[My cravat doesn't flutter]

So, I've resigned myself to purchasing older Disney/Nick shows that I've had trouble finding torrents for. Will permaseed, but removing DRM is proving to be a roadblock. One show, Make It Pop, is only available for purchase on YouTube. I imagine this'll be the case for the rest of Nickelodeon's telenovelas.

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

So, I've resigned myself to purchasing older Disney/Nick shows that I've had trouble finding torrents for. Will permaseed, but removing DRM is proving to be a roadblock. One show, Make It Pop, is only available for purchase on YouTube. I imagine this'll be the case for the rest of Nickelodeon's telenovelas.

What do those DRM-protected files look like? Are they just regular mp4/mov files that refused to be played?

 

[Disguised In Cognito]

So, I've resigned myself to purchasing older Disney/Nick shows that I've had trouble finding torrents for. Will permaseed, but removing DRM is proving to be a roadblock. One show, Make It Pop, is only available for purchase on YouTube. I imagine this'll be the case for the rest of Nickelodeon's telenovelas.

That show is available on Torrentleech as far as I can see. You need to start delving into the private tracker world before you start giving money to Youtube.

 

[My cravat doesn't flutter]

That show is available on Torrentleech as far as I can see. You need to start delving into the private tracker world before you start giving money to Youtube.

Haven't purchased anything. Still adrift in my little dinghy and none too knowledgable. I don't know many sites.

 

[Spark the Electric Jester]

Fitgirl fucking sucks, that is all.