I haven’t sailed the high seas since Limewire. I’ve got some learning to do
Welcome back me hearty!
Proton VPN & QbitTorrent are the most common tools of the trade now. finding the files can be done via standard web browser; though many use TOR browser with duckduckgo as the search engine for an additional layer of anonymity.
Hope this helps. Feel free to DM if you need any advice on setup.
Or you/he could use USENET. A lot safer than the open seas, and the options are way higher, especially considering the retention period on some servers (I think it was 15 or 16 years on the one I’m on, Newshosting. Though, it does cost money
I do actually have a tweaknews subscription; But still find myself browsing public torrents too.
Old habits I guess.
“change plans to watch the movie”? As in, i planned to watch it, but now I won’t?
Lol well done.
My plan changed to “launch Kodi”.
Peculiar that it’s in such an old title.
But… I want to know more.
Only if you do your part.
(is the logic here)
why you guys still paying for media is beyond me
I mean, sometimes you wanna buy a thing you like. Crazy concept. We also wouldn’t have any media if everyone pirated.
Now, in the case of movies and TV, I totally pirate, and I get why people would pirate because you don’t even own them on streaming services. Never know when Amazon/Disney/HBO/Whoever is going to randomly take your show down because they don’t feel like paying for the license anymore, etc. This is exactly what happened to my mom with Funamation, it got nuked and Crunchyroll bought it, but you can’t even watch some shows anymore cause of licensing. So we pirate almost every anime now.
But when DVD was still the main way to watch, it was mostly fine because you still owned the disc, and could watch it on like any player. So buying media back then made sense.
We also wouldn’t have any media if everyone pirated.
[citation needed]
If nobody copied, a lot of media would get lost to time.
[citation needed]
You can not seriously think that companies can continue to produce million dollar movies and stay in business if literally every person pirated instead of spending a single penny on them. How the fuck else would they make money? You either pay for content, or don’t if people don’t pay, they lose money. Don’t be obtuse.
If nobody copied, a lot of media would get lost to time.
Never said nobody should copy. I want people to make copies and backups, that’s fantastic. Thank you for putting words in my mouth.
I don’t think that we need million-dollar movies. And, no, I don’t think that humans would quit making art if you removed the profit motive. We’ve been making art going all the way back to pre-history, and most of those artists were not wealthy. Art wasn’t something created by capitalism in order to get people to fork over dollars for the latest Marvel Cinematic Explosion.
I love how you keep changing the focus and what I said.
I don’t think that we need million-dollar movies
Neither did I.
And, no, I don’t think that humans would quit making art if you removed the profit motive.
Never said that either, nor do I think it. I follow plenty of artists who draw, create music, make videos, etc. simply for the love of it. But we all know why starving artist is a phrase. These people risk their stability and livelihoods on perfecting their craft, and only get appreciation from those who care. The time and resources used to get better at their craft are not free, nor are the external factors like bills and groceries. Artists should be compensated for their work, and you cannot expect an entire team of editors, writers, directors, actors, set makers, etc. to continue to make high quality content while not being paid.
I don’t need movies to be “Marvel Cinematic Explosion”, I don’t watch those anyway. But no matter how good or bad the movie is, time was spent making it, which means people should be compensated. If an artist chooses to share their work for free or on a service that uses ads to monetize their work, then great, that’s what they wanted. But you don’t have to be a greedy capitalist pig to want to be able to eat from your art.
Where do you get pirated copies if no one buys it?
I pirated three copies of Starship Troopes and I’ll download it again just out of pure spite.
You wouldn’t download a car
I got into 3D printing so I could pirate copy physical object.
I like supporting my creators. I don’t pirate music, because Bandcamp is a thing, and I don’t pirate video games because GoG is a thing. I also subscribe to Patreon and the like.
What I don’t like is giving my money to shitty companies that try to tell me how I am allowed to manage/retain/consume that media.
Either buy the DVD or pirate the movie. Myself, I have all of the movies and the show on disc.
I’m not from Buenos Aires, but I say kill 'em all!
buy the dvd and seed it. ;)
I’m good with that solution!
You poor bastard. The 2nd movie was bad, but the third one was bad in such a way that it couldn’t even be a “so bad it’s entertaining”. It just plain hurt to watch.
Sure, but it had T’Pol and the original Johnny Rico, so, I couldn’t hate it. I’d have been happier if Jeri had been dragged in, but Jolene did good.
ETA: Also, it’s a #2 in a Verhoeven-sparked trilogy. Detroit, Klendathu… same difference. Just pass me the jetpack and stand back.
Wait there’s sequels? No way.
There’s a reason you didn’t hear about them. I never watched the last two that were animated, but 2 and 3 were really bad.
Honestly that’s why i pie rate. I get to keep that file and put it in external drive, and it will never be unavailable.
i had to buy rainbow brite and the star stealer because i could not find it ANYWHERE else but you can bet if i can figure out how to do it i’m absolutely ripping it and seeding it for anyone else <3 content was meant to be shared
Jeez that brings back some memories. I think the only scene I can remember is a bunch of people the bad guy made sit on an ice planet (?) to weave a net to cover the entire surface.
for real; i watched it and care bears 2 religiously every day growing up <3
I found a magnet link that seems to work, which incidentally had a pic from the scene I was talking about.
came from this forum thread
omg you’re great (imma still gonna keep the dvd just to have it since i found it for a really decent price but this is super)
i hate how it’s so hard to find movies and cartoons from the 80s because most of the studios that made them got bought out and now the big streamers just sit on it and don’t make them available because it’s not profitable :/
That’s some tasty pie!
Do it loudly and keep teaching others how to.
Steam taught us that piracy is a service issue and this shit right here is a service issue.
Early Netflix proved it too and are currently showing us what happens when the service gets worse
Absolutely. I haven’t personally pirated anything since getting netflix years ago, but its looking more and more tempting to get back into it.
Let’s hope Steam gets overrun by bean counter dickheads as late as possible.
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It’s a thing
To freely distribute/ad funded distribute is a more expensive license and some media don’t offer it at all
There’s a solution for that…
There are better solutions than literally anything that could be behind that Amazon link.
$15 for a 4K disc that can’t be taken away from you. Physical is the answer.
And it can be bought anywhere other than Amazon.
You’d think, right? Best Buy and Target don’t sell them anymore. Walmart is hit and miss on anything other than new releases.
For national availability it’s pretty much Amazon these days.
It’s an answer 🏴☠️
Hell, they sell the DVD for five. Let’s be honest, that’s not a 4K kind of movie.
You can really see the “made in China” on the costumes
Unless your Blu-ray player can’t phone home to verify the license on your disc in which case it stops working.
You’re confusing Blu Ray (which requires nothing like that) with BD-LIVE which does.
But, honestly, I haven’t seen a disc with BD-LIVE in ages.
So your saying I could physically take it away from you. 🤔
Someone possibly could, just not you. ;)
I clicked it hoping it was a Nas or other PC ready to sail the seas, I was disappointed.
If you’re looking for a Nas I like this one
i love having a dvd library i’m just scared they’re gonna stop producing them all together :(
All the more reason to home onto 'em.
I mean, they still make vinyl for gods sake, I doubt DVD and Blu Ray are going anywhere.
Starship.Troopers.1997.US.25th.Anniversary.DV-COYS
the superior 25th steelbook anniversary release which was regraded for dolby vision and is generally considered the definitive release. Out of print, $70-$100 online given the limited supply and the demand for the best version
They stopped printing the 25th anniversary because it was the more expensive version (steelbook) but they could’ve pressed it into the same stupid plastic case as the $15 version they keep on the market
Piracy is ethically and morally correct against hostile corporations that refuse to provide the best quality product, or provide it temporarily then remove access to only then provide a subpar product, especially when said corporations have excessive amounts of capital.
Also fuck amazon
Hey kiddo, you wanna try some piracy?
I must be “using” that page wrong. I never find shit of use, or things I do find are disorganized random directories that have 8 episodes of a Korean soap oPera in Russian.
Jacket and Qbittorrent. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
I’m a fan of Piracy megathread
Also wiki.dbzer0.com
Your first mistake was paying for an ad supported plan
Anyway thanks to Hollywood accounting only a few billionaires will get your money and not the people that actually worked on the movie
Avast, ye matey!
Where we’re going, we don’t need antivirus.
See kids, this is what happens when you stop pirating.
