IRC the Netherlands and Belgium it’s also not a crime, you won’t be pursued by the authorities.
However, that doesn’t stop rights-holders from suing you for damages.
In any case, if you’re using a VPN and privacy conscious you should be fine.
This being said, I really should switch to linux.
rutracker dot org
So you’re saying I should steal content by downloading it illegally from rutracker.org?Thanks for the tip. I’ll be sure to download loads of content illegally, then seed it in perpetuity, so that others can also steal it and infringe copyright on a mass scale.
Just kidding, I will be sure to only download public domain content and open source software.
In all seriousness, is rutracker something I should visit with my browser in a sandbox, or is ublock and privacy badger enough?
A related notion is subsidiarity, the idea that social and political issues should be dealt with at the most immediate or local level most suitable for resolving these issues. Subsidiarity is a general principle of EU law, but has its roots in the teachings of Aquinas and his ideas about natural law.
I find it interesting how figures who are seemingly diametrically opposed, can still reach a similar conclusion when it comes to where power should reside; on the lowest level possible and practicable. Or how a pope, the leader of perhaps the most hierarchical organisation in human history, can sometimes agree with an anarchist.
Are you me? LOL.
Yeah, you become a complete snob. On the other hand, once you’ve watched enough, perhaps read a few books or watched a few documentaries, you recognise references and techniques much more, and that becomes enjoyable in its own way.
It’s a bit like kids watching classic The Simpsons and enjoying it without getting the references, compared to old people watching classic Simpsons because they get or vaguely recognise most of if not all of the references.
And I find you start to enjoy movies which are different, even if they are a bit shit, because they manage to do certain things in different ways and still surprise you.
Also having too much choices isn’t a bad thing
Meh. It’s not all good.
Back in ye olden days, when you had to buy physical media, you’d usually play the album you bought on repeat because it was the only new music you had. Some albums, repeated listening does truly improve your enjoyment and appreciation of them. Same thing for movies, there was nothing else, so you were forced to keep watching, and often learnt to appreciate something you’d have stopped watching now.
Same thing for dating, tbh. People find someone, but then they go on the apps and find someone who might be a bit better, date them for a bit, find someone who might be a bit better, etc. etc. End result; they never get to know one person on a deeper level and miss out on that arguably more rewarding experience.
Or you’d end up wasting your time watching/listening to/ dating something/someone horrible because there wasn’t anything else yet.
Watch top 10 lists, 5* reviewed, or cult classics only. Don’t watch what’s new or being heavily promoted, watch the best of the best. Why drink bud light when you can drink champagne for free?
As someone who also downloads books and audiobooks, I can totally relate though.
Sorry if this is a bit of a tangent, but it’s a shame torrenting music aren’t as big a thing as they used to be.
It was nice being able to download high quality album rips pretty quickly after release.
I dunno, maybe my tastes have become too niche or I’m looking in all the wrong places.
No coincidence that some of the first joint-stock companies were the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company. Capitalism helped fund colonialism.
Fun fact: the trade in Obsidian dates back at least 14,000 years. Some suggest there may have been obsidian trade networks dating back 700,000 years, but those may have been one off trades. Or human ancestors travelled to mine obsidian deposits in a concentrated manner. Source That would mean trade predates the human race.
Also, only last years researchers proved that significant amounts of the tin needed to make Bronze during the Bronze Agein what is now Greece, came from tin mines in Cornwall. Not enough tin locally. Source. This is why they’ll find really old beads, amber and the like where you’d least expect it. Trade network spanning from Cornwall to Afghanistan, dating back up to 5000 years if not more.
On pair with the literacy expected from the average marxist.
Don’t know if you’re joking, and I usually wouldn’t do this, but it’s on (a) par with (not pair) and AFAIK Marxist is usually capitalised.
I don’t know if it’s technically a mistake, but I would also have used expected of (not from).
English isn’t my first language, so caveat lector.
Some of these comments are far too long.
They were irrationally anti-communist, anti-socialist, and pro-capitalist, but polling suggests that’s changing.
It’s the same with the whole Israel thing. There’s been a slow but noticeable shift in public opinion.
Why haven’t vinted, ebay or for that matter facebook been taken down by law enforcement?
As far as I can tell he’s slightly left of centre, not even particularly radical.
Painting this man as a rabid communist, when as far as I can tell he’s mainly been fixing potholes, is a really stupid move from the right wing propaganda machine.
Even if they think they’ll be able to rig the next elections, alienating half the population is a dumb idea.
I always assumed key sites were using stolen credit card numbers
I always assumed it was largely money laundering.
Claim to have bought a key for 1$ sell it for 10$. Declare you made a 9$ profit. In reality there was never a key for 1$. You bought a 10$ key with dirty money and are selling it at cost.
Fundamentally no different to the mafia run pizza place.
I assume the main issue is that downloading from somewhere like steam and activating with a code, largely ensures there’s no malware included in what you just downloaded.
If you’re pirating something and certainly if you don’t know what you’re doing, you can’t be entirely sure the game you just downloaded isn’t a security risk.
IME it’s not even a question of forgetting. The so called kill switch doesn’t always work, even for an instant. Scary stuff. Luckily you can bind Qbit to your VPN of choice, as you’ve also done(also qbit?), so that prevents leaks.
On an entirely unrelated note, I don’t recommend surfshark. LOL.
But it still really sucks. One small leak and they can tie your IP to everything.
It’s also possible he got sloppy. If you’ve been doing something for a long time, that can happen. Like forgetting to double check if your vpn is connected for the 10000th time after 10 years of not facing issues.
That and you get cocky, because you’ve been getting away for it so long, that you think you’re unstoppable.
This applies to all repetitive tasks, for example as an experienced driver there comes a point where you get sloppy about checking mirrors, because 99.999% of the time it’s ok. And then bam.
So I’m taking precautions and buying from stores that do provide games without DRM.
Same, although I wish I could simply pirate it all.
I already do for some stuff, pop it in sandboxie. But I don’t trust that entirely.
What do you think all those dual cassette decks were for?
So you could make friends a copy or copy friends’ music.
Perfectly acceptable at the time. Only an issue if you were selling them, but even then not a huge issue.