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With Torrent Sites Facing the Heat, Pirates Get Creative With Google Drive

45 points by animeseinfeld 9y ago

amelius 9y ago
> ... the (Youtube) videos are simply uploaded as unlisted, so they don't turn up in search results. The links to these videos are then shared as Google Drive links through discussion forums and other channels so it's difficult for the content owners to find the videos and get them taken down. Why not share the Youtube links directly then? I see no need to use Drive.
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- angersock 9y ago
  Presumably to impede automated crawling.
  - izzydata 9y ago
    It's not like google can't crawl their own unlisted links on YouTube and google docs. I suppose google is the one that cares though.
    - walterstucco 9y ago
      They can't if the forum is password protected or URL is "decomposed" in different pieces that you have to recompose Same thing exists for mega URLs There are subreddits like megalinks and drivelinks for sharing
- cthulhujr 9y ago
  One benefit is that you can download the file with ease; YouTube does not do have a download/save feature that I've seen. Lots of third-party workarounds, but nothing native.
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- jbob2000 9y ago
  Easier to take down a drive link than to take down the youtube video and reupload for a new URL.
ethbro 9y ago
If you allow encrypted content and an easy to use, internet accessible storage service, how is this not your inevitable future?
crtasm 9y ago
"Burden of proof is on us all the way" And so it should be. With organisations able to send thousands of DMCA takedown notices and incur no penalties if many are clearly lies, the amount of proof required should increase.
ramshanker 9y ago
Now commercial software cracks are just password protected .rar files stored in the google drive and nicely explained how-to-install in random forum/blogs. Google can't scan the cracks because it's password protected. Sometimes passwords are even shown as pictures. Just amazing to realize, technology always has dual use.
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Pica_soO 9y ago
Im actually still wondering, why pirates dont use source control hosting for file distribution. After all you need is a repository of binary.files and a plausible reason for popularity.
kyle-rb 9y ago
One thing I've also seen recently is pirated content being hosted on .blogspot.com urls.

45 points by animeseinfeld 9y ago

> ... the (Youtube) videos are simply uploaded as unlisted, so they don't turn up in search results. The links to these videos are then shared as Google Drive links through discussion forums and other channels so it's difficult for the content owners to find the videos and get them taken down. Why not share the Youtube links directly then? I see no need to use Drive.

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angersock 9y ago
Presumably to impede automated crawling.
- izzydata 9y ago
  It's not like google can't crawl their own unlisted links on YouTube and google docs. I suppose google is the one that cares though.
  - walterstucco 9y ago
    They can't if the forum is password protected or URL is "decomposed" in different pieces that you have to recompose Same thing exists for mega URLs There are subreddits like megalinks and drivelinks for sharing
cthulhujr 9y ago
One benefit is that you can download the file with ease; YouTube does not do have a download/save feature that I've seen. Lots of third-party workarounds, but nothing native.
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jbob2000 9y ago
Easier to take down a drive link than to take down the youtube video and reupload for a new URL.

ethbro 9y ago

If you allow encrypted content and an easy to use, internet accessible storage service, how is this not your inevitable future?

crtasm 9y ago

"Burden of proof is on us all the way" And so it should be. With organisations able to send thousands of DMCA takedown notices and incur no penalties if many are clearly lies, the amount of proof required should increase.

ramshanker 9y ago

Now commercial software cracks are just password protected .rar files stored in the google drive and nicely explained how-to-install in random forum/blogs. Google can't scan the cracks because it's password protected. Sometimes passwords are even shown as pictures. Just amazing to realize, technology always has dual use.

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Pica_soO 9y ago

Im actually still wondering, why pirates dont use source control hosting for file distribution. After all you need is a repository of binary.files and a plausible reason for popularity.

kyle-rb 9y ago

One thing I've also seen recently is pirated content being hosted on .blogspot.com urls.