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That's trivial to us (hypothetically), not to the average consumer who is, quite frankly, well-advised not to risk getting 'fined' in an out-of-court settlement
by Freak_NL 9y ago
That's trivial to us (hypothetically), not to the average consumer who is, quite frankly, well-advised not to risk getting 'fined' in an out-of-court settlement for infringing copyright. And how do they even know if they're on the real Piratebay? The original domains are blocked in many countries. TOR? VPN? These require knowledge or guidance; doable, but not zero investment.
- ryanlol 9y agoIf you can google, you can find a mirror or a clone. Whether it is the real pirate bay or not doesn’t matter, you could never trust TPB.
- on_and_off 9y agowhy is that ?
- ryanlol 9y agoWhy is what? You can find things with google because it's a search engine, that's what it's for. You can't trust TPB because the content is user generated, TPB does not do much to stop people from uploading malicious content and boosting it to top10 by seeding with bots.
- AlexandrB 9y ago> That's trivial to us (hypothetically), not to the average consumer who is, quite frankly, well-advised not to risk getting 'fined' in an out-of-court settlement for infringing copyright. Pirating content has gotten SO easy that my elderly parents do it regularly by simply searching for streams of movies they want to see on google. DRM has stopped none of this - and the risks of getting drive-by malware are an afterthought to most people.
- nicoburns 9y agoIt's actually far easier to pirate media now. No need to setup a torrent client at all. Simply browse to one of the hundreds of free streaming sites and download over http directly in your browser.
- TYPE_FASTER 9y agoSearch Craigslist for "kodi" and find pre-configured devices for sale to access pirated content. This is dangerous, because I'm not sure the people buying them understand that the content is pirated...
- flukus 9y agoThe average person now get's dozens/hundreds of movies and shows on a cheap USB stick from their friends, then the plug it into their TV to play. Piracy is easier for the average consumer now than it ever was in the past.