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How do these pirates make money? It seems like so much work is/has gone into their operations that it can't just be for karma points. Edit: I'm referring to th
by air7 7y ago
How do these pirates make money?
It seems like so much work is/has gone into their operations that it can't just be for karma points.
Edit: I'm referring to the content ripping groups. Apart from the technical and legal challenges depicted in the article, they need to seed their files which (must be) very costly. Also, content is released consistently and extremely quickly.
The common answer is that the motivation is non-monetary: Fun, community service, group pride etc. But I find that hard to believe entirely. The product is just too polished, subjectively resembeing in quality a revenue generating operation rather than a(n illegal) side hobby.
- madez 7y agoSome people do things for other merits besides money.
- winternett 7y agoYeah... Bitcoin mining? :P
- vectorEQ 7y agoads (and malware)
- oauea 7y agoBy having profitable day jobs, usually.
- krageon 7y agoWhy does everything have to be about money? Some people do things because it is fun and rewarding. I'd go so far as to say that if you are capable enough to consistently pirate things you are capable enough to hold a well-paying full-time job.
- faissaloo 7y ago>How do these pirates make money? It’s not about money… it’s about sending a message.
- Tactic 7y agoIt depends on the group. Some deal with Malware. Most it really is just the draw of the community, the recognition and the fun. I say this from having (formerly) been on the inside. Not really surprising when you look at how much non-monetary development goes into the open source community.
- brokenmachine 7y agoI suppose that some do it as an alternative to Netflix - they rip a few things to become part of the group, and in return they get first-in access to everything they might want, without the annoying DRM/geoblocking/etc.
- cypherg 7y agosome ppl sell access to topsites which can net huge amounts of $$$