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I never understand what pushes people to download Netflix/Disney media and share it on torrent sites. Don't get me wrong, I am glad they do. But, what is the p

I never understand what pushes people to download Netflix/Disney media and share it on torrent sites. Don't get me wrong, I am glad they do. But, what is the positive for them? The negatives (angry copyright lawyers from one of the richest corporations) outweighs the positives (some clout on 1337x or Usenet or wherever these guys dump it)

Red_Leaves_Flyy 5y ago
>I never understand what pushes people to download Netflix/Disney media and share it on torrent sites. The challenge, kindness, compassion and the joy of sharing all come to mind. I also wouldn’t be surprised if there aren’t a few state funded groups that do it for lulz.
- EMIRELADERO 5y ago
  > The challenge, kindness, compassion and the joy of sharing all come to mind. I have been in some scene group chats and I can tell you that many "important" people there don't give a damn about the "spirit of sharing" and just do it for the fun of beating a challenge. They see the sharing of these tools/decryption keys as "throwing food scrapps to homeless people". Lots of ego-driven "I don't give a fuck about anyone" attitude in some groups.
xboxnolifes 5y ago
(At least) two reasons. First, once you already made your own personal copy, and you already have your torrenting strategy in place, adding another torrent is basically as easy as just dropping it into a folder. Second, exchanging content. You upload shows X, Y and Z since you have them and hopefully you can get access to A, B, and C from someone else who happens to have them. Though, this is more prominent in private trackers and risker in public ones.
ravenstine 5y ago
Probably the same reason people provide open source code for free at no monetary benefit to themselves (even when they probably should be charging money).
ajvs 5y ago
It's really easy to avoid the negatives and stay anonymous whilst doing so, and I presume part of it is sticking a middle finger to the DRM industry.
from 5y ago
In these groups it's probably mostly driven by desire for internet fame/prestige, a sense of belonging, and competition with other pirate groups. But a lot of piracy I think comes from the spirit of sharing. No one paid all those people who uploaded their obscure Hawaiian music on what.cd and they probably didn't boost their ratio that much from them either. But they did it anyways, presumably out of a sense of community/giving back. (And yes I'm aware of the power law nature of uploads on private trackers but there are still plenty of people with a handful of uploads who can get a good enough ratio from just downloading and seeding but still upload occasionally anyways).
fbrncci 5y ago
People do it for the lulz, money and some fartetched believes. The online groups are often tight knit communities of people with impresive skills who one-up each other on every chance they get. Most of them believe that they are absolutely private and operate in absolute anonymity, so there really is no risk or any negatives involved. So any positives (intl. news talking about you, hearing colleagues chat about your "work" at the office ... etc), far outweight that nothing (supposedly) could happen to you. Until of course the feds kick in your door and reveal some new tracking method you didn't even consider.
BatteryMountain 5y ago
Not all content is available in all countries at all times. I currently have this problem with Spotify + South Africa, where a bunch of music on my playlist is no longer available.. I do not care about their reasons. Pondering not renewing next year.

Red_Leaves_Flyy 5y ago

>I never understand what pushes people to download Netflix/Disney media and share it on torrent sites. The challenge, kindness, compassion and the joy of sharing all come to mind. I also wouldn’t be surprised if there aren’t a few state funded groups that do it for lulz.

EMIRELADERO 5y ago
> The challenge, kindness, compassion and the joy of sharing all come to mind. I have been in some scene group chats and I can tell you that many "important" people there don't give a damn about the "spirit of sharing" and just do it for the fun of beating a challenge. They see the sharing of these tools/decryption keys as "throwing food scrapps to homeless people". Lots of ego-driven "I don't give a fuck about anyone" attitude in some groups.

xboxnolifes 5y ago

(At least) two reasons. First, once you already made your own personal copy, and you already have your torrenting strategy in place, adding another torrent is basically as easy as just dropping it into a folder. Second, exchanging content. You upload shows X, Y and Z since you have them and hopefully you can get access to A, B, and C from someone else who happens to have them. Though, this is more prominent in private trackers and risker in public ones.

ravenstine 5y ago

Probably the same reason people provide open source code for free at no monetary benefit to themselves (even when they probably should be charging money).

ajvs 5y ago

It's really easy to avoid the negatives and stay anonymous whilst doing so, and I presume part of it is sticking a middle finger to the DRM industry.

from 5y ago

In these groups it's probably mostly driven by desire for internet fame/prestige, a sense of belonging, and competition with other pirate groups. But a lot of piracy I think comes from the spirit of sharing. No one paid all those people who uploaded their obscure Hawaiian music on what.cd and they probably didn't boost their ratio that much from them either. But they did it anyways, presumably out of a sense of community/giving back. (And yes I'm aware of the power law nature of uploads on private trackers but there are still plenty of people with a handful of uploads who can get a good enough ratio from just downloading and seeding but still upload occasionally anyways).

fbrncci 5y ago

People do it for the lulz, money and some fartetched believes. The online groups are often tight knit communities of people with impresive skills who one-up each other on every chance they get. Most of them believe that they are absolutely private and operate in absolute anonymity, so there really is no risk or any negatives involved. So any positives (intl. news talking about you, hearing colleagues chat about your "work" at the office ... etc), far outweight that nothing (supposedly) could happen to you. Until of course the feds kick in your door and reveal some new tracking method you didn't even consider.

BatteryMountain 5y ago

Not all content is available in all countries at all times. I currently have this problem with Spotify + South Africa, where a bunch of music on my playlist is no longer available.. I do not care about their reasons. Pondering not renewing next year.