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I thought IPFS is rather poorly suited for piracy since the nodes' addresses are public. There is no onion routing or other protection. Speaking of which, is F

by blfr 4y ago

I thought IPFS is rather poorly suited for piracy since the nodes' addresses are public. There is no onion routing or other protection. Speaking of which, is Freenet still alive?

charcircuit 4y ago
By that logic torrents are bad for piracy too.
- dymk 4y ago
  They are, you have to jump through hoops or live in the right country if you don’t want a DMCA notice from your ISP
  - WeylandYutani 4y ago
    Get a seedbox. For about 20 Eurodollars a month you can pirate whatever you want 24/7 without having to deal with law firms or government interference. I saw the writing on the wall when my ISP was forced to block TPB and KAT.
    - codetrotter 4y ago
      What happens when the seedbox company is raided and their lists of customers and other data is confiscated? A seedbox is a temporary protection. In the long term it is still a very real possibility that the customers of seedbox companies can get in trouble for their acts of piracy. Several VPN companies who claimed to keep no logs, were actually keeping logs. https://www.pcmag.com/news/7-vpn-services-found-recording-user-logs-despite-no-log-pledge https://www.pcmag.com/news/7-vpn-services-found-recording-us... So too it will turn out that some seedbox companies will have been keeping records about their customers and their activities. For those customers, it will not be a happy day.
      - kodyo 4y ago
        When you knowingly break the law, you're taking a risk. It may be a stupid law, it may be an unjust law, but it's still a law and people with guns who enforce the stupid laws might show up some day. Only individuals can decide whether or not the risk is worth it.
        thomastjeffery 4y ago
        Factoring that out is literally the point of having a seedbox.
    - thomastjeffery 4y ago
      The most appealing feature of bittorrent (for piracy) is that you can do it at home with your own hardware, and not have to pay anyone anything. Unfortunately, you need to anonymize your traffic (via a VPN service, which costs a fee) if you don't want to be harassed.
    - dymk 4y ago
      These are exactly the hoops I’m talking about
- mort96 4y ago
  Well, yeah.
lordofgibbons 4y ago
Not sure, but I2P is alive, kicking, and growing!
- anthk 4y ago
  I2PD is not for piracy but to contact people in dangerous places.
  - codetrotter 4y ago
    > We are building network which helps people to communicate and share information without restrictions. > Free from censorship. Free from privacy violations. https://i2pd.website/ https://i2pd.website/ I2P is neither “for” nor “not for” piracy. I2P is for protecting communications and data from any kind of censorship. Filtering copyright violating content is a type of censorship. To some it is justified. To others it is not. To a network protocol like I2P the point is that no kind of censorship should be possible. Regardless of reason.

by blfr 4y ago

I thought IPFS is rather poorly suited for piracy since the nodes' addresses are public. There is no onion routing or other protection. Speaking of which, is Freenet still alive?

charcircuit 4y ago

By that logic torrents are bad for piracy too.

dymk 4y ago
They are, you have to jump through hoops or live in the right country if you don’t want a DMCA notice from your ISP
- WeylandYutani 4y ago
  Get a seedbox. For about 20 Eurodollars a month you can pirate whatever you want 24/7 without having to deal with law firms or government interference. I saw the writing on the wall when my ISP was forced to block TPB and KAT.
  - codetrotter 4y ago
    What happens when the seedbox company is raided and their lists of customers and other data is confiscated? A seedbox is a temporary protection. In the long term it is still a very real possibility that the customers of seedbox companies can get in trouble for their acts of piracy. Several VPN companies who claimed to keep no logs, were actually keeping logs. https://www.pcmag.com/news/7-vpn-services-found-recording-user-logs-despite-no-log-pledge https://www.pcmag.com/news/7-vpn-services-found-recording-us... So too it will turn out that some seedbox companies will have been keeping records about their customers and their activities. For those customers, it will not be a happy day.
    - kodyo 4y ago
      When you knowingly break the law, you're taking a risk. It may be a stupid law, it may be an unjust law, but it's still a law and people with guns who enforce the stupid laws might show up some day. Only individuals can decide whether or not the risk is worth it.
      - thomastjeffery 4y ago
        Factoring that out is literally the point of having a seedbox.
  - thomastjeffery 4y ago
    The most appealing feature of bittorrent (for piracy) is that you can do it at home with your own hardware, and not have to pay anyone anything. Unfortunately, you need to anonymize your traffic (via a VPN service, which costs a fee) if you don't want to be harassed.
  - dymk 4y ago
    These are exactly the hoops I’m talking about
mort96 4y ago
Well, yeah.

lordofgibbons 4y ago

Not sure, but I2P is alive, kicking, and growing!

anthk 4y ago
I2PD is not for piracy but to contact people in dangerous places.
- codetrotter 4y ago
  > We are building network which helps people to communicate and share information without restrictions. > Free from censorship. Free from privacy violations. https://i2pd.website/ https://i2pd.website/ I2P is neither “for” nor “not for” piracy. I2P is for protecting communications and data from any kind of censorship. Filtering copyright violating content is a type of censorship. To some it is justified. To others it is not. To a network protocol like I2P the point is that no kind of censorship should be possible. Regardless of reason.