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Corporations acting as if naive is a bit of problem in reality. For one thing, CF is probably the largest entity serving pirated content internationally while h
by esjeon 3mo ago
Corporations acting as if naive is a bit of problem in reality. For one thing, CF is probably the largest entity serving pirated content internationally while hiding the identities of actual perpetrators for privacy.
Same here: CF is basically giving malicious actors an ability to ship contents/data publicly while laundering the legal responsibility of those actors.
Now tell me what is cool
- x-complexity 3mo ago> Now tell me what is cool Not immediately being a copyright bootlicker. The fact that you went straight to "BuT pIrAtEs" already shows who you actually care: Corpos, not people.
- esjeon 3mo agoA dirty secret is that piracy is being abused by criminal organizations[1]. When people unknowingly access such sites to see contents for free, it generate ad revenue for those organizations, which can fund other crimes. [1]: https://www.interpol.int/en/Crimes/Illicit-goods/Projects/Project-I-SOP https://www.interpol.int/en/Crimes/Illicit-goods/Projects/Pr...
- venzaspa 3mo agoBroadly speaking any organisation facilitating piracy is implicitly a criminal one. Piracy is a pretty large field though and the economics of say a streaming site are going to be very different from running a torrent tracker. The fact you can use a torrent tracker without even visiting the site (Radarr/Sonarr etc) tells me that running a tracker site, probably isn't very lucrative.
- enoint 3mo agoAre you talking about: > The suspects subscribed to 40 Korean cable TV service accounts, re-broadcasting content to Indonesia and offering video-on-demand (VOD) services through customized TV boxes, applications, and web browsers.
- esjeon 3mo agoSure, that is a case, but I mainly wanted to quote INTERPOL (the international police): > Criminals behind pirate sites can be part of organized crime groups. They can use the proceeds to fund other illegal activities, such as illegal online gambling, online sexual exploitation, drug trafficking, arms smuggling, and money laundering. Another notable example would be Operation KRATOS 2 by EUROPOL[1]. The case was roughly the same — crime organization pirating video content. IPTV piracy is certainly a lucrative business, because videos are relatively more difficult to handle for normal people. [1]: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/29-arrested-law-enforcement-strikes-criminal-networks-behind-illegal-streaming https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/29-a...
- MallocVoidstar 3mo ago> For one thing, CF is probably the largest entity serving pirated content internationally while hiding the identities of actual perpetrators for privacy. That's awesome, glad to hear it
- stackghost 3mo ago>Now tell me what is cool Piracy is cool. Information wants to be free. I hate the corporate bootlicking that is so prevalent here.
- gonzalohm 3mo agoWhat about centralizing the internet like Cloudfare is doing? Once corporate greed starts creeping we will find ourselves on the verge of pay per visit a website
- stackghost 3mo agoYou mean centralizing the web? Doesn't bother me. Most of the web is a dumpster fire of AI slop anyway. There's more to the Internet than the world wide web, though. NNTP and IRC communities remain vibrant, if diminished in size
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- willtemperley 3mo agoAre you aware of any projects to replace the current web implementation? I've noticed the current version is largely accessed by Chrome which appears to be a trojan.
- stackghost 3mo agoOther than gopher/Gemini, not really, no
- itzjacki 3mo ago> CF is probably the largest entity serving pirated content internationally while hiding the identities of actual perpetrators for privacy. I'm already on board, you don't need to sell it to me!