As an European, my mindset for this year has been "its amoral to not pirate American media"
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Hey all. I'm the original creator of this graphic. Just wanted to note that the skull and bones I used is from an actual pirate flag from the 19th century. Just a fun fact.

Don't stop there! Replace all Big Tech apps:
fmhy.net
I remember that day of the “general strike” where the simple idea was to not spend any money on big corps. I got confused, because to me, that’s a 365-day-a-year lifestyle thing for me.
Maybe I’m lucky that I don’t have lifestyle needs like pet food, baby supplies, etc, and markets have been cornered there. But there’s plenty of forms of entertainment and leisure without giving it to Disney or Amazon and the like.
I would go to the high seas but I don’t know where to start. I used to visit the high seas often about 10 years ago. But now. Shrugs shoulders.
Quick start guide:
- VPN, my recommendation: mullvadVPN. (You need this, because copyright trolls look for easy targets, such as people having their real IP exposed. You don't want to be that, they won't fight with the VPNs hosting partner, then with the VPN company, then with your ISP, just to get to you, they only extort people they can reach directly.)
- Download qBittorrent (FOSS) and install ALL search plugins
- Activate your VPN and search with the integrated search function, it will look through all sites you installed plugins for and present them to you directly in the programme.
- Enjoy a collection of TV and movies you actually own.
There is a setting to bind qbittorrent to your vpn. PLEASE use this as using it without accidentally could get you in trouble. The binding is a last resort safety mechanism to prevent it from even working if the vpn is off.
I keep hearing conflicting info on mullvard and sailing, do they block port forwarding? Which may affect seeding to some places? Like private... sailing seas? I am a bit unsure how this works, but if I am sailing for linux distros, I want to be able to seed them.
For mullvad, I can tell you from experience, it works perfectly well.
Mullvad does in fact block port forwarding. If it is absolutely required (it is if you want to be able to connect to the most people) then you should look into possibly a seed box or another reputable vpn.
Mind you, it will work without port forwarding but not as well with it.
Main thing is to know if your ISP cares or not. Mine does, so I use a vpn. You can set qbittorrent to only use the vpn so if it gets turned off then just nothing will download.
You can do that on windows just downloading something like qbittorrent and mullvad vpn. You can also set them up in docker containers if you are familiar with that. It allows you to have the vpn only affect qbittorrent rather than your whole PC.
I do all of this on linux as well but had originally set it up on windows.
I’d also recommend the Megathread from the !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com community: https://wiki.dbzer0.com/piracy/megathread/
Additionally to the other answers, take a look at stremio with Torrentio. A few of my friends use it (I'm using a private tracker), it's basically as convenient as using Netflix AFAICS.
Note that a VPN might be required to avoid getting fined in some countries as stremio is basically simply torrenting videos sequentially and simultaneously playing them, and torrent is often monitored by authorities
Yeah obviously, that's why I said additionally to the other answers.
The best way to start is to visit fmhy just search it on the web. Learn and be a pirate sail the seas and keep information to yourself and not spread out your gold to the public like a true pirate
keep information to yourself
Do you mean "don't share information about pirating", or "don't share the content itself"? Torrenting seems opposed to both stances...
Or you could ignore those services and watch indie stuff instead and pay for those directly
There's art out there that's worth buying. You don't have to pirate anything
Also, who cares if you don't see the latest prequel or sequel or reboot or preboot or requel by Disney? Be proudly out of the loop
If you don't watch big streamers' releases at all, you give them even less power. And if you buy indie, you give their competition power. You break the monopoly.
This is the ideal and one of the reasons I watched Youtube in the first place. I've found amazing stuff over time, like Veritasium, but I miss oldschool scripted media. Especially calmer stuff with fewer cuts. So much modern cinema is too fast.
If anyone has any recommendations for indies, I'd love to hear them.
watch indie stuff instead
Indie ≠ comparable. Indie ≠ good. I'm not going to watch something BECAUSE it's indie. Am I misunderstanding?
When I was young I pirated because I didn't have an income and couldn't pay. Now I pirate because I don't want to give any money to terrible companies.
There was a period in the middle where I didn't pirate anything, but that's beside the point.
I can't pirate no harder, a terabyte a week I'm downloading! Ive been downloaded from dawn to dusk!
Maybe you could pirate From Dusk Till Dawn next? :p
Once in a while maybe you will feel the urge To break international copyright law By downloading MP3's from file sharing sites Like Morpheus or Grokster or LimeWire or KaZaA But deep in your heart you know the guilt would drive you mad And the shame would leave a permanent scar 'Cause you start out stealing songs, and then you're robbing liquor stores And selling crack and running over school kids with your car
So don't download this song The record store's where you belong Go and buy the CD like you know that you should Oh don't download this song
Oh you don't want to mess with the RIAA They'll sue you if you burn that CDR It doesn't matter if you're a grandma or a seven year old girl They'll treat you like the evil, hard bitten criminal scum you are
So don't download this song Don't go pirating music all day long Go and buy the CD like you know that you should Oh, don't download this song Don't take away money from artists just like me How else can I afford another solid gold Humvee? And diamond studded swimming pools, these things don't grow on trees So all I ask is everybody, please
Don't download this song (don't do it, no, no) Even Lars Ulrich knows it's wrong (you can just ask him) Go and buy the CD like you know that you should (you really should) Oh, don't download this song
Don't download this song (Oh please don't you do it) Or you might wind up in jail like Tommy Chong (remember Tommy) Go and buy the CD (right now) like you know that you should (go out and buy it) Oh don't download this song
Don't download this song (no no no no no no) Or you'll burn in hell before too long (and you'd deserve it) Go and buy the CD (just buy it) like you know that you should (ya cheap bastard) Oh, don't download this song
Is there any type of post that doesn't belong in a shitposting community? Because I know some people have very strong opinions about what shitposting is around here. And personally, I don't think this fits. But maybe shitposting is meant to just be a pure miscellaneous grab bag of anything? Yes, I read the community rules which say "everything goes", but the reality of what is posted seems to suggest a different spirit of the law.
Nah let the votes decide. Block people who consistently post what you don't want to see. You can make your own experience and everyone gets the one they want
Its tricky because I don't dislike this post, but I do feel like posts should be in the appropriate comms. And I'm just legitimately unclear on what belongs here. I guess the idea is just whatever people post?
Pretty much. C/lemmyshitpost kind of goes through moods to so if you're not liking something give it a month. There was a no-politics meta for a while, right now we're kind of horny, maybe we'll get a crime wave 🏴☠️ here going forward. We also see sporadic aneurism posting and that's always exciting.
Check out TheShitPostOffice and shitpost@piefed for some more traditional material
Speaking of which, if anyone has an invite to spare for a good private tracker, please DM me. Private tracker I used since highschool has finally lost the plot.
Real debrid + jdownloader + hdencode
If you're willing to spend a bit of money to pirate, just go with usenet. I was a private tracker guy for years, but I got sick of keeping up ratio when I mainly wanted shit that wasn't super in demand. Have been so much happier since I made the move, and my downloads finish much faster than they ever did before.
Got a link to a “pirate on Usenet for dummies”?
Request for media <> Servarr Stack + Usenet Indexer <> Download Client + Usenet Provider <> Media Server
Dummy here, thanks, but what does this mean? Do you know any Ressources on how to get started with this?
This seems pretty comprehensive: https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/1b2m5gd/a_detailed_guide_of_plex_for_beginners_and/
However, while LLM usage is not in vogue around here, this is one situation where I think an LLM would be very handy.
You can use something like ChatGPT to read that post and then come up with a sensible step by step procedure where you can install and configure each program once at a time.
Let's say you have a few movies and shows already downloaded.
You can get your feet wet by installing Plex Media Server, or another solution (Emby and Jellyfin are the top contenders). Then when you want to automate downloading if torrents, you get into the next step, and so on so forth.
Rarely does someone build an end game device at the beginning. Usually it's a learn as you go and upgrade as the need arises.
The most important thing in the very idea behind any of this? Get started. One step at a time. Make mistakes and learn from them.
Prowlarr and nzbget are the two containers I run that handle actually downloading things, and sonarr/radarr for automatic media management.
For usenet, you need to get a provider and an indexer, and those can be gotten for just a couple bucks a month. Honestly, well worth the expense.
Right on brother, I'm already on Usenet, mainly looking for a private tracker as a next to last resort.

It goes without saying that boycotts by themselves are an ineffective system of effecting change, and that everyone who wants to fight against fascism must take further action.
I encourage everyone to get involved in local activist efforts, join or form a union, join the IWW, read through an anarchist FAQ, get involved in protests, vote for the most progressive candidates possible including in primaries, and use every possible tool and avenue of resistance at your disposal, both legal and illegal.
Your link is broken btw
Ah, back to spreading nihilism again, I see. I'll share the same thing I said last time:
I understand how you feel, but we actually do have the power to change our world. We need to first recognize that something needs to be done, build a popular consensus, network and build connections with like-minded people, and start a real movement for change.
Electoralism has not solved our problems in the past, and it won’t do so in the future. At best, it is harm prevention, and at worst, it’s a distraction from more effective efforts. I encourage people to vote for the candidates they feel best, but to be aware that it’s not a real, long term solution. It’s always just the best of two terrible candidates, both of whom ultimately serve the ruling class.
The problems we have did not start and will not end with Trump, they are in the fundamental roots of our society, and the road to change our society is a long and difficult one, but it is a journey we have to undertake. We are going to have to act if we want to live in a better world. Simply giving in to nihlism is not an option.
I am a union rep and organizer, I have a front row seat to the movement which is building and growing every day.
Everything you say is rationalization. If change is impossible, that lets you justify your own inaction.
The indifference, laziness and self-interest you perceive is just your own reflection staring back at you.
You have no idea what you're talking about. In the last year or so there has been a huge surge of people getting involved after realizing that shit has to change. I have heard so many stories of how people are becoming radicalized.
People are waking up, they are doing what you say they should be, while you're sitting around, doing nothing but bringing negativity, and justifying it to yourself.
Do nothing if you want, we don't need you, but keep your defeatist attitude to yourself.
Sometimes, but not always. Many people were radicalized by Gaza, others were radicalized by Trump threatening to invade Greenland, others still by local stories and events. I know from my colleagues in the US that ICE in MN radicalized many people, too. Most of our new members actually weren't personally affected, unless you count seeing TikToks of atrocities as being affected.
Look, I understand where you're coming from, I've been in this fight since I was 17, and I know how it has felt like swimming against the tide for a long time, but I am categorically telling you that things are actually finally changing. You can be a part of it, or not, but please can you just stop trying to discourage others from doing something to help?
I present you with my actual lived experiences and you are just like "Actually, no, despite the fact I am not involved in activist efforts, somehow I know all about them, and I am gonna tell you how to run a movement I want no part of". Brother, do you work for the CIA, or what?
You have openly stated that you aren't engaged in activist activities, whereas I am. I actually have real, recent experiences, you do not. This isn't people with two experiences disagreeing, this is just you refusing to accept that your "vibes" are off, because you are emotionally invested in being right.
I'm done with you for now, nobody else is reading this shit. See you next time. Hope you get paid well for doing this.
So, Netflix is still good?



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