Honestly, before recommending security practices that go beyond their head I would recommend trustworthy open source as an alternative. There, the only concern is upgrading, like with any software.

I wouldn't trust most people with being skeptical and thorough enough that it would meet my security baseline/requirements. So I would always make sure they understand risks and consequence risks before sharing concerns and practices - which may very well serve as "that's too much to consider, I feel unsafe now too" for them. If they end up with "I don't care", I at least did my due diligence.

I can't confirm, but given the question is several hours old without response;

yt-dlp can use webbrowser cookies to use browser login sessions --cookies-from-browser firefox, which may be enough

The forum post you linked to says "has been accused" rather than "has used". It also leads to a dead link, and the page is not in the internet archive.

Wikipedia doesn't mention it, so there's no source there either.

/edit: I found some sources; 2017, settled behind closed doors, probably with a commercial license after they wrongfully used the personal license in Denuvo and initially refused to settle

• https://torrentfreak.com/denuvo-accused-of-using-unlicensed-software-to-protect-it-anti-piracy-tool-170605/
• https://dtf.ru/gamedev/7062-sozdatelyam-zashity-denuvo-prigrozili-sudom-za-ispolzovanie-piratskogo-softa

Seems like it would be a marketing/distribution effectiveness loss. People hear of the release, want to check it out, but it's not available to them; the hype falls off. They just lost potential listeners and fans, and wasted marketing/release visibility.

If only they had an option with ad blocking.

Sounds like a broken file, on their end, which is part of the original full file, so the first 200 pages were restorable but not the rest (missing in the file data).

Every other peer: The same 99.9.

What the fuck did I just read.

I hope the judge bans these presumably copyright/DMCA scammers/trolls from participating in the legal system as lawyers.

If the judge asks them to show them the UK film, will they claim they are lost, or will they download the other movies from the supposedly infringing websites and then claim the films are not just titled the same but also look exactly the same? Insane.

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wellp, I guess it's over

It's probably a loost course.

Links for Fin del Mundo

• https://findelmundo.bandcamp.com/music
• https://www.youtube.com/@lasfindelmundo
• https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCbuNHd8zSeB5oJCiL9Va43w

If labeling buttons "buy" is illegal when it's not buying to own but subscriptions, "pre-order" should be illegal too. "Ordering a license" doesn't make much sense between expectation and differentiation to (owning) products.

If buttons are labeled "Rent" and "Schedule Rent", do you think it would have an impact? Significant impact?