https://social.hails.org/@hailey/113081760374774478
from the replies:
-
“Piracy already has a definition, and I don't have a boat. Now it's just independent archiving.”
- If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing
this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2024
638 points (98.8% liked)
Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ
54716 readers
219 users here now
⚓ Dedicated to the discussion of digital piracy, including ethical problems and legal advancements.
Rules • Full Version
1. Posts must be related to the discussion of digital piracy
2. Don't request invites, trade, sell, or self-promote
3. Don't request or link to specific pirated titles, including DMs
4. Don't submit low-quality posts, be entitled, or harass others
Loot, Pillage, & Plunder
📜 c/Piracy Wiki (Community Edition):
💰 Please help cover server costs.
 |
 |
|---|---|
| Ko-fi | Liberapay |
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
inb4: The Internet Archive took a dumb decision
yeah we know that they went too much against the powers that be. That was stupid, they could have lived to fight another day, but still, if you're a pirate you must know their actions were ethically correct.
Since the publishers are also trying to suppress out-of-print media, abandonware and public domain material (also fair use) and the courts are favoring the publishers over the good of the public, we know it's no longer about promoting science and useful arts or building a robust public domain.
The companies and courts alike are breaking the social contract, hence the trmporary monopolies enstated by the agencies of the same state are invalid. Piracy is no longer a valid crime since the state licenses are no longer valid.
(They will still enforce the will of the state — ICE does a lot of raids to enforce commercial interests when it's not massacring refugees— but that doesn't legitimize the will of the state. It only shows they are willing tyrants glad to use violence to oppress.)
We have nothing to lose but our chains!
“Copyright should protect the artist, not the publisher.”
Steal the album, buy a T-shirt at their concert!
Take what you can, give nothing back. And share with your fellow pirates. Our movie/game/show/book/album now!
Pirate Everything.
Been doing it since before the BBS days and will continue to do so into the great beyond ;)
FYI, there are multiple methods to download "digitally loaned" books off IA, the guides exist on reddit. The public domain stuff is safe, but the stuff that is still under copyright yet unavailable by other means (Libgen/Anna's Archive, or even normal physical copies) should definitely be ripped and uploaded to LG.
The method I use, which results in best images, is to "loan" the book, zoom in to load the highest resolution, and then leaf through the book. Periodically extract the full images from your browser cache (with e.g. MZCacheView). This should probably be automatised, but I'm yet to find a method, other than making e.g. an Autohotkey script. When you have everything downloaded, the images can be easily modified (if the book doesn't have coloured illustrations IMO it is ideal to convert all images to black-and-white 2-bit PNG), and bundled up into a PDF with a PDF editor (I use X-Change Editor; I also like doing OCR, adding the bookmarks/outline, and adding special page numbering if needed - but that stuff can take a while and just makes the file easier to handle, it's not necessary). Then the book can be uploaded to proper pirate sites and hopefully live on freely forever. Also there are some other methods you can find online, on reddit, etc.
There's a browser extension for IA books. Haven't tested, but has source on github.
But what would the Jesus do?
This wins my vote for best meme today.
Produce infinite copies of bread loaves, and then get arrested because the baker lobby doesn't like that.
Seed, my child!
He is the Messiah!
Flip a couple of tables where this decision was made at the very least.
Beat the shit out of merchants.
What would Brian Boitano do?
I'm sure he'd kick an ass or two
Which Jesus?
Your own, personal one!
where can i still get the wii u library?
From the official Nintendo server, if you have an app that then removes the protection from the downloaded files.
On the Switch /s
What is this and how does it work?
It gives you a VPN connection over docker. So now everything in that docker network goes thru the VPN.
How? Using existing VPN providers and docker Isolation
This uses free VPNs? And even port forwarding?
It supports wireguard and openvpn configs too. and yes even port forwarding. The repo deserves all the love possible.