[HN Gopher] Popular Pirate Bay Proxy Site Disappears from GitHub
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       Popular Pirate Bay Proxy Site Disappears from GitHub
        
       Author : gslin
       Score  : 67 points
       Date   : 2023-05-20 20:39 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (torrentfreak.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (torrentfreak.com)
        
       | [deleted]
        
       | uguuo_o wrote:
       | The pirate bay is just about my favorite torrent site. Kickass
       | torrents used to be good as well. For anything anything anime
       | related, there is still the good ol https://nyaa.si/
        
         | tiagod wrote:
         | TPB sucks now.
        
           | voisin wrote:
           | Why?
        
           | uguuo_o wrote:
           | kickass torrents used to be my go to before it got taken
           | down. TPB used to be better, and it has gone downhill for a
           | while.
        
         | metadat wrote:
         | I downloaded one thing from https://rarbg.to 2 weeks ago and
         | got threatening copyright infringement notice emails and a
         | physical letter from my ISP (AT&T fiber).
         | 
         | The well is poisoned by cheapshot MPAA/*AA monitoring.
        
           | maccard wrote:
           | That same torrent could have been discovered from the Pirate
           | Bay, though.
        
           | Akronymus wrote:
           | I feel quite lucky that my ISP doesn't care, as long as you
           | don't start seeding egregiously.
        
             | uguuo_o wrote:
             | I never download anything without a VPN. I download and
             | seed TBs of data without ever having issues from ISP.
        
           | wahnfrieden wrote:
           | why are you talking about GNAA? the nazi org?
        
             | nibbleshifter wrote:
             | They aren't.
             | 
             | They are talking about RIAA/MPAA. Who also are fashy
             | cuntos.
        
               | labster wrote:
               | Whoosh
        
         | wahnfrieden wrote:
         | the best ones are very private
        
       | throw0101b wrote:
       | Pirate Bay really has good name/brand recognition. Personally I
       | can't really think of another site for torrents off the top of my
       | head (though I don't really follow the space too closely).
        
         | delusional wrote:
         | TPB is one of the very few (only?) torrent indexers to remain
         | up since before netflix and the streaming era. The brand is a
         | result of tenacity and good timing. They rode the torrent wave
         | while it was getting big (arguably setting it in motion), and
         | have kept that brand by just sticking around.
        
           | stOneskull wrote:
           | > arguably setting it in motion
           | 
           | i think it was suprnova
        
         | rabuse wrote:
         | rarbg is a great one I use. Easy to filter on HDR/4k stuff.
        
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       | fatneckbeard wrote:
       | if only they had rebranded as an AI non-profit, they could have
       | gotten away with all the enabling of copyvio they ever dreamed
       | of.
        
       | willtemperley wrote:
       | Interesting it's the City of London police doing this. I wonder
       | how many people here are aware the City of London has a
       | government that is elected mostly by corporations, not residents
       | [1] and is separate from Greater London, with it's own police
       | force.
       | 
       | [1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39283177
        
         | jsmith99 wrote:
         | Practically no one actually lives in the business district. It
         | would be ridiculous for those few thousand people to set policy
         | for the City. It would make more sense for it to be under the
         | control of Greater London but no one wants to abolish the
         | historic Corporation of London.
         | 
         | In the UK different police forces have different specialities.
         | The City force specialises in financial crime.
        
         | chatmasta wrote:
         | Interesting. I knew it had a separate government but wasn't
         | aware it was elected by corporations. (We have a similar system
         | in the US, but corporations pick their two favorite candidates
         | and then let the people choose ;))
        
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