[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.
| [deleted]
| 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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