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20 years ago, Pirate Bay's response to legal threats from DreamWorks (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 100 points 4 months ago

Despite all the lawsuits, it's still sailing

[-] Treedrake@fedia.io 45 points 4 months ago

But not run by the original owners. And the current team is really shady. I wouldn't trust downloading an .exe from there.

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 24 points 4 months ago

Good thing you don't download executables from torrent sites?

[-] Treedrake@fedia.io 20 points 4 months ago

Well, many do...

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 5 points 4 months ago

From the torrents though

[-] abfarid@startrek.website 3 points 4 months ago

Don't you ever pirate software?

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago

My point is the executables are delivered by bittorrent, not from the pirate bay.

[-] abfarid@startrek.website 20 points 4 months ago

In that case your comment doesn't make much sense, because when people say "don't trust that torrent site" they mean the contents of the torrents hosted there. In fact, if you use magnets, you don't download anything at all from torrent sites ever.

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago

Your browser downloads the web pages which includes the magnet text

[-] abfarid@startrek.website 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

So is your point to argue semantics?

"Downloading" colloquially referes to the proces of saving some data onto persistent storage device. When you open HTML pages they are loaded directly into RAM. They might be saved to drive if they are cached. But no regular person would refer to that process as downloading. Even I, as a webdev, don't.

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago

I don't know what you want

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

There is a vocal contingency on this website that have no fuckin’ clue how any technology works, and they get really combatative when you even attempt to help them learn. It’s really weird.

[-] abfarid@startrek.website 1 points 4 months ago

There aren't that many. A good chunk of us here are Linux nerds. You don't have to be condescending about confronting (I assume) intentional misinterpretation of comments.

[-] abfarid@startrek.website 1 points 4 months ago

I suppose, at this point, I want to understand whether you accidentally misinterpreted the context of the original comment (downloading .exe from TPB) or intentionally misinterpreted it for "comedic effect".

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

Windows executables are really shady.

[-] TheNewShaft@lemm.ee 17 points 4 months ago

Riddled with malware, but still sailing

[-] aiccount 51 points 4 months ago

Been using it for decades, never an issue for me. What in the world are you trying to download over there??

[-] fraksken@infosec.pub 120 points 4 months ago

Malware

[-] ma1w4re@lemm.ee 43 points 4 months ago

[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 18 points 4 months ago

Well if he's daft enough to go looking for it, what's he expecting?

[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 53 points 4 months ago

Malware

[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 1 points 4 months ago

Me when gaining access to the computer of someone I don't like

[-] Treedrake@fedia.io 25 points 4 months ago

I'd say this might be true for programs, but as long as you download movies, shows and music I'd assume it's fine as long as you use common sense.

[-] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 22 points 4 months ago

The technologically illiterate pirate is an easy target.

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 months ago

Just don't download any software and you'll be fine. Sure, there are better trackers for movies, TV shows and music nowadays, but I'm still glad we have The Pirate Bay