Piracy in Germany often uses direct downloads via one click hosters(you get an url and download from there, people use services like rapidgator.net). These often get hit with copy right strikes and are slow to unusable for free users. Would downloading for example a TV show via this route and then creating a public torrent "good piracy"? (If anyone has a guide on how to create a torrent, pls share)

Reasons why I think it might be not so good:

the groups/people need a motivation to provide the content. Distributing it without their consent might reduce their motivation. They also probably paid for some subscription to get the content
in german context direct download links are often considered safer for people who just want to download, torrenting done wrong can get you pretty high legal fees (500+ €)
it feels like stealing somebody elses effort

Why I think about doing it:

this gives people another way to get the content
torrents are free to use and way faster than those one click hosters (which often give you less than 100kB/s)
the uploader usually profits via affiliate programs, so when someone buys a premium subscription of a one click hoster, they get a share. I think piracy shouldnt be done for profit
people (especially outside germany) might have it easier to access torrents instead oneclick hoster solutions
torrents have no captchas lol

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[–] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Hey if you’re putting this much effort into soulseek and you’re not already, get on one of the private music trackers.

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Meh. Private trackers is just this same attitude of elitism that I don't like bundled into a different form. On top of that I can't even be sure that they would even have the kinds of things I'm looking for, it isn't like I can browse their catalogue first to see if they catered to my niche music taste.

I like soulseek because it is open to everyone and I can just host my entire library for people to go through. I don't have to jump through hoops to get invites and have interviews and all that shit.

[–] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 1 points 3 hours ago

If you want to know that the music you are interested in is on private trackers, tell me and I’ll look and report back.

I used soulseek a lot and the people who do what you do are on private trackers. I do what you do as well. I found it to be worth my time and not a hassle.