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11/13/19
08:26:14

Raada

@MEMBER, no argument. I have to ignore that torrenting exists. I already have 5 strikes and they don't evaporate like driving points. With copyright trolls, they collect everybody's IP and filenames and then see if there's a CR issue and send out the letter. They don't care if you're just trying to watch a show that you've paid DISH for but it rained that day. In old days the CR owners would hire people to look for certain files and report matching IPs. You have to have a good, non-recording VPN to torrent safely.

11/13/19
22:29:09

TheoKojak

@MEMBER

Drop APK? Isn't that something you put on one of those smarty-pants phones? It's hard to keep up with you whippersnappers!

11/14/19
18:07:15

MEMBER

@Raada

As for what you said about Google blocking Adsense, I see that ARIO@S-RLS is talking about that issue:

"I JUST HOPE GOOGLE STOPS REJECTING FREE HOST'S ADSENCE ACCOUNTS if they continue we wont have free hosts"

Also, he says he doesn't have time to look around for other free hosts and is no longer happy with DropAPK.

So yup, that's bad news for that free scene, but he also said that about 80% are paying users, so there's still that, if that's true, which i doubt, but whatever.

If and when the free hosts ever die then I'm ready to move to NZB/Usenet and pay for those service, or pay for a BT friendly VPN and seed box if need be.

BTW, AFAIK those 5 strike and 3 strike systems are longer going on, where everyone is at the same risk in BT swarms now, at least in the USA. But IDK, just saying.

I see folks in Mexico can torrent all they want with no worries. Hmm..

11/14/19
18:29:43

MEMBER

Correction to my last post.. ARIO is happy with DropAPK, but they will likely be hit with ad losses soon, and that's not good, yet it could always be worse.

Check S-RLS chat for all of this drama..

11/14/19
20:43:04

cupcake

@MEMBER This looks interesting..and not in a good way. I guess you're right. The good thing is he says that every time a free host disappears (like 4down), he adds another one. The question is what will happen when there's no free host left to add? Only time will tell.

11/14/19
22:12:35

bearman

@MEMBER
I don't know if you can tell me but I will ask anyway, What software do you use to download if you can tell? Thanks

11/14/19
22:57:20

TomMex

@MEMBER

Sí señor, aquí en México chupamos torrentes y nos reímos de ustedes gringos y este payaso en la Casa Blanca.

¡Viva México!

11/15/19
02:55:39

Raada

Gee, I didn't mean to sound the end of the world. Just saying there may be rough times ahead (again). We'll adapt. We just have to find the cookie crumbs.

11/15/19
03:29:15

bearman

@BruceWillis

Thanks I will check it out.

11/15/19
05:42:56

MEMBER

@cupcake

Yup, only time will tell, yet it's often fun to speculate with hyped drama and such.

What will happen when there's no free host left to add?

Hmm.. IDK, but it looks like he may close the site or perhaps even sell it? Regardless, if he moves on and still wants to continue with The Scene, I imagine there are other gigs, that may even be better.
On a side note, I know of at least one small site that uses Google to host all their movies. The site is public and the DLs are fast.. My point being, small sites like that are rather off the radar, and will likely keep popping up.
It's when you get big, you and company become a rather easy target.
As you know, when it comes to server and bandwidth costs, it's never really free, thus the advertising and such. Yet that's of little concern to BT and The Sneakernet.
I'm a big fan of The Sneakernet but I'm too plugged-in to venture out into the real world, ha.

@bearman

Sorry chap; for my protection and yours, I need to keep that one a secret. I can say, it's a known and legit method, and has been mentioned here before, yet it's rather complicated, involves Linux and more, and a security risk.. But more so, as Bruce pointed out, just use JDownloader.. What I implement is questionably not much better than JDownloader in Windows.

@Raada

The end of the world?! OMG! You're right!.. ha..

Remember grasshopper, to follow the cookie crumbs later, you need to know where the cookie is now.

I had a cookie once. I ate it and left no crumbs. It was good. I like cookies.

@TomMex

Nosotros sí lo estamos y estamos muy contentos.

11/15/19
12:10:57

Raada

@MEMBER, 'Sneakernet' ??? You're pulling my leg. Unless that word has been re-purposed, you have to WALK the data from place to place (is that the reference to 'venture out into the real world'?). I have't seen that word used in years!

11/15/19
13:21:05

MEMBER

@Raada

Yup, The Sneakernet.

I know that may sound blasphemous to some, but it's still a thing.

It's rather convenient to have a friend fill up a 10 TB hard drive of movies and TV for you, all proper, and hand it to you.

No?

11/16/19
06:08:23

Raada

@MEMBER, I LOL because in 1995 I sneakerneted data between two secure networks and that's what I referred to it to TPTB.

11/16/19
09:03:08

misapero

I have a RAPIDRAR premium account since my reorder the download speeds are not as they were before. sometimes under 100 kilobytes. what's up?

11/16/19
13:15:36

mda

Same problem here, takes for ever to start downloading.

11/16/19
19:47:47

MEMBER

@Raada

The Sneakernet is still used all the time between data centers and such.

In fact, with tape in "cold storage", that's the only way to do it. Much of the worlds most important data is backed up on tape.

If you have a lot of data you want to keep safe, then the the Sneakernet and tape is the best way to go.

You don't even have to buy a tape unit, as there are somewhat affordable services that will transfer drive data to tape, all done through snail mail or Sneakernet.

11/16/19
23:15:48

TheoKojak

@MEMBER

It's also worth noting that in places where access to the internet is limited, censored or basically non-existent, like Cuba or the North Korea, sneakernet is still the only way to go if one wants to experience American movies/TV or information that isn't state propaganda.

I doubt we'll ever have to resort to that, but if the big companies' anti-piracy crusade continues to be successful, then perhaps the best course of action would be to join one (or possibly more) of those small(ish), closed, invite-only file-sharing communities.

11/18/19
05:01:42

openingcrew

Dearest RMTeam... Why oh why are you submitting "Web" versions, namely the AppleTV shows, with arabic subtitles, and a few shows before with Danish. Thought this was an English website offering English language and foreign shows with English subtitles!

11/18/19
06:02:30

meridian

@openingcrew

The non-English subtitles are because the bots use the first subtitle track in the source. That may not be English. The bots don't check.
I tested this on half a dozen different files, downloading the source and RMZ's re-encode. It's always the first subtitle track in the source file that get's used for the re-encode. For rips from non-English speaking counties, the first subtitle track is often not English.

11/18/19
11:30:55

tinkles

@TheoKojak - at my school there is a PC with a big video collection on it. We use USB drives to get what we want from it

openingcrew - Addic7ed is great for latest tv subtitles