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Nytefyre ,

Just a PSA: VPN and cover your ass as you pirate.

snooggums ,
@snooggums@midwest.social avatar

PSA = Pirate Service Announcement?

Nytefyre ,

That should be a mandatory phrase for all pirate communities.

dan , (edited )
@dan@upvote.au avatar

Ideally use a VPN with port forwarding (like AirVPN or Mullvad) so you can properly seed :)

SnotFlickerman ,
@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Mullvad hasn’t had port forwarding for like a year or more?

mullvad.net/…/removing-the-support-for-forwarded-…

dan ,
@dan@upvote.au avatar

Oh, I didn’t realise (I don’t use it). Thanks for the info.

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted ,
@EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

ProtonVPN also has port-forwarding.

That being said, last time I tried it, their Linux GUI was abysmal, though I hear they recently did a revamp. I haven’t used it though yet so I can’t speak on it beyond that.

Just something to keep mind.

gregor ,

My country doesn’t care (Slovenia) and many others don’t care either

Damage ,

inb4: The Internet Archive took a dumb decision

yeah we know that they went too much against the powers that be. That was stupid, they could have lived to fight another day, but still, if you’re a pirate you must know their actions were ethically correct.

c0smokram3r ,
@c0smokram3r@midwest.social avatar

🏴‍☠️ pirate brazenly, fuck yeah 🏴‍☠️

adelita2938 ,

But what would the Jesus do?

ohellidk ,

Seed, my child!

mp3 ,
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Flip a couple of tables where this decision was made at the very least.

goldteeth ,

You Wouldn’t Download Loaves and Fishes

antonim ,

Produce infinite copies of bread loaves, and then get arrested because the baker lobby doesn’t like that.

antonim , (edited )

FYI, there are multiple methods to download “digitally loaned” books off IA, the guides exist on reddit. The public domain stuff is safe, but the stuff that is still under copyright yet unavailable by other means (Libgen/Anna’s Archive, or even normal physical copies) should definitely be ripped and uploaded to LG.

The method I use, which results in best images, is to “loan” the book, zoom in to load the highest resolution, and then leaf through the book. Periodically extract the full images from your browser cache (with e.g. MZCacheView). This should probably be automatised, but I’m yet to find a method, other than making e.g. an Autohotkey script. When you have everything downloaded, the images can be easily modified (if the book doesn’t have coloured illustrations IMO it is ideal to convert all images to black-and-white 2-bit PNG), and bundled up into a PDF with a PDF editor (I use X-Change Editor; I also like doing OCR, adding the bookmarks/outline, and adding special page numbering if needed - but that stuff can take a while and just makes the file easier to handle, it’s not necessary). Then the book can be uploaded to proper pirate sites and hopefully live on freely forever. Also there are some other methods you can find online, on reddit, etc.

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