What is the motive behind private trackers?

Emerald , 7 months ago

I do believe that piracy is moral and ethical and sharing knowledge is what helps humanity thrive. However, due to copyright law, the sharing of knowledge is criminalized. Private trackers serve as a way for people to share knowledge with less of a risk of bad actors (commonly known as copyright trolls) interfering. Private trackers very much are a “secret club”, but that is why they are able to stay open for long periods of time without legal action. For me, whenever I download something from a private tracker I am also sure to share it publicly on other P2P networks, as to not gatekeep.

SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE , 7 months ago

I get love letters from my isp whenever I share torrents from public trackers. I’ve never gotten one from a private tracker so I only use private trackers now.

nooneescapesthelaw , 7 months ago

If piracy is moral and ethical and enables us to share knowledge, why do private trackers gatekeep this knowledge?

Because thats not how most people see it. It’s just a way to watch movies (or download stuff) for free. Private trackers ensure a higher quality experience

Piracy isn’t some high philosophical debate, it’s seeing something you want and making a copy of it.

Ilflish , 7 months ago

I’m not going to be as positive as the others. For every person who seeds everything there are those doing the bare minimum. But they will do the bare minimum because they’re in a good ecosphere of rarities that are seeded and don’t want to lose that benefit