Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ @lemmy.dbzer0.com

1w ago

How do you go about finding specific items when it's prohibited to even ask?

I've been on 1337x, ABC, torrentquest, eztvx, msearch, and pretty much all of the other sites on the megathread, both for "greatest treasures" (the general purpose section) and the movies & TV section specifically. Yet, the show that my wife and I want to watch is nowhere to be found in any of these. We're confused why, as it's not exactly an unpopular show.

Despite it not seeming to exist in a torrent format anywhere, among many other shows, it is forbidden both here and elsewhere to ask for help on finding a specific title. I was just hoping to learn the reasoning why. Is it just because the forum would be flooded with people asking for titles instead of taking the time to dig through the resources? What are people supposed to do when they do dig through the resources then?

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Use a DHT search engine, it there is a torrent for it you should be able to find it.
https://bt4gprx.com/
I am curious what is the show? I might be able find it.

If I really couldn't find something and I was really that desperate, I'd just try to buy it somewhere. Assuming it's also difficult to buy, I'd be looking at online marketplaces and op shops. If pirates are going to keep hiding behind the "piracy is a service problem" line then at some point they do need to admit that paying for the product is actually the more sensible and straightforward option if they have reached a deadend elsewhere.
- If pirates are going to keep hiding behind the "piracy is a service problem" line then at some point they do need to admit that paying for the product is actually the more sensible and straightforward option if they have reached a deadend elsewhere.
  Uh, yeah, that's why "piracy is a service problem" was even a thing in the first place. Music is a great example, because you can get nearly every artist on every streaming service.
  This is a widely-known fact often acknowledged by most pirate types.
  
  What is a widely-known fact? From the "uH yEaH" you sound like you're trying to argue with me but I'm not really sure what your point is. I never said piracy can't be a service issue, what I said is that people who trot this line out literally every single time to defend their pirating should follow through when piracy becomes more convoluted and time consuming than the legal alternative. Many don't, the line has become a convenient catch-all cop out that people hide behind so they can pretend acquiring everything for free makes them some kind of morally superior consumer activist. I wasn't having a go at OP specifically, but the logical conclusion when you get to their point should be to give up and pay or rent through a library or something.

Private trackers usually have a request mechanism that you can use. I currently use seedpool and digitalcore which let you request media after you've spent enough time seeding media

Sorry, you're not going to find The Duck Factory anywhere. Despite being Jim Carrey's first starring roll, it's just a formulaic 80s sitcom with limited production value and typical period writing.
- When all else fails, there's YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwVbRQceKdUBQ8cDHlBXMoZvLLYqcLsoy
  @Elarionus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
  
  I prefer archive.org for stuff like that https://archive.org/details/the-duck-factory
  Currently watching King of the Hill there. No ads, no accounts or comments, just plain streaming
- 8 of 13 episodes are out there. Not great quality, but better than nothing.

one of the big benefits of private trackers is that they have request systems and on the good ones requests are getting filled constantly.

Is the Piracy room on Matrix an acceptable place to ask for that kind of stuff? I mean it is End-to-End Encrypted. Even if it isn't allowed there you could always ask someone else via DM on Matrix, is why I highly recommend people make and link their matrix accounts to their Lemmy profiles. You do have to know who to ask of course but these types of vague posts are great for that.
Note: Can't use Lemmy's built-in DMs you need to use Matrix or some other E2EE service, especially if they're going to share direct links to you. Don't use a corporate one like Facebook messenger or Whatsapp which is advertised as E2EE, those are a scam and they break their own encryption.
- Huh, could've sworn when I joined it the first time it was encrypted since it said I can't see the history of encrptypted messages and I got "can't decrypt message" errors a few times on my Android client.
- It appears I cannot join the room because I do not belong to any of the required rooms/spaces... Any help?
  
  It appears you need to join the dbzer0 space first.
- There's no proof of them actually breaking their own encryption.
  Further, if that piracy room on matrix is public, it obviously doesn't matter that the communication on it is private. It's still a public place.
  Lol, lots of downs with no comments indicating why I'm supposedly wrong about either claim. Amazing what weak bottom feeders some people are.
  
  the matrix room may be public, but when you choose someone to talk to via dm, at that point encryption matters. Of course, you shouldnt really trust that random person from the matrix room, but it being an encrypted chat reduces the risk somewhat.

If it's hard to find, first i try searching via jackett integration into qbittorrent. if unsuccessful, i go over to xrel.to and search for it there (its a pure information site, don't ask for downloads there pls). You can verify if there has ever been a release of the specific title, and if, you can see the exact name of the release. if you can't find it there too, you can be pretty sure that there never was a release, neither p2p nor scene. if it's newer content, you can try to search later; if its older content, go buy it and upload it yourself (safely!) so the next person doesn't have the same issue.
- if you can't find it there too, you can be pretty sure that there never was a release, neither p2p nor scene.
  This is not really true. I tried a few searches of more obscure movies and they don't have releases that are available on multiple private trackers.
  That being said, if you can't find a release, the best option is to buy a DVD or BlueRay version of it.
  
  That being said, if you can't find a release, the best option is it just to buy a DVD or BlueRay version of it.
  And then rip it and upload so that the next person doesn't have to.
  
  yeah, i didn't want to get into the private tracker stuff, since i never used one before; i described pretty much the ressources you have as a "commoner". I am aware that there are many specialized sources out there, where a lot more obscure material is available, but most of those take special effort to gain access to.
- Apparently xrel.to doesn't always have films listed, IMDb does. I couldn't even find Boefje

Get on a few private trackers and make a request
- That first part is where I’m stuck lol. I am fine with maintaining a good ratio but have limited bandwidth to pass a big exam or get in with the right crowd socially…
  
  Someone just gave me an invite to torrentleech.org when I asked here. I don't have enough points yet otherwise I'd have sent you one lol

Private trackers have usually most stuff.
Only with very rare or obscure content it depends on where you are.
Some trackers specialize in specific genres or regions (e.g. horror or latino/asian).

You can always try 4chan's /r/ board. It's specifically for requesting shit, usually links to pirated content.
Haven't teied using it in almost a decade though, so can't vouch too well for it.
- It's just porn now

Usenet or check your local library.

Have you tried.......
you know,
(cough)
maybe just, ah ....
(air quotes) "heavily implying"
the , ah, you know .....
particular.....
(taps side of nose)
ah, torrent
in
(eyebrow waggle)
ahem,
QUESTION?
Eh?
Ehhhhh?
- ...so you're saying if I do cocaine and we sleep together you'll send me link?
  
  Well, anything's possible, I say we give it a try and see what happens.

Have you tried https://bt4gprx.com/
Also those streaming sites like yesmovies and moviesjoy often have things the public torrent trackers do not.

Maybe you can say the initials? Or what does it rhyme with? Not sure if I'm being \s

unblockit.pages.dev

if you want iptorrents invite message me, it may have what you are looking for.

Well, go on, don't tease us, what are you after?
- Rule 3: Don't request or link to specific pirated titles, including DMs
  That's why he's asking why he's not allowed to ask.

/r/dhexchange

get an easy news membership, their search function to search all UseNet is the best
https://members.easynews.com/1.0/global5/
- 150 GB for $30 a month seems like a pretty bad deal..
- Wow, that's shit. I've been with Newsgroup.ninja for the past.... decade. I'm grandfathered in on some /r/usenet promotion from a long time ago but they're still pretty cheap and offer the same retention as easynews. Everything is on usenet, it's just a matter of finding the right indexer, nice thing is the good indexers just want money so barring a few sites it's pretty easy to get started.
  https://www.newsgroup.ninja/

Is it just because the forum would be flooded with people asking for titles
This, and it risks the community getting shut down.
If it's really that hard to find, you could give back to the community by purchasing, ripping, and sharing it.
- I had to do that for a local show lost to time. The both seasons DVD was $15 on ebay.
- Shouldn't the instance where piracy community is hosted be in a country where piracy is legal then?
  
  I don't think piracy is legal anywhere.
  
  then you can get countries blocking it by dns….
  there’s other, less censorable forums out there.
  
  Or hosted in a way that is itself P2P? Like IPFS or ZeroNet?

If you use qbittorrent, they have a search function built in so you don't have to manually search every site. I have found many shows that were impossible to find on sites because they have odd names.
- Oh my fucking god, I've been using qbit and never went beyond setting up the barebones basic. Thanks a lot for talking about this feature!
  For anyone interested, it's in the View menu -> Search Engine (should be 5th option). It'll ask to install Python if you don't have it already.
  After that, you should see a new tab on the upper left: Transfers / Search. On the bottom right, click the "Search plugins" to let it download/install some. Presto!
  
  There's also more you can download from github
- I have literally never thought to try that. 😂 Thanks for sharing this! Next time I’m struggling, I’ll give it a try.
- Is qbittorrent written in qt?
  
  It uses qt, yes

After I check the usual torrent sites, if I can't find it on Usenet then I try finding random sketchy streaming sites (just by duckduckgoing title + year + stream) because usually you can youtube-dl them with a little fiddling, then my last resort is a DHT indexer like btdig. That's more risk with viruses but if you're paying attention it's not that hard to avoid, but DHT indexes have lots of ancient stuff so be prepared to wait for seeds if you find it.
Sometimes I also find what I'm looking for on like page 7 of duckduckgo results at archive.org
Edit: also check soulseek - it's primarily for music but you can share any file. I share my entire movies collection and get a constant stream of people downloading from me daily so it seems people search for and seem to also share TV and movies so it's worth a check.
- also searching for "title_name" "magnet" is productive as well, either on ddg/ecosia/yandex (using torrent keyword instead brings results as well, but also sketch looking websites. also magnet links don't require registration)

Copyright. If you say "You can find X at Y" US copyright has gotten so out of control even linking is infringement like hosting, even via magnet link. The megathread is pretty old and doesn't even have old things that are still useful like the saved google searches, so your point is apt... Have you tried watchsomuch or OG piratebay? Piratebay has more old shit still with seeds than you might think.

Check Usenet, or get a friend with a subscription to a Usenet indexer to search for you.
- 🤙

What are you trying to find

Sorry man, you'll have to sacrifice your wife to the elder gods to find it, there's nothing else that can be done :(
/j

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