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Nobody stops you from uploading stuff and sharing it. But certain communities like for example private trackers have a process to allow you to become an uploader.
As for money, ask yourself, it's piracy, which by definition means that you want to download stuff without paying for them. Why would they pay you instead?
There's a few cases that it worked before but is generally frowned upon, as if holding the files hostage. Now if it's a service that nobody else can do, or files that nobody else has laying around or easy access to buy and share for free, you could try that. Again, nobody stops you, but most people wouldn't see kindly to that. From leechers to other uploaders.
An example of some relatively common services are selling devices with Kodi and pirated add-ons or selling modded game consoles with games included.
When doing that though it could be difficult to remain anonymous when scaling things up.
But honestly, if I found someone reputable selling modded consoles, rather than picking someone random at etsy, I'd be their income for a year or so. After finishing my Roms and redumps collections, getting modded and working (to refurbished standards) hardware would be the next step. I love emulation but I much prefer original hardware if given the option.
But I suck at soldering and hardware modding/fixing in general. I don't even care if games are included, just give me the option to pop an HDD in on some quality modded console and I'll be happy.
I was referring to those as (mostly) ethical ways of profiting off of piracy.
An example of this could be charging for songs on Soulseek.
That said I do wish console modding and the associated modding services were as popular as they were when the Xbox 360 was at it's peak. Unfortunately it seems like what happened with Gary Bowser modding Switchs scared a few people out of the market.