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Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

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Getting started

To do this properly, you need to understand how those websites work.

For the shake of simplicity fellow "pirates", they utilize m3u wiki link

  • m3u8 99% of the time.

You will also need yt-dlp install it if you don't have already

Example on utilizing this knowledge
  • Go to your favorite streaming site
  • Simple press F12
  • Go to Network
  • Select XHR (XMLHttpRequest)
  • Filter URLs for m3u8
    • If you find more than one, just test them out, you will soon find the trick on your own :)
  • Copy the URL
  • Open a terminal and type yt-dlp <your-copied-link>

Do it Ethically

Some may call us pirates, which I find really cool

But the true evil Pirates/criminals are the ones that keep the power to themselves and don't share it with others

Information is the only true power, and it should be free(free as in free speech) for all.

Share your own tips & tricks in the comments if you want!

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[–] Soltros@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This doesn't have to do with the topic at hand, but it's just so cool being able to directly reference sites and ways to download on Lemmy, rather than dancing around the topic on Reddit.

[–] SeanTheLawn@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is what Reddit was like in the golden era, ~2010-2014ish

[–] Captain_Wtv@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

It changed after they banned r/megalinks. I remember the day. The piracy sub purged content around that time. Then 2-3 years later the sports streaming subs went down.

[–] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Until copyright owners start banging on providers of those who host these instances sadly. Give it a few years and we will be back there

[–] ghariksforge@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's a lot harder for copyright holders to intimidate the fediverse. First of all, there isn't a single entity that can do the policing for them. Second, fediverse servers are across the whole world, in jurisdictions other than the US.

[–] damipereira@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah! If there's too much attention from US companies the instances related to piracy can just move. I'm wondering what's the law for US residents who host their website in another country, do they still have to respect US laws?

[–] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They can send DMCA strike to Contabo and then sue Zer0 directly.

[–] ghariksforge@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's the beauty of the fediverse. The community can move to any lemmy server, especially one outside US jurisdiction.

[–] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'm aware, but the current one is in Germany.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

Yep, it's bound to happen as the instances get larger. For example, it's why I will mention there are actually awesome leaked playable builds of Gears of War 3 on PC which are super fun to play, but I won't link directly to them.