torrenting was always morally righteous and strategically sound.
logging onto limewire under dark of night to download 60 minutes
December 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
torrenting was always morally righteous and strategically sound.
so basically im the goat of torrenting
March 21, 2026 at 12:09 AM
so basically im the goat of torrenting
Torrenting from airport WiFi
July 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Torrenting from airport WiFi
Torrenting without a VPN is like having sex without a condom: awesome.
January 17, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Torrenting without a VPN is like having sex without a condom: awesome.
Remember when a lady got fine $220,000 for torrenting a couple dozen songs?
Facebook torrented 81.7 TBs of books.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Facebook torrented 81.7 TBs of books.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
”Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed
Meta’s alleged torrenting and seeding of pirated books complicates copyright case.
arstechnica.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Remember when a lady got fine $220,000 for torrenting a couple dozen songs?
Facebook torrented 81.7 TBs of books.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Facebook torrented 81.7 TBs of books.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
The teenager who got sued by metallica for torrenting ride the lightning
December 18, 2024 at 7:45 PM
The teenager who got sued by metallica for torrenting ride the lightning
It’s 2050 and a teen girl is torrenting a .tar.gz file of all the consciousnesses of all the tech bros who uploaded themselves into the cloud in a bid for immortality and modding them into The Sims 4
August 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
It’s 2050 and a teen girl is torrenting a .tar.gz file of all the consciousnesses of all the tech bros who uploaded themselves into the cloud in a bid for immortality and modding them into The Sims 4
we already have a technology for stealing ghibli it's called TORRENTING
March 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
we already have a technology for stealing ghibli it's called TORRENTING
the only problem with meta torrenting libgen is that they didn't seed
March 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
the only problem with meta torrenting libgen is that they didn't seed
"Torrenting is too difficult", "Streaming Sucks", "Hard drives are too expensive". Well then how the hell ARE you guys watching anime? What are we doing here?
September 25, 2026 at 2:18 AM
"Torrenting is too difficult", "Streaming Sucks", "Hard drives are too expensive". Well then how the hell ARE you guys watching anime? What are we doing here?
Legalize It*
*torrenting
*torrenting
January 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Legalize It*
*torrenting
*torrenting
Torrenting
how do anarchists plan on dealing with the problem of pirates
December 28, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Torrenting
i separate the art from the artist all the time, it’s called torrenting
September 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
i separate the art from the artist all the time, it’s called torrenting
I wonder how many streaming sites have to go down before people start Torrenting again.
May 11, 2026 at 4:11 AM
I wonder how many streaming sites have to go down before people start Torrenting again.
also torrenting is completely legal and is for sharing linux ISOe and uhhhh whatever they do on web dot archive
May 24, 2026 at 3:13 PM
also torrenting is completely legal and is for sharing linux ISOe and uhhhh whatever they do on web dot archive
20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.
The law only ever serves capital.
The law only ever serves capital.
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
Pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their productsBusiness live – latest updatesThe developer OpenAI has said it would be impossible to create tools like its groundbreaking chatbot ChatGPT without access to copyrighted material, as pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their products.Chatbots such as ChatGPT and image generators like Stable Diffusion are “trained” on a vast trove of data taken from the internet, with much of it covered by copyright – a legal protection against someone’s work being used without permission. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2024 at 4:34 PM
20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.
The law only ever serves capital.
The law only ever serves capital.
Kids now have the same level of torrenting ability as people in their 80s.
April 25, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Kids now have the same level of torrenting ability as people in their 80s.
This is so wild to me, because they won. People stopped torrenting and just got streaming substitutions instead. All they needed to do was keep things the same, and they fucked it up anyway.
Streaming services are becoming less attractive because of rising prices and companies removing content, which is sending people back to piracy. So now the industry is trying to pass laws to penalize digital piracy again.
Studios Are Going After Piracy Again, Potentially Reigniting Fight Over Free Speech
The Motion Picture Association said it will work with Congress to enact an anti-piracy law similar to legislation that failed to pass more than a decade ago for potentially promoting censorship.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
April 12, 2024 at 10:58 AM
This is so wild to me, because they won. People stopped torrenting and just got streaming substitutions instead. All they needed to do was keep things the same, and they fucked it up anyway.
I'm back sailing the high seas, going torrenting once again.
October 22, 2024 at 7:01 PM
I'm back sailing the high seas, going torrenting once again.
do you know how torrenting works?
May 24, 2026 at 3:31 PM
do you know how torrenting works?
love torrenting so much
December 20, 2024 at 8:48 AM
love torrenting so much
Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models.
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
February 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models.
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
my hot take is that torrenting is preservation
I maintain that if the profession is going to allow genAI, we have to be okay with torrenting of media too.
October 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
my hot take is that torrenting is preservation
Torrenting darude_sandstorm_remix.mp4 only to discover that the file is a bootleg episode of 60 Minutes.
December 23, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Torrenting darude_sandstorm_remix.mp4 only to discover that the file is a bootleg episode of 60 Minutes.