Almost the entire warez scene gone due to major raid, 60 servers down in 19 countries, no more free cracked vidyas
cireza
Member
lol, I actually don't give a shit, you just came in with a super serious answer. You are the one trying very hard to prove something hereYeah I thought so, especially after how hard you tried to undermine my argument.
(yes I mastered underlining and smileys a long time ago as well)
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DarkestHour
Banned
Or being a damn adult with a job. Adults with jobs that still pirate are sad people.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
Steam pretty much killed Warez.
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
This is about the behind the scene "warez scene".. the people that actually produce the files that end up on torrent sites.
I think the effect will only be felt if this causes other warez group people to freak out due to the arrests.
I think the effect will only be felt if this causes other warez group people to freak out due to the arrests.
Fuz
Banned
P.S.
EU study finds piracy doesn’t hurt game sales, may actually help
Results suggest a positive effect, but there’s a huge margin of error.
arstechnica.com
TriSuit666
Banned
It's apparently happened because they were posing as a legitimate business and able to obtain pre-release samples and screeners from Hollywood suppliers directly.
But for all the people going 'hur hur hur torrentz, amirite', the group they broke were the 0day 'scene' source a tier above torrent leechers.
But for all the people going 'hur hur hur torrentz, amirite', the group they broke were the 0day 'scene' source a tier above torrent leechers.
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Faithless83
Banned
I did prove a point in my first reply. Yet you went from "yeah right" to "I was joking" to "you are the one trying to prove something".lol, I actually don't give a shit, you just came in with a super serious answer. You are the one trying very hard to prove something here
(yes I mastered underlining and smileys a long time ago as well)
I'm enjoying the goal post moving.
TriSuit666
Banned
Everything seems fine where I lurk
That's because - and shh, keep this between you and me - the raids actually happened in January but were sealed by the US Judiciary.
Europol crowing about shit that happened 6 months ago.
The_Mike
I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
Wait. Did Warez actually work?
I remember a guy introduced me for it. Went to a page to download, then an ad. Then a new link and an ad. Never seemed to be anything but ads so wondering what they removed.
False advertisement?
I remember a guy introduced me for it. Went to a page to download, then an ad. Then a new link and an ad. Never seemed to be anything but ads so wondering what they removed.
False advertisement?
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StreetsofBeige
Member
So the bulk of the warez scene came from only 60 servers?
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
They targeted the Sparks group who mostly do movies.
Games are still being cracked left right and center....think pCars was 0 day cracked.
Why this is news is because they might have got one of the big pirates who has knowledge of other groups....if he squeals there may be more damage yet to come.
TriSuit666
Banned
Because only bottom feeders use torrents..... apparently.
Again cracking most content has become easy as pie and anyone can do it because DRM has gone aside from Denuvo (Which does its job splendedly in newer versions already and takes months to crack if not years). Store DRM is a joke and there are tools out there that automatically do it.
They are going to have stuff anyway and there's really nothing to do about that.
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Thirty7ven
Banned
The amount of resources spent fighting piracy is some real shit.
LeftThumbstick
Member
Lmao, how naive.
Quasicat
Member
It amazes me how casual piracy is with teenagers. Last year, during home room, we were talking about classic N64 games (which they just call Nintendo) and were blown away by the N64 controller. I asked them how they play N64 games if they never had seen the controller and many of them explained how they play classic games through an emulator on a keyboard. I asked one of them to fire up a game on their school issued computer. He loaded up Majora's Mask and started playing it like any one of us would play on original hardware. So many of my students are very familiar with classic 3D titles, but only know how to play them on a keyboard.
yet
Woo-Fu
Banned
You can't. With modern encryption you can't even be sure oh, say, the seedboxes at the top of the pyramid are seedboxes. If you could detect and verify instantly and then disable in less than a few minutes you'd have a chance. Theoretically I would not be surprised if the NSA is capable of it. They have bigger fish to fry though and presumably always will. That's not to mention you'd have to break laws all over the world if you wanted to be effective.
It's one of those problems that would cost more to fix than anybody potentially is losing.
Effigenius
Member
Just because 100% of people who pirate won't buy games if they can't pirate doesn't mean they should be allowed to do it.
lock2k
Banned
I would. lol
supernova8
Banned
Well yeah people pirate because (1) they don't think they'll get caught and (2) it doesn't cost anything. Emulation makes sense in the cases where it's an absolute ball ache to find an actual copy of the game, but for new stuff (or stuff available on Steam for almost free anyway) there's even less justification.
Plus, people naturally associate stealing with physical items so once you get into the digital realm you kinda become desensitised.
nemiroff
Member
So, this happened in the beginning of the year AFAIK. The effect should've happened a long time ago and torrent sites are easily available for everyone to check. Did you..? I mean, because right now I'm looking at games like Project Cars 3, MS Flight Simulator 2020, Battletoads and Doom Eternal among the torrents, plus a bunch of other new games.
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ZZZZ
Member
Weird post, i guess the Hyperbole was to get likes?
This was a raid on the Movies scene, specifically Sparks and some associated with them.
This is nothing like the Buccaneer, Fastlink, and Site Down raids.
They will probably lay low for a little bit and come back as usual.
This was a raid on the Movies scene, specifically Sparks and some associated with them.
This is nothing like the Buccaneer, Fastlink, and Site Down raids.
They will probably lay low for a little bit and come back as usual.
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I was going to say to sharpen their swords and rinse their eye patches... But, yeah, your idea's good, too.
Zato
Banned
gaming is absolutely a luxury, it is not essential to life ...... that being the bloody definition.
Compsiox
Banned
I'm saying they get fucked so hard by society they should get some cake.
Edit: I meant to say it's a luxury originally. Just that they deserve it anyway.
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PresetError
Neophyte
This still cracks me up.
Zato
Banned
Who? The poor? Been there, think they would have better jobs, homes and opportunities for them and their kids.
Can't eat, wear or live in a game, hey let's airdrop games to starving Africans.
Compsiox
Banned
You're thinking too hard about this. I'm basically just advocating for 'emulation'.
nush
Member
Not really, for TV and movies there was already a dieing market for the burned discs. Most of the piracy is on Chinese streaming apps these days. They don't really care about day one, the stuff will just arrive later.
