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How do you go about finding specific items when it's prohibited to even ask? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago

I had to do that for a local show lost to time. The both seasons DVD was $15 on ebay.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Shouldn't the instance where piracy community is hosted be in a country where piracy is legal then?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

then you can get countries blocking it by dns….
there’s other, less censorable forums out there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

Or hosted in a way that is itself P2P? Like IPFS or ZeroNet?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I don't think piracy is legal anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 18 hours ago

Yeah. Piracy being legal or Piracy not being sanctioned are two entirely different things. Idk about the former, but the latter is the case in many countries.

E.g. downloading and streaming is legal in Switzerland, while it's illegal in the EU. But it's not sanctioned, so nobody cares.

Uploading/seeding is illegal in both regions, thus torrenting copyrighted material is illegal. But Switzerland doesn't really prosecute torrenting, so nobody cares.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

We could purchase an oil rig and host the site in international waters. It worked for that one guy in the 80's.