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Gawain

Gawain

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Pretty big story, surprised no post on it (please merge if Honda, searched and checked first few pages).

Largest torrent site...last founder captured a month ago...Sony's revenge?

http://www.wired.com/2014/12/pirate-bay-raided-taken-down/http://www.wired.com/2014/12/pirate-bay-raided-taken-down/

The popular file-sharing service Pirate Bay was taken down today following a raid in Sweden by police who seized servers and computers.

The Pirate Bay portal went down Tuesday morning after Swedish police raided a server room in Stockholm over alleged copyright violations. In addition to its file-sharing section, Pirate Bay’s forum Suprbay.org was also down.

“There were a number of police officers and digital forensics experts there. This took place during the morning and continued until this afternoon. Several servers and computers were seized, but I cannot say exactly how many,” Swedish prosecutor Fredrik Ingblad told Radio Sweden.

Pirate Bay may not be the only target. According to TorrentFreak, other sites related to file sharing such as EZTV, Zoink, and Torrage went down today as well, though it’s not yet known if they were also raided.

Founded in 2003, Pirate Bay has been in the legal crosshairs for years, but has managed to stay afloat despite efforts by governments, anti-piracy groups and the music and film industries to close it down. Today’s raid comes after a number of recent events have occurred around the service, putting it in the spotlight once again.
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ETA: I should have known this was "too big to fail." Update your bookmarks to: https://thepiratebay.cr/

 
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Piratebay has been taken down before and has always come right back. Isohunt was taken down and is back. The whack-a-mole game with torrent sites has been spectacularly ineffective and expensive over the years.

 
fatness said:
Piratebay has been taken down before and has always come right back. Isohunt was taken down and is back. The whack-a-mole game with torrent sites has been spectacularly ineffective and expensive over the years.
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Not like the music/movie industries are spending their own money on enforcing this stuff, except for the cheap lobbying

 
Piratebay has been my, er, friend's go to site for years now since Demonoid is a shell of what it used to be. Or so he says anyway.....

 
Slapdash said:
fatness said:
Piratebay has been taken down before and has always come right back. Isohunt was taken down and is back. The whack-a-mole game with torrent sites has been spectacularly ineffective and expensive over the years.
Click to expand...
Not like the music/movie industries are spending their own money on enforcing this stuff, except for the cheap lobbying
Click to expand...
The money that governments waste on trying to "stop piracy" in order to prop up income for the movie and music industries would be better off just given directly to those industries. Leave all the tracking and investigation and searching and seizing and court cases out of it --- just give them the money directly. Far less hassle, and probably more effective, than what's currently being done.

 
fatness said:
Slapdash said:
fatness said:
Piratebay has been taken down before and has always come right back. Isohunt was taken down and is back. The whack-a-mole game with torrent sites has been spectacularly ineffective and expensive over the years.
Click to expand...
Not like the music/movie industries are spending their own money on enforcing this stuff, except for the cheap lobbying
Click to expand...
The money that governments waste on trying to "stop piracy" in order to prop up income for the movie and music industries would be better off just given directly to those industries. Leave all the tracking and investigation and searching and seizing and court cases out of it --- just give them the money directly. Far less hassle, and probably more effective, than what's currently being done.
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So if my home is robbed tonight I can count on Obama replacing my goodies?

Stop thieving and buy your crap like everyone does.

 
Tom Servo said:
fatness said:
Slapdash said:
fatness said:
Piratebay has been taken down before and has always come right back. Isohunt was taken down and is back. The whack-a-mole game with torrent sites has been spectacularly ineffective and expensive over the years.
Click to expand...
Not like the music/movie industries are spending their own money on enforcing this stuff, except for the cheap lobbying
Click to expand...
The money that governments waste on trying to "stop piracy" in order to prop up income for the movie and music industries would be better off just given directly to those industries. Leave all the tracking and investigation and searching and seizing and court cases out of it --- just give them the money directly. Far less hassle, and probably more effective, than what's currently being done.
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So if my home is robbed tonight I can count on Obama replacing my goodies?

Stop thieving and buy your crap like everyone does.
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Took 15 whole posts to false equate robbery and copyright infringement. You guys are slipping.

 
I use P-Bay to back up programs I've already purchased and to download shows I receive via cable.

What am I stealing again?

 
Frostillicus said:
I still don't get why people don't just pay for ####.
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I don't mind paying, but torrenting is just easier. Downloading purchased videos with an iPad/iTunes works about 50% of the time for me. Renting via PPV on DirecTV has been problematic. Downloading a file via torrent works 100% of the time. I've sometimes (not always), rented the movie on iTunes just to kick in the $4 for the movie and then torrent'd it. I watch about 5 movies per year.

 
What's the go-to site for ebooks these days? I have a few I'd like to peruse but haven't been on a torrent site in forever. Not even sure what I need to get on anymore. I feel like I need to suit up in a body condom whenever I log into the Pirate Bay or Demonoid for fear of infecting my computer with junk.

 
Gawain said:
I use P-Bay to back up programs I've already purchased and to download shows I receive via cable.

What am I stealing again?
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DVR fees if you have a non-DVR box and are saving there.

Our cable/sat company overlords must be paid their ~$20/HD DVR box/month tribute + force you to watch commercials via proprietary on demand, or they will wither and die.

Oh, and you can't buy the box. You must rent it, so these fees will never go away with an investment in your own purchased box over time.

 
mquinnjr said:
Gawain said:
I use P-Bay to back up programs I've already purchased and to download shows I receive via cable.

What am I stealing again?
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DVR fees if you have a non-DVR box and are saving there.

Our cable/sat company overlords must be paid their ~$20/HD DVR box/month tribute + force you to watch commercials via proprietary on demand, or they will wither and die.

Oh, and you can't buy the box. You must rent it, so these fees will never go away with an investment in your own purchased box over time.
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I have a DVR box, but I also have a writable DVD player. I also have a computer. I could easily record a show, edit out the commercials and watch. I'm just getting to the same result without having to invest the time.

I've never had tivo, but aren't the new tivo sets just DVRs you buy?

 
Gawain said:
mquinnjr said:
Gawain said:
I use P-Bay to back up programs I've already purchased and to download shows I receive via cable.

What am I stealing again?
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DVR fees if you have a non-DVR box and are saving there.

Our cable/sat company overlords must be paid their ~$20/HD DVR box/month tribute + force you to watch commercials via proprietary on demand, or they will wither and die.

Oh, and you can't buy the box. You must rent it, so these fees will never go away with an investment in your own purchased box over time.
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I have a DVR box, but I also have a writable DVD player. I also have a computer. I could easily record a show, edit out the commercials and watch. I'm just getting to the same result without having to invest the time.

I've never had tivo, but aren't the new tivo sets just DVRs you buy?
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I've never had tivo either, but looking into it, either they get you on the monthly fee, or recovering the lifetime sub takes a solid few years from an ROI perspective. I guess if you're not moving it makes sense.

 
beer 30 said:
What's the go-to site for ebooks these days? I have a few I'd like to peruse but haven't been on a torrent site in forever. Not even sure what I need to get on anymore. I feel like I need to suit up in a body condom whenever I log into the Pirate Bay or Demonoid for fear of infecting my computer with junk.
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myanonamouse.net

PM if you want an invite.

 
Slapdash said:
Tom Servo said:
fatness said:
Slapdash said:
fatness said:
Piratebay has been taken down before and has always come right back. Isohunt was taken down and is back. The whack-a-mole game with torrent sites has been spectacularly ineffective and expensive over the years.
Click to expand...
Not like the music/movie industries are spending their own money on enforcing this stuff, except for the cheap lobbying
Click to expand...
The money that governments waste on trying to "stop piracy" in order to prop up income for the movie and music industries would be better off just given directly to those industries. Leave all the tracking and investigation and searching and seizing and court cases out of it --- just give them the money directly. Far less hassle, and probably more effective, than what's currently being done.
Click to expand...
So if my home is robbed tonight I can count on Obama replacing my goodies?

Stop thieving and buy your crap like everyone does.
Click to expand...
Took 15 whole posts to false equate robbery and copyright infringement. You guys are slipping.
Click to expand...
Is that the euphemism you're using so you can sleep at night?

 
Tom Servo said:
Slapdash said:
Tom Servo said:
fatness said:
Slapdash said:
fatness said:
Piratebay has been taken down before and has always come right back. Isohunt was taken down and is back. The whack-a-mole game with torrent sites has been spectacularly ineffective and expensive over the years.
Click to expand...
Not like the music/movie industries are spending their own money on enforcing this stuff, except for the cheap lobbying
Click to expand...
The money that governments waste on trying to "stop piracy" in order to prop up income for the movie and music industries would be better off just given directly to those industries. Leave all the tracking and investigation and searching and seizing and court cases out of it --- just give them the money directly. Far less hassle, and probably more effective, than what's currently being done.
Click to expand...
So if my home is robbed tonight I can count on Obama replacing my goodies?

Stop thieving and buy your crap like everyone does.
Click to expand...
Took 15 whole posts to false equate robbery and copyright infringement. You guys are slipping.
Click to expand...
Is that the euphemism you're using so you can sleep at night?
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That is what it literally is.

 
Slapdash said:
Tom Servo said:
Slapdash said:
Tom Servo said:
fatness said:
Slapdash said:
fatness said:
Piratebay has been taken down before and has always come right back. Isohunt was taken down and is back. The whack-a-mole game with torrent sites has been spectacularly ineffective and expensive over the years.
Click to expand...
Not like the music/movie industries are spending their own money on enforcing this stuff, except for the cheap lobbying
Click to expand...
The money that governments waste on trying to "stop piracy" in order to prop up income for the movie and music industries would be better off just given directly to those industries. Leave all the tracking and investigation and searching and seizing and court cases out of it --- just give them the money directly. Far less hassle, and probably more effective, than what's currently being done.
Click to expand...
So if my home is robbed tonight I can count on Obama replacing my goodies?

Stop thieving and buy your crap like everyone does.
Click to expand...
Took 15 whole posts to false equate robbery and copyright infringement. You guys are slipping.
Click to expand...
Is that the euphemism you're using so you can sleep at night?
Click to expand...
That is what it literally is.
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Did you pay for it from the person who made it?

 
Walking Boot said:
mquinnjr said:
Gawain said:
mquinnjr said:
Gawain said:
I use P-Bay to back up programs I've already purchased and to download shows I receive via cable.

What am I stealing again?
Click to expand...
DVR fees if you have a non-DVR box and are saving there.

Our cable/sat company overlords must be paid their ~$20/HD DVR box/month tribute + force you to watch commercials via proprietary on demand, or they will wither and die.

Oh, and you can't buy the box. You must rent it, so these fees will never go away with an investment in your own purchased box over time.
Click to expand...
I have a DVR box, but I also have a writable DVD player. I also have a computer. I could easily record a show, edit out the commercials and watch. I'm just getting to the same result without having to invest the time.

I've never had tivo, but aren't the new tivo sets just DVRs you buy?
Click to expand...
I've never had tivo either, but looking into it, either they get you on the monthly fee, or recovering the lifetime sub takes a solid few years from an ROI perspective. I guess if you're not moving it makes sense.
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I've had a tivo with lifetime sub since 2001. I've moved and it still worked. Then, they also sent me a new tivo, for HDTV, some years back for only $200,and transferred my lifetime sub to that. It replaces to cable box, so I don't rent the one from the cable company. It uses a subscriber card from the cable company that goes into the tivo to id my account.
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Like it, since it also states you can get Comcast On-Demand with this. For the basic HD DVR and a mini with Lifetime sub, you're looking at ~$850. At 10/month for one HD non-DVR, looking at ~ over 7 years break-even, and at $16 for one HD-DVR, you're looking at ~ 4.5 years break-even. Not too bad, actually. Might look into this if disposable cash flow looks good, thanks!

 
Tom Servo said:
Slapdash said:
Tom Servo said:
Slapdash said:
Tom Servo said:
fatness said:
Slapdash said:
fatness said:
Piratebay has been taken down before and has always come right back. Isohunt was taken down and is back. The whack-a-mole game with torrent sites has been spectacularly ineffective and expensive over the years.
Click to expand...
Not like the music/movie industries are spending their own money on enforcing this stuff, except for the cheap lobbying
Click to expand...
The money that governments waste on trying to "stop piracy" in order to prop up income for the movie and music industries would be better off just given directly to those industries. Leave all the tracking and investigation and searching and seizing and court cases out of it --- just give them the money directly. Far less hassle, and probably more effective, than what's currently being done.
Click to expand...
So if my home is robbed tonight I can count on Obama replacing my goodies?

Stop thieving and buy your crap like everyone does.
Click to expand...
Took 15 whole posts to false equate robbery and copyright infringement. You guys are slipping.
Click to expand...
Is that the euphemism you're using so you can sleep at night?
Click to expand...
That is what it literally is.
Click to expand...
Did you pay for it from the person who made it?
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I don't pay to read a library book.

 
Very rarely have need to torrent anything anymore. Spotify has me covered on music. If it's not on spotify as far as I'm concerned it doesn't exist.

Netflix has most tv shows covered in the timeframe I'm interested in watching them. Amazon has some good titles as well.

Only thing I torrent are series that are coming out on public TV at some point anyways in the future.

Movies blow now anyways. Not interested in Hunger Games and crap like that.

 
culdeus said:
Very rarely have need to torrent anything anymore. Spotify has me covered on music. If it's not on spotify as far as I'm concerned it doesn't exist.

Netflix has most tv shows covered in the timeframe I'm interested in watching them. Amazon has some good titles as well.

Only thing I torrent are series that are coming out on public TV at some point anyways in the future.

Movies blow now anyways. Not interested in Hunger Games and crap like that.
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yeah, but how about CAM copies of movies that just came out this weekend, comic books, and HD porn?

Where else are you going to find that kind of stuff?

No one downloads music anymore with services like Songza out there for free.

 
Dentist said:
culdeus said:
Very rarely have need to torrent anything anymore. Spotify has me covered on music. If it's not on spotify as far as I'm concerned it doesn't exist.

Netflix has most tv shows covered in the timeframe I'm interested in watching them. Amazon has some good titles as well.

Only thing I torrent are series that are coming out on public TV at some point anyways in the future.

Movies blow now anyways. Not interested in Hunger Games and crap like that.
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yeah, but how about CAM copies of movies that just came out this weekend, comic books, and HD porn?

Where else are you going to find that kind of stuff?

No one downloads music anymore with services like Songza out there for free.
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xhamster down too?

 
Saw this post earlier today. Have been thinking about the implications from a personal point of view and a commercial point of view. I didn't use Pirate Bay often enough to care about it. I know what its about but I was not a user of that site.

From a personal point of view, if all torrent sites went down, what would happen to me? I would simply not watch television anymore. The few shows I do download are not earth shattering to me. I download them to stay up to date on a few things. I literally watch, and keep up with 10 shows a year.

From a commercial perspective, these guys are still in a 1950's business model. I'm not a Netflix person but that is the future, or something like it. If these networks went more ala carte and actually distributed their own shows instead of going through cable, I'd bet they could make more money. Eh, whatever.

 
Tom Servo said:
fatness said:
Slapdash said:
fatness said:
Piratebay has been taken down before and has always come right back. Isohunt was taken down and is back. The whack-a-mole game with torrent sites has been spectacularly ineffective and expensive over the years.
Click to expand...
Not like the music/movie industries are spending their own money on enforcing this stuff, except for the cheap lobbying
Click to expand...
The money that governments waste on trying to "stop piracy" in order to prop up income for the movie and music industries would be better off just given directly to those industries. Leave all the tracking and investigation and searching and seizing and court cases out of it --- just give them the money directly. Far less hassle, and probably more effective, than what's currently being done.
Click to expand...
So if my home is robbed tonight I can count on Obama replacing my goodies?

Stop thieving and buy your crap like everyone does.
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I don't think you support spending tax money on things that don't work. I don't.

 
Gawain said:
Tom Servo said:
Slapdash said:
Tom Servo said:
Slapdash said:
Tom Servo said:
fatness said:
Slapdash said:
fatness said:
Piratebay has been taken down before and has always come right back. Isohunt was taken down and is back. The whack-a-mole game with torrent sites has been spectacularly ineffective and expensive over the years.
Click to expand...
Not like the music/movie industries are spending their own money on enforcing this stuff, except for the cheap lobbying
Click to expand...
The money that governments waste on trying to "stop piracy" in order to prop up income for the movie and music industries would be better off just given directly to those industries. Leave all the tracking and investigation and searching and seizing and court cases out of it --- just give them the money directly. Far less hassle, and probably more effective, than what's currently being done.
Click to expand...
So if my home is robbed tonight I can count on Obama replacing my goodies?

Stop thieving and buy your crap like everyone does.
Click to expand...
Took 15 whole posts to false equate robbery and copyright infringement. You guys are slipping.
Click to expand...
Is that the euphemism you're using so you can sleep at night?
Click to expand...
That is what it literally is.
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Did you pay for it from the person who made it?
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I don't pay to read a library book.
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You wouldn't download a car.

 
Run It Up said:
Gawain said:
Tom Servo said:
Slapdash said:
Tom Servo said:
Slapdash said:
Tom Servo said:
fatness said:
Slapdash said:
fatness said:
Piratebay has been taken down before and has always come right back. Isohunt was taken down and is back. The whack-a-mole game with torrent sites has been spectacularly ineffective and expensive over the years.
Click to expand...
Not like the music/movie industries are spending their own money on enforcing this stuff, except for the cheap lobbying
Click to expand...
The money that governments waste on trying to "stop piracy" in order to prop up income for the movie and music industries would be better off just given directly to those industries. Leave all the tracking and investigation and searching and seizing and court cases out of it --- just give them the money directly. Far less hassle, and probably more effective, than what's currently being done.
Click to expand...
So if my home is robbed tonight I can count on Obama replacing my goodies?

Stop thieving and buy your crap like everyone does.
Click to expand...
Took 15 whole posts to false equate robbery and copyright infringement. You guys are slipping.
Click to expand...
Is that the euphemism you're using so you can sleep at night?
Click to expand...
That is what it literally is.
Click to expand...
Did you pay for it from the person who made it?
Click to expand...
I don't pay to read a library book.
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You wouldn't download a car.
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Not true. I'm going to download the 3D blueprints of a car and then print one. Print up my own Porsche.

 
cstu said:
beer 30 said:
What's the go-to site for ebooks these days? I have a few I'd like to peruse but haven't been on a torrent site in forever. Not even sure what I need to get on anymore. I feel like I need to suit up in a body condom whenever I log into the Pirate Bay or Demonoid for fear of infecting my computer with junk.
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myanonamouse.net

PM if you want an invite.
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PMs are full.

 
Hawks64 said:
cstu said:
beer 30 said:
What's the go-to site for ebooks these days? I have a few I'd like to peruse but haven't been on a torrent site in forever. Not even sure what I need to get on anymore. I feel like I need to suit up in a body condom whenever I log into the Pirate Bay or Demonoid for fear of infecting my computer with junk.
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myanonamouse.net

PM if you want an invite.
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PMs are full.
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:goodposting: Would love to have one, TIA

 
PB has been my goto for years.

I have not paid for a movie/music/tv show in years.

Gigabytes of stuff. I want to get my ISP monthly charges worth!

I sleep well.

 
Dystopian future when the robotics manufacturers have to use deep drm to circumvent pirates from sharing the latest sexbot behavioral subroutines. Thousands died - horribly.

 
culdeus said:
Very rarely have need to torrent anything anymore. Spotify has me covered on music. If it's not on spotify as far as I'm concerned it doesn't exist.

Netflix has most tv shows covered in the timeframe I'm interested in watching them. Amazon has some good titles as well.

Only thing I torrent are series that are coming out on public TV at some point anyways in the future.

Movies blow now anyways. Not interested in Hunger Games and crap like that.
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Does Netflix even have HBO?

 
Gawain said:
Tom Servo said:
Slapdash said:
Tom Servo said:
Slapdash said:
Tom Servo said:
fatness said:
Slapdash said:
fatness said:
Piratebay has been taken down before and has always come right back. Isohunt was taken down and is back. The whack-a-mole game with torrent sites has been spectacularly ineffective and expensive over the years.
Click to expand...
Not like the music/movie industries are spending their own money on enforcing this stuff, except for the cheap lobbying
Click to expand...
The money that governments waste on trying to "stop piracy" in order to prop up income for the movie and music industries would be better off just given directly to those industries. Leave all the tracking and investigation and searching and seizing and court cases out of it --- just give them the money directly. Far less hassle, and probably more effective, than what's currently being done.
Click to expand...
So if my home is robbed tonight I can count on Obama replacing my goodies?

Stop thieving and buy your crap like everyone does.
Click to expand...
Took 15 whole posts to false equate robbery and copyright infringement. You guys are slipping.
Click to expand...
Is that the euphemism you're using so you can sleep at night?
Click to expand...
That is what it literally is.
Click to expand...
Did you pay for it from the person who made it?
Click to expand...
I don't pay to read a library book.
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You keeping that library book or nah?

 
NewlyRetired said:
cstu said:
Gawain said:
I don't pay to read a library book.
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Before I started torrenting, I would go to the library, borrow a DVD, rip it and return it as I thought this was legal.

Then when I found out it wasn't, I moved to the torrent model.

I am still unsure why borrowing and ripping was illegal if I never intended to distribute the rip.
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So if I steal torrent your TV, am I guilty because I plan on using it at my house?

 
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