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[–] andresias 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

In 2016, BREIN says its pursuit of important pirates will increase and that it has deployed “special software” to help with the task.

I wonder what they mean with 'special software', will it be NSA's intrusive 'technology'?

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[–] Impuredeath 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Well they are doing this thing where they plant a seeder in popular torrents that just monitors the IP addresses currenting torrenting using that torrent. Which means using things such as popcorn time could make you pop up on their radar and if you pop up frequently enough they can get to you in a personal level. But company wise i guess their software is also just an observation thing. That just scans pages.

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[–] Frenchgeek 0 points 21 points (+21|-0) ago 

Windows 10, maybe.

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[–] bouble_senti 0 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago 

If they invested this much efforts in going after rapists immigrants, that money would be well spent!

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[–] Impuredeath 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Brein is not part of the government.

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[–] bouble_senti 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago 

Yeah, still they get funded from governments and big corporations

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[–] Impuredeath 0 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago 

Just gonna leave this here: "Fuck Brein".

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[–] 3840385? 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

BRAIN is as corrupt as can be. It is an organization that uses piracy as an excuse to get wealthy rich themselves. They collect money an that money only gets to the rich artists, the beginners artists loses money.

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[–] frankenmine 0 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Noosfeer appears to be an archiving/rehosting service provider.

I encourage you not to archive/rehost TorrentFreak in the future.

They do good work and deserve our traffic.

Here's a direct link if you want to support them:

https://torrentfreak.com/brein-takes-343-pirate-sites-offline-warns-uploaders-160109/

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[–] bsdgnome 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I pay for things that I deem worthy. With things like Netflix/Hulu Plus/HBO GO/whatever else. I don't really need to pirate because the cost is so low to watch movies. But that doesn't mean I deleted my collection. :) Especially music.

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[–] Natsunagi 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

What is your opinion on software? Personally, I wish all major companies had free "student" editions. No way in hell would I pay $500-$5,000 for a full software package of something I'm only learning to use. Either I'll download a cracked version, or I'll switch to a different package that is free and open source.

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[–] bsdgnome 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I tend to use open source alternatives. I have in the past used pirated versions but not so much really anymore. I haven't found it necessary. I do like to support smaller devs. I have pirated games but usually end up buying the game when I realize I enjoy the product and feel the need to make a contribution. I know its not necessary but I just tend to feel obligated to support something I really love. Example: Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. I played the pirated version for awhile. Which resulted in me making a purchase. But yeah. I'm not about to lay down a few hundred bucks on a piece of software.

Edit: I have 181 games in my steam library. And I gift games to friends randomly when the price is right.

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[–] Capt_Rye 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I didn't know 343 industries had piracy sites. Must be their way of fucking Microsoft over for the halo 5 crap.