Inside the Shadow Internet

Paladin144 writes "Wired has a report about the mysterious 'pirate networks' that obtain new movies, music & games before they are released and spread them throughout the net. It's not as simple as putting a movie on LimeWire. These people are highly organized and very paranoid about secrecy. They maintain a hidden network of top-level FTP sites that get the best files first and allow them to trickle down the pyramid and into many a slashdotter's sweaty little fingers."

Comments

Re:Pissed off people

[jericho4.0]

What a bunch of chldish losers. "hope your mother gets rapped (sic) by 10 men with aids and you die a shity death you pc of shit...."

And the article tries to spin them out as smart, misunderstood reble types. BWAHAHA! losers.

Re:In the day

[Anonymous Coward]

Jesus, are you lame or what?

Re:Valve is not your friend

[Starsmore]

Bill Gates not included, right?

This isn't another 'microsoft sucks!!1' /. post, but an observation on his business practices.

Well lets talk about it then....

[Anonymous Coward]

Go to http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net Direct Connect is your daddy and the secret is out. Want to be on top without any work? http://www.keydesigns.biz Order a dc server for as low as 15 dollars a month, heck they will even fill your hub up with users free of charge. Small contribution = unlimited amounts of unconditional access to shared files. Then again you can always be just a user and build up your stash to get into more exclusive hubs with better releases. My advise, start at the top and get what you want.

Re:Let me guess...

[pv2b]

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

Thank you.

Re:I thought it was generally known

[saskboy]

How is it "wrong" to blanket a group with a common characteristic, using their common characteristic as the blanket?

If you took offense, why not prove us wrong by posting like an adult and getting a /. ID? They are free, and about as anonymous as an AC.

AOL keyword?

[dagnabit]

omg dawg u got to tell me the keyword for the shadow intarweb thing!!!!!!!!! that sounds so kewl!!!!!!!!

k thx

(wtf is an AOL User Voice anyway?...)

Re:I thought it was generally known

[NanoGator]

"I've seen your posts for years now... yes you are a faker. Damn windoze luser."

Linux wouldn't offer me any gains over Win'doze'. I've looked into it, and the fact of the matter is that Windows 2000 (or even XP, which I use on my workstation at work) isn't the piece of shit that it's made out to be here.

I'm successful in my line of work, so you'll pardon me for not being offended by being called a 'luser'. ;)

IP Address

[earthstar]

When I download some once in a bluemoon controversial file,I think twice over whether I should really do it - I think about my ip address getting caught.

How come these guys do so much of trading from their home PC's?Are they so sure of their ip morphing methods?[ If they use one. ]

If they are so much engrossed into this Warez business ,are they really going to be doing anything else?I would find it hard to accept if someone said they do it only in their free time.What they are doing looks like too hardcore,for time to be spent for any real work. Looks possible only for teens .

As for adults in this warez thing,dont know how they manage to support themselves.What could they be doing for livelihood?

They boast proudly that they got the print from the theatre for the "Spy kids 3D".To see it with all the nice effects on a theatre screen or on a snazzy print on computer?Which one is better?

If at all they are seeing all the movies they are downloading ,it is a serious case of addiction to Hollywood movies, instead of the many worthwhile things they can do.

Why cant they just go to the Cinemas and watch the movie / get a DVD , and then concentrate the remainning time on useful things instead of thinking all the time about which projector print to get [they have quality check for these prints it seems... :p ]/who is the first to rip the movie...etc.
The amount of time a movie requires a persons attention is only as long as you watch the movie.Not all the time in this world.

Kiddies , get a life.Get moving.

Re:publishers and copyright are hurting you.

[neverutterwhen]

I don't like 'monopoly slave wages'. I am disgusted by the idea that bits of our culture will be lost because some moron who owns the right to it is overprotective. My 'fly to britain thing' was an example not a suggestion. However I think, and this may be old fashioned and stupidly moralistic, that if someone creates a work of art it is theirs. If they then decide that it is crap and destroy it or think that only their mother should be allowed to buy a copy then that is their right. I never said that people couldn't export I simply said that they couldn't copy. Copying is a lesser crime than theft(you do not directly deprive anyone else of an object) but it is still a crime and even if legalised copying a work of art without the artist's consent would still be unethical. You talk about it being unfair that art isn't free. Create your own free art and give it to the world if you want and if anyone is interested. Just recognise the fact that making a living by selling your art is not evil. And recognise the act that you are just trying to get something for nothing.