pirates

Bandits Getting Sneaky: Using randomizers and multiple forum posts to pirate material

Posted on: March 24, 2015March 27, 2018

Here’s a neat trick some bandits (here’s why I say bandits instead of pirates) pulled off: They managed to have a single URL lead to one of (at […]

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Pirating means you hate the things you claim to love. Deal with it.

Posted on: August 3, 2012March 27, 2018

So I saw a guy on Facebook defending his downloading of “gigabytes every day” of music. (Which strikes me as a little strange – what are you doing, […]

pirates / technology

Vaguely Accused

Posted on: February 23, 2011March 27, 2018

This afternoon I wasn’t feeling well at all, and I felt worse when I discovered I couldn’t log on from my apartment. I spent a good half hour […]

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Pirates, Pirates Everywhere (summary post)

Posted on: August 7, 2010March 27, 2018

This is a compendium post of Pirate Week; I’d appreciate links pointing here. If you’ve found this material useful, buy me a coffee or mocha using the cups […]

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Drowning Pirates With Goodness.

Posted on: August 6, 2010March 27, 2018

So we’ve talked about piracy, the harm it can cause to content creators, the failure of DRM, and the importance of making yourself into a real person. And […]

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When Pirates Love You

Posted on: August 5, 2010March 27, 2018

Yesterday I told you that today I’d reveal the first of two ways content creators can systemically manage piracy. The first sounds simple: Personal relationships This doesn’t mean […]