It probably depends on the tracker and release group/uploader what they include in the torrent name, but yeah generally that’s what you can filter by. Otherwise it requires access to the media-file to determine these things. I would say though, that good trackers have reliable information in the torrent names themselves, usually audio-tracks (sometimes just “multi” though), codec, and resolution. I only use private trackers now though, and I have not had issues with unexpected low quality video since moving away from public trackers.

I believe you can filter by tags too. These are tracker specific though, so it’s up to the trackers you’re using to define what you can filter with tags I think.

Why not just setup radarr? This will also automatically download the movie for you as soon as your desired quality hits your preferred trackers. It’s like a 15min procedure to get it running and then you can just search directly from radarr and add things from there, and it will just monitor for you.

Man I fucking hate telesyncs…I accidentally downloaded a TS deadpool&wolverine because I got so exited when I saw it that I didn’t read the title properly so I didn’t notice the “TS”. I was so disappointed when I wanted to watch that and found out it was TS. 100% my own fault, but still sucked.

If there was a completely zero percent risk that I would be used as a node for something truly horrible, I also wouldn’t mind. But I’d rather torrent with a slightly elevated risk rather than enabling things that should not be enabled. By torrenting with a VPN, at least I have the control over what happens on my network and exactly what data I’m part of sharing.

VPNs log your IP.

But they don’t log the data going through. The IP alone will not be enough for a conviction at all. They also need to prove that you acquired/shared copyrighted content. Any proper VPN isn’t going to log that.

But if you think like that I suppose you aren’t very interested in running TOR relays or exits either.

No, I’m not at all interested in that either. I don’t want to risk any nefarious traffic that I have no control over running through my network.

I get the appeal of I2P for torrenting and I can absolutely see the value it can bring. But as long as I will have to be a node for other random peoples traffic, I’ll pass.

A good VPN won’t have any details to hand over that will convict you, even if they wanted to (e.g. mullvad), so they most definitely are enough.

And police are not going after citizens, rights holders are (like they always have been) by suing ISPs in hopes of getting your info.

What in don’t like about I2P, is being a node for other peoples traffic.

A proper VPN provider is sufficient to protect against this though. If you, as a Swedish citizen, weren’t already using a VPN, you were being an idiot.

I mean, it still makes sense to also use I2P, but it is currently not good enough as a full replacement.

Removing DRM from a legally obtained copy is not illegal in itself.

It is technically not illegal to remove the DRM, if the purpose is just to read it and the DRM is not compatible with my reading device. I just still have to honour the lending agreement I made with my local library.

IDK about movies/TV shows being in decline here, it seems to be in better shape now than when I first left the sea 15 years ago. New stuff, especially movies, hits the trackers way faster than they did “back then” and are easily available from public trackers. I can still find all the older things I want, granted some it only on the private trackers I’m using, but it’s being kept alive. Old or niche media has always been the hardest to find with torrents, but it really feels easier now than it did when I first started out 25 years ago.

As for books, I rent most of them from my local library as e-books, strip the DRM so I can read on me reader, and immediately return so someone else can rent them. I haven’t really needed to pirate a book in years by doing it this way.

We don’t have plunder, that would imply that we’re stealing.

I’ve used seedit4.me before, but they’re really expensive if you want any meaningful amount of storage on them.

That’s what I meant for giving it to us for free.

Fair enough, that wasn’t clear to me at least.

Printing and binding is expensive, not to mention a waste of paper, you can’t really expect them to front that cost IMO. He should have just given you the PDF instead printing it.

Unfortunately what you and I consider bullshit harassment laws are not necessarily (and often not) considered that by governments. We can both agree how ridiculous something like this is, if it happened, but I severely doubt courts would have a similar attitude towards it.

Switzerland is not some magical safe haven outside the reach of agencies like Europol.

Unfortunately this is likely from an EU country, which usually carries a little more weight when it comes to cross-border law enforcement co-op.

My current client has only been running for a little more than two months…but it’s something at least 🤷‍♂️

If they are required by law to only sell to business with a valid licence, they also have to document that all their customers in that country have a valid business licence.

By selling it to someone private, even by proxy, would be illegal and they would be liable to lawsuits by doing so.

But what a PITA it would be if you have to use a seedbox for everything, and also expensive if you want/need to keep seeding torrents for extended periods of time so you’re not just doing hit’n’runs. But yeah, piracy is pretty much always going to find a way to exist.

And seedboxes of course does nothing for the far more important general online privacy.

No you just need to disallow VPN providers to sell access without a business licence, that way the VPN provider can’t legally give you access to their network unless you’re a registered business, and it would simultaneously remove options for anonymous subscription like mullvad VPN.