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>didn't realize Italy was like that

Italy doesn't really care about copyright violations, unless it's soccer or if it's for profit.

Normal people pirating movies, songs, etc. for their private use are not usually prosecuted (there's no need to use protections such as VPNs in Italy). There are some big piracy communities, they use both torrents and an old file-sharing software called eMule.

But if you try to earn money or if you pirate soccer, then it's super risky.



> and an old file-sharing software called eMule.

Dangit, the fact that you had to explain it like that makes me feel old. There was a time when that software was found on everyone's PC and held the top spot on sourceforge's most downloaded list.


Maybe you can tell me, since I only noticed around 2007-2008.

Did Sourceforge always suck balls?


Sourceforge used to be a primary location for getting software.

It did suck balls, but we were grateful to have it in a time where it was possibly the best option.


Imo it wasn't that bad, but maybe that was just because code-centric sites like github didn't exist yet. It tried to provide you with a simple landing page for your open source project that can offer you a download button, centered around releasing compiled, versioned software. Their offering of a VCS (svn and CVS IIRC) was more of an added bonus. But once github was there you started wondering how sourceforge ever seemed good.


It was never a great user experience but as the dotcom boom died out and the money went away, they got worse and worse as they got sold a few times.


eMule is doing fine and well tho

maybe we should make more p2p kademilia software to combat the social media giants


Soulseek is doing even better.


I downloaded episodes of South Park using eMule over dial up internet.


> Sourceforge

That's another trip down memory lane...



I’m not sure what the first part of that URL does, but I didn’t click on it because it’s suspicious to prepend something to an Internet Archive link. I don’t recognize that domain but perhaps you can explain what it is and what it does?

Here’s the bare archive on IA:

https://web.archive.org/web/20090203182724/http:/freshmeat.n...


> Italy doesn't really care about copyright violations, unless it's soccer or if it's for profit.

Or protected names like mozzarella or parmigiano cheese.

Better not to name your next project after them.


>Italy doesn't really care about copyright violations, unless it's soccer or if it's for profit.

I'm almost certain someone got paid off and pulled some stings. They don't do anything unless money is involved.


I don't think that's the only possibility, but I am wondering why Once Were Nerd was targeted. Is he famous enough to serve as a good example for a new policy? Did he cut someone powerful off in traffic? Did his videos threaten someone's business? Cui bono?


> They don't do anything unless money is involved.

I disagree. They could have done it to be under the spotlight and progress their career.


>progress their career

i.e. money


someone was bribed != people are motivated by financial gain


That is a self-contradictory statement. If people were not motivated by financial gain, then bribery would not exist. You could say people might be motivated by power and influence, but even those things boil down to one singular thing, and that is accumulating wealth.


> an old file-sharing software called eMule.

I still use it, on linux using wine. There is a lot of random stuff you usually don't find via Torrenting.


I was also using eMule through Wine, but I randomly discovered that all my files were shared on the network, not only the ones in folders that I specifically chose. So pay a lot of attention in order not to share sensitive data.

There's also a native client for Linux, it's called aMule. Give it a try instead of the official client.


Holyshit emule is still alive and kicking? Man. I remember using that, Kazaa and Morpheus almost daily back in the aughts.


It really is alive and kicking, and now there's a smarter way to find things compared to the integrated file search (which can lead to fake content, viruses or... worse).

There are some forums (yes, old-school web forums) with neatly organized content. You just copy-paste the e2dk link into the client, and voilà.

Some forums are even publicly accessible, so it's clear that nobody is seriously persecuting people for piracy in Italy.


Nobody cares about copyright unless for profit. Sometimes it's just a lawyer that wants fees


devil's advocate says that lawyer is just doing the job hired to do by the copyright owner. if a copyright owner didn't care, they wouldn't hire these lawyers. if a lawyer is somehow the copyright owner, well, they obviously care


Patent trolls and the like are often lawyers who decided it wasn't enough working hard to do evil/represent evil - they want to be evil without really working either.




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