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4Chan trolls UK government with another AI hamster as fines hit $800k (www.dexerto.com)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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[–] 171 points 3 months ago (11 children)

Reminds me of this response from TPB:

Reminds me of this

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  • [–] 60 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I remember they used to have an entire collection of correspondence similar to that linked on their website. Teenage me laughed his ass off at it. Now with almost all governments around the world believing they have universal jurisdiction over the Internet, I'm no longer laughing, I have to keep myself from crying about how we got to this point. :(

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    We got to this point by the US ruthlessly negotiating every trade deal to give its copyrights global supremacy.

    This is a big problem for reverse engineering things like servicing your John Deere tractor, of interest to countries with citizens that eat food.

    People are catching on, though; eventually, one country is to going to step out of this US-enforced system and there will be a legal place to hack your car so you can use the seat warmer without paying a subscription.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Remind me again what happened to them? 😅

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  • [–] 43 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    They’re still going

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  • [–] 31 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Sort of, afaik the original people aren't involved anymore and the current site is notorious for being undermoderated and full of malware.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    it was always full of malware

    if you want safe join a private site

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago

    I find 1337x is generally safe as an open tracker for older movies. Nowhere near the quality of RARBG (RIP, never forgotten), but still.

    But yeah, private trackers are definitely the way to go, generally. Especially TV show full season box sets. Love to binge. Ain't nobody got time to wait a week between episodes bruh.

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