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Some questions about Soulseek (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello pirates! I've recently started high school, which means that I now get money from the state, which also means that my parents no longer pay for my Spotify premium. I could probably afford it, but I'd rather save my money, so I've been looking into different ways of obtaining music for free.

One thing that really caught my eye is Soulseek. It seems like a good option for my needs + I could set up a server on my raspberry pi to be able to access all of my music from anywhere.

My biggest concern is getting in trouble with the authorities, because my parents would kill me if the cops came knocking on our door due to me pirating stuff. So I was wondering whether it would be worth it to spend some money on a VPN (and which one), or if I should just raw dog it and not use a VPN at all? I live in Sweden, and I haven't found any cases of people getting arrested for pirating music, but it is technically illegal afaik.

Thankful for any answers!

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you really want to pirate safely, I would suggest to use a YouTube downloader. In my phone I just use new pipe (it can download just the audio).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not sure why this is downvoted. yt-dlp is a great way to get music from YouTube, bandcamp, or other sites.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe because YouTube isn't a good option if you're looking for good audio quality (same for Bandcamp's free streams). OP didn't specify though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I tend to think of it like FM radio. Give it a sample run, if you love it go back and buy it in high quality.