As a torrent seeder, does one's max upload speed affect their likelihood of connecting w/ leechers? I know about port forwarding and all that jazz, but suppose a leecher adds a torrent with 10 seeders—does the leecher's client give any sort of preferential treatment for seeders w/ faster connections or is it basically each seeder has an equal (in this case, 10%) chance of being the chosen one? In other words, do seeders w/ normie home internet connections have a disadvantage over those w/ the faster connections?

They are not allowing copying magnet urls too.

I don't wanna use Spotify anymore and would like to build my own offline collection of music. The issue is, I have hundreds of albums saved on Spotify that I love listening to. Downloading each individual song would be a royal pain in the ass to do. A lot of the stuff on the megathread doesn't seem to work anymore for music specifically. I also would like to have high quality audio files. Any ideas how to go about doing this? I have no idea how torrenting works.

these sites makes me angry. void scans, rolia scans, reset scans, all of these scammers are putting future chapters behind a time paywall, although these chapters ARE LITERALLY PIRATED, I'm someone who turns off adblock to support these and any other site, now I'm supposed to see ads AND not be able to read all of the chapters of my favorite manhwas?!!

I have a specific song that doesn't seem to be on youtube. I've tried a bunch of spotify download websites plus spotdl, they all claim to find it but then the song isn't the same song (or is instrumental when it should have words).

One of my kids has asked for this for their MP3 player. I'm even happy to pay for it properly, I just can't find it anywhere except spotify. The song is this specific version of Power in Me by The Young Voices Choir: https://open.spotify.com/track/4xkRsdm9qreAvi1JnF8B0A

Any ideas?

Edit: I managed to get the song using https://spotidown.app/, thanks for all the suggestions!

Despite blocking thousands of illegal streaming sites and services, Italy's new anti-piracy law and the related 'Piracy Shield' blocking system have a limited effect on piracy rates. Meanwhile, new data shows that the damages suffered by sports rightsholders continue to soar. On the positive side, public awareness of the new anti-piracy law is widespread.

Also, legislation referenced from video:

• https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-reviving-site-blocking-and-its-just-dangerous-ever
• https://www.cbr.com/america-new-piracy-bill-netflix-disney-sony-backing/
• https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/791

Authorities in Greece are making good on their promise to crack down and deter use of pirate sites and services. Arrests during a significant action to disrupt pirate IPTV last month are now followed by news of an immediate five-year prison sentence and a €10,000 fine. The 59-year-old defendant was reportedly found guilty of running a private torrent site; P2Planet.net. Curiously, the site announced its closure over a decade ago, making the offenses even older than that.

After two years of litigation, X Corp. and leading music publishers are eyeing a settlement in their copyright infringement dispute. The move follows X Corp.'s recent "maximum pain" allegations against the NMPA, suggesting the lawsuit aimed to force licensing agreements. A 90-day case stay has been approved to allow both sides to amicably resolve their disagreements.

Hello!

This is my first message, and I wanted to share something I've been working on. I hope to one day download all the fonts that catch my eye, as it's enjoyable to explore new designs.

I recently came across some interesting fonts on MyFonts, but I'm not quite sure how to download them. I've searched for scripts, tutorial videos, and resources to guide me through the process of downloading fonts from MyFonts, but unfortunately, I haven't found much help.

Here's some code I got recently:

const base64Data = 'RESPONSE_HERE';
const base64Content = base64Data.split(',')[1];
const binaryData = atob(base64Content);
const uint8Array = new Uint8Array(binaryData.length);
 
for (let i = 0; i < binaryData.length; i++) {
    uint8Array[i] = binaryData.charCodeAt(i);
}
 
const blob = new Blob([uint8Array], { type: 'font/woff2' });
 
const downloadLink = document.createElement('a');
downloadLink.href = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
downloadLink.download = 'YourFontName.woff2';
downloadLink.click();

In comparison, other font sites such as Paratype, Parachute Fonts, and Font Bros seem to be easier to navigate and download.

For example, I downloaded a WOFF2 font file, made some adjustments in FontLab, fixed a couple of bits, and then exported the font files. However, I'm still not sure how to create or export a variable font, nor how to convert variable fonts into static ones. That's a skill I'd like to learn.

If anyone has any helpful tips, scripts, or comments on how to download fonts from MyFonts (or probably Linotype), I'd appreciate it.

I apologize for any misunderstanding in my explanation of your help.

Thank you and peace out! :)

Thanks to @Schwim@lemmy.zip for the solution. The solution can be found in this reddit post. (click here to use a front end to view the reddit post)

Solution

To verify that a game is from the official GOG store and has not been tampered with, you can follow these steps:

1. Right-click on the game and click properties
2. Click on Digital signature

3. Check if it says GOG Sp. z o.o. (note that the amounts of dots in the name might be different from older and newer releases) If you want the fast and less safe option your done else go to step 4.

4. Click on Details and then Advanced
5. Click on the numbers marked with red

6. Copy the value

7. Open the GitHub link https://github.com/hippie68/gogcheck/blob/master/gogcheck and search for the copied value (Ctrl + F) If you get a match, the software is signed by GOG and has not been tampered with.

Hi all,

I recently bought a Verbatim 43888. Went to rip my first disc, which is just a regular DVD. But MakeMKV isn't even able to detect the disc. I checked a few forums which all recommend Makemkv forums, however the site seems to be down.

I may need to rollback the firmware from version 1.05 to 1.03. Has anyone else had experience with this issue? Can it be done using linux?

I know the drive is working because I can see the video/audio files. It also works with Handbrake.

Cheers

Napster, the brand synonymous with the music piracy boom of the early 2000s, has a new copyright challenge. Together with audio giant Sonos, Napster faces a lawsuit demanding over $3.4 million in alleged unpaid copyright royalties. Filed by SoundExchange, the complaint centers on missed payments related to the "Sonos Radio" service, which until 2023 was powered by Napster's music catalog.

I haven't really been following this closely anymore, but ryujinx, yuzu and a few of its forks have all stopped development, what still exists?

Hey friends.

If I hypothetically wanted to share some good ole Linux Isos with friends and family over I2P network, would I need to open up ports on my router for seeding purposes?

Thx for answering in advance. Have a lovely day.

It always throws the "Trakt authentication expired" and requires re-authenticate.

And no, I'm not talking about pirating on the internet, I'm talking about getting your internet connection to the outside world without paying or having a subscription or license. Something like a mesh network with your neighbors with the exit node being one person's high-speed fiber line, or even an exit node through a free public wifi network that you've hidden a little repeater device within range of... something like that could be interesting. I've been thinking lately of a world where decentralized networks become more common, and where people can freely use the internet without paying an ISP. What are your thoughts?

Should I be using a VPN for slsk?

for some reason the devs of stremio seem adamant about not adding a bind feature so im hoping theres an alternative of some kind that does have this feature or if theres an application that i can use to force it to not send any data if my vpn is not on.

I dont want to use a vpn with a killswitch because that impacts other applications

ideally a cross platform desktop application

Well it seems that my account from google has been banned from playing music on any app or website all because I wanted do download everything on my liked list.

Everything I try now says content unavailable. Ugh 3 years of curating content just gone. Getting the account information only helps subscriptions, not the liked songs.

The main reason I liked YouTube's music is the supermix feature. I'm hardly ever in the mood for one genre of music, which Spotify only seems to randomize for you.

I know Spotube is available but that's essentially Spotify's front end using YouTube for the actual media.

I can't go back to anything that bombards me with ads or annoying DJs.

For me, fitgirl installer does not work with wow64 (where you do not have to install 32 bit libraries). I had earlier also tried with wine-wow64 package from chaotic aur repo, and it did not used to work back then, and now arch linux has made the default wine package wow64 version. This has benefits (smaller package size, you can disable mulitlib repo, etc), but now installer does not work. It gets stuck as soon as any decompression is about to begin. And to me not much is clear. My guess is the freearc compression that fitgirl uses, its decompressor does nto work in wow64. Has anyone else tried for whom it works? Maybe I have to add a separate dll for this and create a override. Fitgirl faq does not mention it (probably since wow64 is still relatively new).

If this is not a right community for this, then sorry, I do not know of a better one. (wine team would not handle requests related to pirated installers, fitgirl or related communities in general do not do linux much, and of them, only a small fraction would be using wow64)

For testing purposes, You can grab almost any installer, I went and sorted by size (smallest first) and got it, and it does not work. (I am not going to provide link here for somewhat obvious reasons)