#these r the ones i could find on zlib

[luverina]

book haul 😊

[foxpunk]

companies, governments, and ISPs have been tracking pirated content/sites/programs since the peak days of irc and niche password locked forums and other more private/niche/small/quiet means of sharing pirated content. i promise you that they already know about whatever torrent or direct download or streaming site, or program or emulator that you're thinking of. if you could find it, a company's marketing and legal teams sure can. and if it's so private even seasoned pirates cannot find it, then it defeats the purpose AND the company with way more resources than you can still probably find it. come on now.

my point is, posting about piracy sites and programs simply existing is Not gonna get them taken down. trust me, they already know they exist. the reason multiple have been taken down in the past few years and caused a huge ruckus is because of two main factors:

firstly, people are pirating now more than ever. this was inevitable because of covid and shit economic reasons mainly. this isn't a bad thing on it's own and it rules actually. everyone should pirate. however, companies' greed is also higher now more than ever. this was inevitable because capitalism has always had a finite lifespan with a predictably bad ending. to the point, companies want to treat pirating as "sales lost" to an increasing degree. believe it or not this did not used to be as much of a thing. it was more useful for them to treat pirating as a way to gauge interest and potential sales in their product. companies still do this...on top of now actively trying to shut down pirating sites. because the economy is different, and now people can't just buy the thing once they have the money, because they're never gonna get that money living paycheck to paycheck. so company greed and the economy are the main factors here. this point is (largely if not mostly) why sites like archive are at risk.

secondly, people are posting about specific products you can get from these sites and programs. and not just any people: the creators of the sites and programs?! this is one of the most reckless things you could do cause it gives legal teams the exact excuse they need to finally shut something down. because, see! they aren't just hosting files, and they aren't just OUR files, they're also doing it ON PURPOSE!! sites and emulators have the flimsy excuse of "well we aren't the ones putting your stuff here, we're just an innocent little file sharing service" and "well i'm not the one making a rom of your game i just made a cool little thing that could run any rom file for pure and educational purposes." but as soon as that paper thin excuse gets torn it is no holds barred. this point is (mostly) why emulators like yuzu and media accumulators like tachiyomi got taken down (and why they can be remade so long as they keep mention of specific IP out of their goddamn mouths).

there's other factors of course and i guess you could argue that cumulative posting about like. zlib or rarbg or dolphin put them at more risk, but it is negligible compared to the two points above so long as tens of thousands of people weren't posting about using those things for a single specific product.

TL;DR: posting about a piracy site/program isn't gonna get you or them in any more trouble or alert the authorities (they have been alerted. for decades.) or whatever. just don't mention anything specific and you're fine (even then this is mostly an issue if the creator/host does it). and if you don't want to mention names but still want to share a link, point new people in the direction of r/piracy.