submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Sasori323@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I was looking through the megathread and saw this real-debrid thing. I have heard this name some times so I read what it does but wasn't able to understand it. If someone could explain it to me I would appreciate it.

Also, it caught my attention that "it's a good way to prevent your IP from ever hitting the torrent's swarm, which is the main cause of receiving copyright infringement letters". Does this mean it's an alternative to a VPN when torrenting? Is it like a seedboxes or something? Are there any free alternatives?

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[-] Rotkehle@feddit.de 16 points 1 year ago

also really popular in Germany, because if you download the torrent yourself, you can get a huge fine from the copyright owner.

[-] mestari@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I've wondered if Real-Debrid actually is German made too. The dash in the name gives that vibe.

[-] ehyuman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago

how does a dash sound german?

[-] Boeman@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

der strich... That's how.

[-] mestari@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's the most commonly spoken (Western) language that uses a lot of compound words with and without dashes. I always tend to think there's a German speaker involved when I see dashes used in English where a native English speaker wouldn't use a dash, hah.