i thought the whole point of piracy was not paying for it
NiNieNielNiels on
Hakers gonna hake
MystixMirage on
The fact that their logo is literally a huge skull and crossbones is just the most beautiful, honest part of this whole illegal operation.
WhaWereWhenWhyWhoHow on
Pirate Bay went retail 😳
jconde1966 on
The pirate bay in real
socratic-meth on
Colonel Gaddafi wouldn’t have stood for that, I tell you hwat.
MockASonOfaShepherd on
People think America is some free market paradise, but this is peak free market IMO.
Complex_Dig_4956 on
Same here in iraq but they make it less obvious
sonicsludge on
I’m glad I don’t have to pay for free stuff
pichael289 on
The best place to sell pirated DVDs is an AA or NA meeting. Find one with halfway houses around, like the oak Street one in Cincinnati, and you can make an enormous amount of money quickly. 12 step programs have a lot in common with cults so if you get one customer buying from you they will all start doing it.
starfries on
Based
KnGod on
i used to copy games from someone who just pirated them. Not a scam at that time it wasn’t easy to get games and they sold it for dirt cheap
ThirdAltAccounts on
Set sail matey! The high seas can’t wait 🏴☠️
imacmadman22 on
I’ve seen this in multiple countries, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Mexico. It’s more common than people realize.
“selling” and “pirated” in the same sentence, what am i looking at again?
MarlboroMike77 on
Do you have Rum
UsedGarbage4489 on
i mean yeah, this is kinda how most of the non western world operates, isnt it?
Owww_My_Ovaries on
That sounds like consumerism with extra steps
The-Iraqi-Guy on
Either OP is a snitch or this is low-key and ad
SirSpanksAlot1992 on
There would be stands at the flea markets that would sell pirated stuff. It’s what got me sailing into the bay when I was a teen
bakedpolarbearyt on
they even wanted to make it obvious 😭
AndyBlayaOverload on
You used to have many of these types of “stores”.. in Eastern European countries, but i see far less of them nowadays. They also never looked this fancy, just a stand on the side of the street with pirated movies and/or games on CD/DVD for little money. Used to buy movies that were still in theaters and bring them to the US as a kid, and no one knew how i had them on DVD
SilentFebreze on
I had a brick and mortar pirate store for 20 years doing this also. What’s your point?
cescquintero on
Nois.
JohnStamosSB on
This was huge business for Afghanis during the war. You could get almost any movie or TV series as a soldier there.
Leon_D_Algout on
Who’s gonna go there and stop them?
Imreallyadonut on
I imagine Libya has more important things to worry about than clamping down on copyright infringement.
Cadowyn on
Not all that surprising. Don’t they have a literal slave market where they sell slaves?
supergooduser on
I like that Russia has a sort of gentlemen’s agreement with hackers that so long as you’re not pirating Russian content they don’t give a shit. In a realistic way undermining american IPs is a strategic win for them politically.
Additionally… North Korea will redub Pixar movies and then claim they were produced by the State which I just think is a funny blatant thing to do.
frank1934 on
I used to torrent a lot, until I just have a work computer to use, now I’m not taking the risk that I might infect my work computer
red-panda-returns on
Yea and i’m pirating them online for over 20 years.. who cares… especially lybia who got destroyed by US shall now care about US patents…
reyn on
I, for one, support our new Libyan HAKER overlords
DreamWeaver2189 on
Back in the PS1 and PS2 eras, we had stores at our local malls that modded your console to play pirated games and sold those games for 2 bucks each.
It was a blessing for teenage me.
Digitalanalogue_ on
They love fish
Malapple on
In the early 90s, I worked in a computer store in a strip mall.
It was my first real job and I just assumed adults did things right.
I should’ve known something was up when half of the Microsoft products we had on the shelves had typos on the boxes. Some in the product names. Local police departments were some of our larger customers. In hindsight, the whole thing was wild. But it also explains why we were able to sell $400 software packages for $75.
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Grix1s on
…Yeah, this is the norm in non-western or 3rd world countries. In Latin America, we have these and all sorts of hacking services for tech you could imagine. (Free Programs, Free Video Games, Jailbreak for all phones, etc) Its a whole culture thing almost.
Its extremely common, and accepted.
Hopeful_Hat_3532 on
15 years, and no chance to correct the typo yet.
True rebels.
BobSacamano47 on
Narc
Jagrofes on
Actually very common in 3rd world countries back in the day. They would sell you a DvD with a rip of the movie in a plastic envelope and a copy of the movie’s box art. Sometimes the quality was just as good as the real thing and sometimes it was a dodgey cinema recording. This was before online piracy became big, but you could get dozens of movies for a couple of dollars and most would be just as good as the DvDs.
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Im convinced
Proof: [This is their Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/THE.PIRATE.Center/) They offer transferring movies and TV series to customers’ hard drives. You can also get games on hacked PS4 for cheap. [Here’s another photo](https://imgur.com/gallery/pirates-store-3Kczqr2) of the products inside the store.
hey bro they are the haKers, not the haCKers…
Libya.
i thought the whole point of piracy was not paying for it
Hakers gonna hake
The fact that their logo is literally a huge skull and crossbones is just the most beautiful, honest part of this whole illegal operation.
Pirate Bay went retail 😳
The pirate bay in real
Colonel Gaddafi wouldn’t have stood for that, I tell you hwat.
People think America is some free market paradise, but this is peak free market IMO.
Same here in iraq but they make it less obvious
I’m glad I don’t have to pay for free stuff
The best place to sell pirated DVDs is an AA or NA meeting. Find one with halfway houses around, like the oak Street one in Cincinnati, and you can make an enormous amount of money quickly. 12 step programs have a lot in common with cults so if you get one customer buying from you they will all start doing it.
Based
i used to copy games from someone who just pirated them. Not a scam at that time it wasn’t easy to get games and they sold it for dirt cheap
Set sail matey! The high seas can’t wait 🏴☠️
I’ve seen this in multiple countries, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Mexico. It’s more common than people realize.
https://preview.redd.it/joiwocv8q11g1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37186e3d59d2cdb0ffb5eccf8b890440c9dc2795
Nice
“selling” and “pirated” in the same sentence, what am i looking at again?
Do you have Rum
i mean yeah, this is kinda how most of the non western world operates, isnt it?
That sounds like consumerism with extra steps
Either OP is a snitch or this is low-key and ad
There would be stands at the flea markets that would sell pirated stuff. It’s what got me sailing into the bay when I was a teen
they even wanted to make it obvious 😭
You used to have many of these types of “stores”.. in Eastern European countries, but i see far less of them nowadays. They also never looked this fancy, just a stand on the side of the street with pirated movies and/or games on CD/DVD for little money. Used to buy movies that were still in theaters and bring them to the US as a kid, and no one knew how i had them on DVD
I had a brick and mortar pirate store for 20 years doing this also. What’s your point?
Nois.
This was huge business for Afghanis during the war. You could get almost any movie or TV series as a soldier there.
Who’s gonna go there and stop them?
I imagine Libya has more important things to worry about than clamping down on copyright infringement.
Not all that surprising. Don’t they have a literal slave market where they sell slaves?
I like that Russia has a sort of gentlemen’s agreement with hackers that so long as you’re not pirating Russian content they don’t give a shit. In a realistic way undermining american IPs is a strategic win for them politically.
Additionally… North Korea will redub Pixar movies and then claim they were produced by the State which I just think is a funny blatant thing to do.
I used to torrent a lot, until I just have a work computer to use, now I’m not taking the risk that I might infect my work computer
Yea and i’m pirating them online for over 20 years.. who cares… especially lybia who got destroyed by US shall now care about US patents…
I, for one, support our new Libyan HAKER overlords
Back in the PS1 and PS2 eras, we had stores at our local malls that modded your console to play pirated games and sold those games for 2 bucks each.
It was a blessing for teenage me.
They love fish
In the early 90s, I worked in a computer store in a strip mall.
It was my first real job and I just assumed adults did things right.
I should’ve known something was up when half of the Microsoft products we had on the shelves had typos on the boxes. Some in the product names. Local police departments were some of our larger customers. In hindsight, the whole thing was wild. But it also explains why we were able to sell $400 software packages for $75.
…Yeah, this is the norm in non-western or 3rd world countries. In Latin America, we have these and all sorts of hacking services for tech you could imagine. (Free Programs, Free Video Games, Jailbreak for all phones, etc) Its a whole culture thing almost.
Its extremely common, and accepted.
15 years, and no chance to correct the typo yet.
True rebels.
Narc
Actually very common in 3rd world countries back in the day. They would sell you a DvD with a rip of the movie in a plastic envelope and a copy of the movie’s box art. Sometimes the quality was just as good as the real thing and sometimes it was a dodgey cinema recording. This was before online piracy became big, but you could get dozens of movies for a couple of dollars and most would be just as good as the DvDs.