Tag: piracy

Leeskarte

A secret map brought down a pirate alliance on the irish coast. Using old dutch maps to reconstruct pirate history

Ching Shih

Though the name under which we now know her, Ching Shih, simply means “Cheng’s widow,” the legacy she left behind far exceeded that of her husband’s. Following his death, she succeeded him and commanded over 1800 pirate ships, and an estimated 80k men. In comparison, the famed Blackbeard commanded 4 ships and 300 pirates within the same century. As a result, Ching Shih is known as one of the most successful pirates in known history.

Click wisely

i wouldn’t know of course, but this could be true.

Top Music Pirate

RNS was the most pervasive and infamous Internet piracy group in history. In 11 years, RNS leaked more than 20k albums. For much of this time, the group’s best asset was Glover—there was scarcely a person younger than 30 who couldn’t trace music in their collection to him

DVD Hustle

A woman just came into the bar I’m at, offering DVDs. DVD is the new flowers, I guess?

Watching movies is hard

relatedly: Games of thrones

GoT Piracy

Indeed.

African Knockoff Games

Full disclosure: this article exists so I can tell you all about Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: Kirk Douglas. Just look at it! It’s exquisite. The game itself is as grand as the cover. It is San Andreas, with the load screens replaced by EXTREME closeups of Kirk Douglas—and occasionally his son Michael Douglas, because hey, close enough, right? In the game, the main character appears to be a rough approximation of Kirk Douglas. Oh, and all the missions have been removed, so there’s nothing to do.

You’re Stealing it Wrong

amusing talk on the genesis of the cracker scene. as a byproduct, also the demo scene.

Book Privacy

he links to a site that has pointers to pirated copies of all of his books. it’s because it helps sell more books. People like to read a little of the pirated versions, but then they buy the book.