When I was at college in the early 90s, PC game piracy was rife. Disks were changing hands every day at college :-) Before that, I had an Acorn Electron with disk drive and we'd be swapping BBC and Electron games at school regularly, too. It was handy that my Electron ran many BBC Micro games with no trouble :-)
I still use a set of Shure DJ headphones which have been glued back together a few times. They are very comfortable and have excellent sound reproduction.
I found about Usenet and the sort of “hype” relative to it and I wonder some stuff.
Usenet's been around in its current form since 1987! The problem for pirates is finding decent providers who serve binaries. I used to use Easynews as they had great retention and they seem to still be around.
Usenet is decentralised, but - as mentioned elsewhere - relies on a handful of providers to service the binary groups.
Your comment about speaking Austrian reminded me of one of my many visits to Germany. I was at the Oktoberfest in München and my group got chatting to a local, whereupon he proudly proclaimed: "Here... you are not in Germany; you are in Bavaria!" Made us chuckle :-)
Some Linux apps get cracked. The most recent that I've found which are mentioned in your post are the following:
Autodesk.Arnold.MtoA.v5.4.5.0.for.Maya.2023-2025.Linux.x64-BONDYE
Autodesk.Arnold.KtoA.v4.3.4.1.for.Katana.4.5-7.0.Linux.x64-BONDYE
Autodesk.Arnold.HtoA.v6.3.4.1.for.Houdni.19.5-20.5.Linux.x64-BONDYE
Autodesk.Arnold.C4DtoA.v4.7.7.1.for.Cinema.4D.2023-2025.Linux.x64-BONDYE
Autodesk.Arnold.v7.3.4.1.Incl.SDK.Linux.x64-BONDYE
Autodesk.Maya.v2025.Linux.x64-BTCRiSO
Obviously I won't give links but I imagine you can find them on IRC etc. Couldn't find Boris FX or Maxon releases.
The site operator is non-responsive to ESA take-down notices and runs a backup version of the site at dodi-repacks.download.
Well, depending on where the website host is located, they may not need to comply. I wasn't aware of the backup site mentioned above, though; maybe Dodi and FitGirl are one and the same? ;-)
voices38 has also been cracking more recent games, such as Pragmata.
I like the energy behind this post's title!
In general, the Denuvo bypasses will not work. Other games should generally work fine, with the appropriate cracks.
I think he has help from his cousin, but that's about it.
When I was at college in the early 90s, PC game piracy was rife. Disks were changing hands every day at college :-) Before that, I had an Acorn Electron with disk drive and we'd be swapping BBC and Electron games at school regularly, too. It was handy that my Electron ran many BBC Micro games with no trouble :-)
No, I understand the bypass does not work on Linux.
I would say "nice try FBI!", but I think they have their hands full at the moment.
Voices38 has been busily cracking games which are infected with Denuvo.
voices38 is the best. DODI is a repacker.
I still use a set of Shure DJ headphones which have been glued back together a few times. They are very comfortable and have excellent sound reproduction.
A couple of github sites are still up, but the software has been 'archived'.
As a fan of this show, I'd also like to find sources of these episodes. I am aware that some episodes have been lost over the years, though.
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. Meets all my requirements 😀
Usenet's been around in its current form since 1987! The problem for pirates is finding decent providers who serve binaries. I used to use Easynews as they had great retention and they seem to still be around.
Usenet is decentralised, but - as mentioned elsewhere - relies on a handful of providers to service the binary groups.
Your comment about speaking Austrian reminded me of one of my many visits to Germany. I was at the Oktoberfest in München and my group got chatting to a local, whereupon he proudly proclaimed: "Here... you are not in Germany; you are in Bavaria!" Made us chuckle :-)
Some Linux apps get cracked. The most recent that I've found which are mentioned in your post are the following: Autodesk.Arnold.MtoA.v5.4.5.0.for.Maya.2023-2025.Linux.x64-BONDYE Autodesk.Arnold.KtoA.v4.3.4.1.for.Katana.4.5-7.0.Linux.x64-BONDYE Autodesk.Arnold.HtoA.v6.3.4.1.for.Houdni.19.5-20.5.Linux.x64-BONDYE Autodesk.Arnold.C4DtoA.v4.7.7.1.for.Cinema.4D.2023-2025.Linux.x64-BONDYE Autodesk.Arnold.v7.3.4.1.Incl.SDK.Linux.x64-BONDYE Autodesk.Maya.v2025.Linux.x64-BTCRiSO
Obviously I won't give links but I imagine you can find them on IRC etc. Couldn't find Boris FX or Maxon releases.
qBittorrent here.
After Steam Deck 2, there will be Steam Deck 2 Episode 1.
"You wouldn't download a train"...
Well, depending on where the website host is located, they may not need to comply. I wasn't aware of the backup site mentioned above, though; maybe Dodi and FitGirl are one and the same? ;-)
EDIT: Grammar.