Eli5 How are websites able to provide pirated content for free? Doesn’t it cost money to host the content, program and maintain the site etc?
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A big reason pirate content can be free is – pirate websites do not host the downloadable media on their own servers. It is “file sharing”. Meaning, if I’m downloading Avatar 2, I’m doing so from 100 other computers that are also downloading Avatar 2.
The website itself does not need a robust server for this.
There are also file sharers that are happy to do this for free as they see it as a way to rebel against “big hollywood” or a variety of other reasons.
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