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Some questions about Soulseek (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by StickBugged@lemm.ee to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Hello pirates! I've recently started high school, which means that I now get money from the state, which also means that my parents no longer pay for my Spotify premium. I could probably afford it, but I'd rather save my money, so I've been looking into different ways of obtaining music for free.

One thing that really caught my eye is Soulseek. It seems like a good option for my needs + I could set up a server on my raspberry pi to be able to access all of my music from anywhere.

My biggest concern is getting in trouble with the authorities, because my parents would kill me if the cops came knocking on our door due to me pirating stuff. So I was wondering whether it would be worth it to spend some money on a VPN (and which one), or if I should just raw dog it and not use a VPN at all? I live in Sweden, and I haven't found any cases of people getting arrested for pirating music, but it is technically illegal afaik.

Thankful for any answers!

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[–] CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Until it breaks like all these tend to, xManager seems the best method. Here's a demo. Yes on the VPN although then you're paying for a VPN or gambling on what the free provider does with your data. Additionally some like Cloudflare's free WARP VPN, only encrypts traffic and its purpose isn't to hide your IP address. Private Internet Access is recommended often for a paid VPN, I haven't used them since switching from torrents to usenet for video and the patched Spotify version for music.

[–] maxprime@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Soulseek was created in 2001 and is still incredibly active. I don’t think it will break any time soon.