In Part I, we learned of the heroic work our brothers in ICE are doing to protect the homeland from terrorist mod chips. In this installment, we’ll explore the consequences when a large, powerful central government criminalizes law-abiding moviegoers at the behest of an entertainment industry stuck in the past.

Introduction

In the past I’ve noted how my pirate friend gets software/movies/music using various file sharing techniques. Since then my friend has been asked by co-workers, siblings, and random passers-by how he/she comes to possess high-quality screeners, TV rips, and music before anyone else. To wit, I’ve put together this guide of my friend’s techniques for those interested in such things and willing to risk civil and (unlikely) criminal penalties in return for a Borat DVD rip and season 2 of Scrubs.

Though guides to using BitTorrent abound, this is the only one that I know of that isn’t flooded with sleazy ads from AdBrite or Google.