Since torrents are in decline and Google has tweaked the hell out of its search algorithm to weed out pirated shit from search results we're still left with few options for getting things for free. This thread will serve as a place to willingly share FTP servers that are still active and have a decent amount of content on them.
Also, give a short description of what's on them so there are no surprises for the end user.
I have one with lots of anime and even hentai OVAs but I'm not willing to share that one just yet. If I find more servers with either/or then I might. But the closest broad collection I've found since is on ftp://pool-173-77-153-64.nycmny.fios.verizon.net/Plex/TV%20Shows/ but most of the anime is normie-tier. However, the owner did upload most of the episodes to date for several of the series which was quite generous of them to do.
P.S. You don't have to stick to the directory I linked–some have tv shows and other media on them if you browse around. And also I forgot about the porn rule BUT I did not see anything about linking to it. So hopefully that doesn't get me in too much hot water… I had posted this on another site and forgot to take that section off the list for here.
Nevermind, forgot about this first one. Usually I only save servers if I get decent DL speeds on them and this one wasn't on my list even though I have used it for nabbing Eve no Jikan (OVA) and all the .Hack//Sign, Roots and Liminality episodes since they're really hard to find elsewhere these days:
what browser are you people using? I don't think my firefox allows or recognizes the ftp:// part of the link, or it's the fact that I am trying to connect with a proxy to the link, and maybe the proxy is not allowing ftp?? (no I am not posting with a proxy, idiot)
I've not had a problem opening FTP links in any browser I've used. That includes Firefox, Chrome and K-Meleon (this last one I prefer because you can actually sort the files by name, size, etc.). Try connecting without a proxy? See pic for proof.
Sorry, but if I expose my source I'm afraid the servers wouldn't be able to handle all the extra traffic. When it's busy sometimes it doesn't even load. I hope you can understand my reluctance…
I prefer my source over all the shit posted to that sub. Besides, they tend to repost the same shitty servers over and over again (with slightly different domain names and horribly slow DL speeds due to all the traffic).
>>37580 >I hope you can understand my reluctance I can't >Try connecting without a proxy? Uh.. if what you're doing is illegal it's pretty fucking stupid to not use a proxy. If what you are doing is intended, i.e. someone set up a server for others to download from (content could still be illegal but whatevs) then you're making an even bigger risk since the dipshit could have malicious intentions. >Downloading stuff from a random guy You best be running everything you download in an offline virtual machine or you're fucking yourself really good
I don't think I've ever heard about anyone going to jail for downloading (uploading massive quantities like axxo did with movies on TPB, sure) movies/music/games illegally unless it had something to do with cheesy pizza which I fortunately have not come across on any of the servers I've gone through. As for malicious software, that's a risk anywhere you go. Some servers have notes on the root directory for visitors to read/check out concerning the server. And I've yet to pick up any malware to date so whatever (some servers will have notes on which files to avoid if the owners themselves picked something up via a torrent). Very rarely do I come across servers that are password-protected.
I consider my source one hell of a gem and I don't want to see it become unusable due to a massive influx of traffic. If you knew about the site as well you'd understand… But I understand your point of view.
These might be somewhat pointless since music is really easy to get but here are some servers with lots o' music on them.
While going through my music folder I found the hentai server that I thought was down so I'll share the moonspeak one I found the other day since I no longer need it (DL speeds aren't too bad on it):
There's a lot of servers that are in Russian (or similar) so you have to weed those out when looking through them. I tried my best to only link stuff that was mostly in English.
>>37583 I remember years ago hearing about a kid being jailed for downloading one too many One Piece episodes. Apparently they jailed random people just to send a message and calm down the companies
>>37589 Got a source for that? I've heard about bootleggers getting jail time, but not individual users. Just ridiculously massive (and unpayable) fines.
>>37590 >Got a source for that? None at all. Emphasis on "I remember years ago hearing about". It was before I ever started pirating, hearing people talk about how risky it is, like it was on the same level as drug dealing. Really stuck to my "better safe than sorry" mindset more than it should have, and I've mainly stuck to Japanese stuff that barely made a peep in the west since. >Just ridiculously massive (and unpayable) fines. I think that was more accurate. I remember talk about some kid getting sued.
>>37591 >I think that was more accurate. I remember talk about some kid getting sued.
It was pretty commonplace to see articles about the RIAA and MPAA in the states visit university campuses and serve students for filesharing on the college's network back in mid-2000s. They also went after all sorts of people in general–even the deceased.
And they obviously weren't successful in deterring piracy so that's probably why they struck up the "3-Strike" deal with ISPs that is in place today. However this only seems to affect filesharing/torrent users. I have been taking advantage of FTP servers for quite awhile now and have yet to have received a single notice from my ISP for downloading anything illegally.
>>37593 Well it's to do with how filesharing is actually detected. It isn't magic. What happens is that there are companies that sit on torrent trackers and harvest IPs. Then they send the ISP in control of those IPs notices that this IP was found infringing copyright, and then this warning is forwarded to the customer who was using the IP at the time.
That's…kind of disturbing. Unsurprisingly nothing showed up on my end because I don't torrent and haven't in many, many moons.
There are times when I'd like to for when I can't find what I'm looking for on any FTP servers but I don't need the ISP bothering me over something like a game. Especially an older one.
I stumbled upon this server the other night. It's got a lot of content on it. But this is the anime (subbed) folder. A lot of it is in 480p from what I can tell. There are some french subs here and there as well (more English than the latter surprisingly for a french server). Not too bad of a selection.
Some games including all of the main Civilization games. Bottom two files are in Russian so I'm not sure what else is but the rest of the titles are in English.
Didn't know anyone was still following this thread. I'm (OP) still around if anyone has any requests. I don't have much to offer but I posted this on another small *chan the other day. It supposedly contains just over 7k e-books from as of 2011 off a torrent the server owner downloaded a few years ago:
If you wish to browse the rest of the server there are some movies and other miscellaneous files but if you wish to preserve your mana then stay away from the "E - Books" subdirectory… It's all a bunch of how-to sex guides
Why the FUCK would anyone bother storing legal porn from popular porn sites and especially when the succubi are not at all even close to being remotely attractive, just washboard ladies. What the fuck, stupid people.
>>47014 Do you really think ISP would really bother to check who downloaded what? Checking who connected to copyright claimant? I don't think those copyright companies give out their IPs addresses to third parties anyway.
>>47025 The check is so easy they don't have to bother, it's automatic and they do it on requests of law enforcement all the time. Mostly to combat abuse such as botnets, drugs, spam and CP, but for torrents the procedure is the same. Copyright companies don't give out their own addresses, the law is such that they mass contact the ISPs with short notices by e-mail, and if the ISP doesn't confirm they warned you, the copyright company sues them.
>>47059 >the law is such that they mass contact the ISPs with short notices by e-mail, and if the ISP doesn't confirm they warned you, the copyright company sues them Wow. Feels good to live in a third world country where ISPs are bulletproof and ignore dmca/abuse complaints.
Use Yandex instead of Google when you search to pirate stuff. Anything. Yandex is a russian search engine which still happily gives you piracy results. And yes it accepts english keywords. I use it often because of google's policy, have fun.
>>48089 DuckDuckGo is basically a cia honeypot with servers in the US. Yandex is Russian. Obviously western govs don't trade that much of data with russia. So if you're a westerner use rather Yandex. It's about your gov not having the data.
>>48098 You do know that the CIA really doesn't give a shit about piracy and there is no evidence of your claims right? I also find it funny that you are paranoid about U.S. spooks but seem not to care about Russian spooks. Ether way as long as you aren't using it to look for terrorist shit or CP the government doesn't give a shit. If you do want that kind of thing then you probably should be using protection and not doing it on the clear net anyway.
>>48099 I don't know about the CIA but DDG is suspect. The creator went from "I want a really aggressive and public social network" to "privacy search engine" Yeah right.
Searching for site:parspack.net on google seems to give a lot of results with fast speed. I'm downloading a movie that I was looking for with a pretty good speed.
>>49250 Rule says not to post 3d porn. Not that server links are are banned. Besides I don't think it is enough of a problem to nuke the whole thread over when so much of the other content is of high value.