Tip #3: Piracy and Resources – Exploring the Internet

The Internet is a treasure trove of resources. But I'll just mention the stuff that's useful: Free books, movies and TV shows. This is how to find exactly what you are looking for. 

Piracy & Resources Online

Let's start with the completely legal resources. There are many places online to find free books/textbooks online, both legal and... less than legal. Down below are some of the legal one's that I personally know of, as well as a link to a reddit post containing over 100 more. These books range from classic literature to modern adventure novels, but as a student you probably just want to know where to find textbooks. Well stay tuned.


(all quoted descriptions come directly form the site linked)

  • Archive.org - “a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.”

  • Librivox.org – free public domain audiobooks “read by volunteers from all over the world.”

  • Gutenberg.org - “The first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks.”

The Megathread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/2jpsgf/free_books_100_legal_sites_to_download_literature/


Other than books, there's still much more to be found, and one of the ways to find things is to take advantage of how a search engine works. Most search engines have keywords that limit or expand the results you are looking for in specific ways. For example, putting a word in quotes like so:  "word in quotes"  will return as many results as possible with that specific word or phrase, meaning only websites that literally say "word in quotes" will show up, unless none exist. 

So say then, you are looking for a textbook. Writing and Editing for Digital Media. Rather than just type that and get all those amazon or other seller results, type Writing & Editing for Digital Media "pdf" . Because you aren't really looking for the book, you are looking specifically for a pdf. Again, by putting pdf in quotes, it restricts the search engine to results containing the exact words "pdf", rather than things loosly related to pdfs.

This also applies to movies and TV shows. You aren't looking for "Squid Game", you are looking for Squid Game "720p". 720p is the resolution of the video, so only a page containing the video would have this specific word (and 720p is probably most common). Search it for yourself with, and without quotes, and notice certain sites appear or dissapear. 

Of course, this only gets you closer to what you are looking for, but because of internet regulations, and shady sites knowing this, it isn't always guaranteed to work. A site could just place "720p 1080p Squid Game episode 1" anywhere on their page, without the actual video, and show up in results just the same.


So how do you find exactly what you want?

What you will find successful is searching something such as top free movie sites reddit or free textbooks reddit. 

If you perhaps know a certain textbook site's name, such as "Library Genesis", but don't know the url, just search  Library Genesis reddit  and look for "mirrors", aka site links.

Basically, better utilize the search engine to find a website that links directly to whatever content you are looking for. Don't look for the item, look for someone who found it already, and you will be much more likely to find what you were looking for and more. 

Reddit is currently the best for this, as it has large communities dedicated to keeping track of the best sites for the best content. You could also look up top ten sites for ... and get links that way as well, but those are usually paid to reccommend certain sites. If it exists, there's a website for it, and another website linking to the first site. 


Also, when it comes to movies/TV shows, remember: never download, only sream (unless you want a letter in the mail from your internet provider).

Later I'll talk about VPNs to get around more privately online.

 

Check out more search engine keywords & tools: (DuckDuckGo)
https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/syntax/

(...Google)
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433

 

Everything about Internet Laws: https://www.upcounsel.com/internet-law

 

 

 

 

 

 

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