Is it as easy as…lets say I find someone who got the screener on the internet of Avengers: Doomsday. I torrent from him. Once download I condec or enhance the file rename it to something like fDon_Dickle Avenger’s Doomsday and my name will be put as the uploader or however it does using qbittorrent?

  • Y|yukichigai@kbin.earth
    28·
    13 hours ago

    It’s not really complicated: they just include their name in the filename(s), whether it’s in the readme or the installer or the media files. Upload enough releases named something like “Some.Show.S01E01.Pilot.1080p.x265-AverageJoe.mkv” and people will start recognizing AverageJoe and their work.

    • neidu4@piefed.socialEnglish
      17·
      11 hours ago

      Pretty much this.

      I was part of the piracy scene in the early 00’s, and it pretty much went like this:

      • Be early. It gets people’s attention when you’re among the first to provide something fresh.
      • Be prolific. It builds a brand when you have a lot of scene releases to your name.
      • Provide quality. It causes people to prefer and redistribute your releases.