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Any comments requesting pirated content will be automatically deleted.

This thread is a revision of u/Klappa4Me's original Piracy Megathread
listed here which has been archived. For the sake of consistency, I will try to
adhere to his format. All lists are ordered alphabetically.
For FAQs, Guides, links to tool support threads,
or general piracy information, visit the wiki for
more information.
If you have any suggestions you want to see added to this megathread, leave it
in a comment. This is a community thread I will try to update weekly.

I. PRIVACY/SECURITY
VPNs
If it has not become apparent yet, popular VPN services aggressively market
their products not just in this subreddit but in Reddit as a whole. Do not
subscribe to a service just because Reddit deems it popular, cheap, or because it
hits the frontpage. Do your own research. You're entrusting an entity with your
personal data. Not to mention VPN experiences are completely anecdotal.
Someone's great experience with a particular VPN may vary from yours if you're
connected to different servers, physically in different locations, different
operating systems, downloads speeds, etc. There are far too many variables to
successfully vague a VPN.

With that said, ThatOnePrivacySite is a great resource to start with but it

shouldn't be your final destination. Most if not all popular VPNs offer trials or
immediate refunds. Use them to your advantage. Read VPNs' terms of service.
Below are some resources in which you can start your research with:

 ThatOnePrivacySite VPN Chart

 Choosing the best VPN for you
 TorrentFreak 2017 VPN interview
 TorrentFreak 2016 VPN interview
 EEF Overview on what a VPN is and how to choose one
 https://www.reddit.com/r/VPN/wiki/index
 https://www.reddit.com/r/Privacy/wiki/index

Beware of free VPNs if you plan on using one for online purchases or to login
websites with sensitive data (banking for example). Many free VPNs are able to
provide their free services because they datamine, interposing ads in your
searches, etc... Beware of pirating VPNs. You wouldn't pirate a condom?

An alternative to purchasing your VPN is hosting your own. You will have much
more flexibility and you can have your VPS hoster outside your country's
copyright law jurisdiction.

Adblockers & useful extensions

 uBlock origin
 for blocking most ads and pop-ups.

 uBlock-safari
 port for Safari or MacOS users.

 uBlock origin extra

 - companion extension for websites that block ad-block extensions (even with
Anti-Adblock Killer enabled in uBlock origin).

II. TORRENT CLIENTS

 Deluge

 - similar to qbittorrent with a different UI some may find clunky.

 Qbittorrent

 - free open-sourced client. No ads and has a built-in search feature that
searches popular public trackers. Consistently updated.

 Tixati - extremely customizable. All menus can be rearranged and color

scheme can be changed completely. Many private trackers however may not
permit this client to be used.
 Transmission

 - popular macOS and unix torrent client.

 III. TORRENT INDEXERS/SITES
   Make sure your adblocker is on.
 1337x.to
 idope.se
 limetorrents.cc
 RARBG.to
 rutracker.org
 skytorrents.in
 thepiratebay.org
 toorgle.net
 torrentz2.eu
 torrentproject.se
 zooqle.com

For a more extensive list, see this post over at /r/torrents

IV. EBOOKS/TEXTBOOKS
If you have purchased the kindle edition of your book and wish to strip its DRM
and export it to .pdf, view this guide on how to deDRM your book.
If the ebook you are searching is available for kindle, you may also borrow the
ebook, use the guide, and then return it back.

Below are a list of popular search engines/sites for books:

 u/Amosqu's custom search engine

 - searches for books in the majority of the indexers listed below. See his
thread here.

 r/Piracy updated ebooks custome search engine

 - removed all dead links and added new websites. See here for the contents of
the sites it scrapes: https://pastebin.com/aapQMv7t

 b-ok.org

 - formerly known as Bookzz.

 booksc.org

 - scientific research papers.

 ebookee.org
 freebookspot.es
 Library Genesis

 - most popular.

 mirror
 Project Gutenberg
 sci-hub.cc

 - scientific research papers.

 audiobookbay.me

 - audiobooks.

 Hampshire College has compiled a list of databases/indexers that

provide free ebooks including: children's book, study guides, tutorial guides,
etc... Many of the non-fictional works are canonical literary works.

Private trackers:
 MyAnonamouse

 - private tracker for ebooks/audiobooks

 bibliotik

 - private tracker for ebooks/audiobooks

Magazines
 pdf-giant.com
 magazinelib.com

Comics
 comicextra.com
 getcomics.info
 readcomics.website
 readcomicbooksonline.net
 worldwidetorrents.eu

 - comic section
  

For a complete listing of popular ebook sites, see:

 https://www.reddit.com/r/trackers/comments/hrgmv/tracker...

Downloading ebooks off IRC

 https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/2oftbu/guide..

Issues with Calibre? Visit its forum for help/support

 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=166

V. COURSES/TUTORIALS
 See Section III & X. Many popular torrent indexers have courses such as
Rutracker, 1337x.to, and demonoid.pw.

 freeudemy.me - Udemy courses available via direct Google Drive links &
torrents.
 gfxdomain.net

 - computer graphics design tutorials/courses via fileshosters (some through

torrents).

 git.ir - hosts many courses/tutorials from udemy, tutsplus, lynda, etc...

Available through direct download links.

VI. GAMES
Game Repackers
 CorePack

 FitGirl Repack

 R.G. Mechanics

Game Scene Groups

 CODEX

 CPY

 SKIDROW
 Direct Download:
 fitgirl-repacks.site

 igg-games.com

 Also cs.rin.ru

 - dedicated game piracy forum.

 Scene groups do not have official websites. If you find a site using the
name of a scene group, they are impersonating them. Beware of these sites;
often they may package the release with malware.*

VII. MOVIES/SERIES
   Make sure your adblocker is on.

 alluc.ee (stream search engine)

 fmovies.to

 gostream.is

 solarmoviez.to

 yesmovies.to

Anime
 9anime.to

 kissanime.ru

 Nyaa.si

 nyaa.pantsu.cat
 r/KissCartoon's extensive anime/manga site wiki
    For streaming with Kodi, visit  r/Addons4Kodi.

VIII. MUSIC
 Deezloader - can be found in thepiratebay.
 Download songs from Deezer in 320kbps quality. You can convert
your Spotify playlist to a Deezer playlist and download it via Deezloader as well.
 rutracker.org
 Soulseek

 - P2P network used for music.

 Youtube-dl

 - command-line program to download video/audio from Youtube videos and

other sites.

 Youtube-dl-gui
 - GUI for youtube-dl for those not proficient in using the command line.

IX. TOOLS
   For:

 Microsoft Toolkit
 KMSAuto Net
 KMSpico
 Windows Loaders
 AMTEmu
 Universal Adobe Patcher 2.0
 CCMaker
       Visit the wiki here.
 u/Apodacaac has published two very easy to follow 'How to Patch Adobe
CC 2017" guides for [MacOS]
and [Windows]

X. DIRECT DOWNLOAD SITES

 warez-bb.org (general)
 http://adit-hd.com/

 (films/series)

XI. MISCELLANEOUS
 Misc. apps:
 Microsoft Windows and Office ISO Download Tool

 - lightweight program that pulls Windows and Office isos directly from
Microsoft's techbench site. All .isos are untouched and safe.

 MegaDownloader - Batch download Mega links like IDM or jDownloader.

Bypass Mega bandwidth limit completely given you have a VPN or are able to
switch IP addresses on the fly.
 EZBlocker – Spotify Ad Blocker

 - lightweight .exe that blocks and mutes Spotify ads on Windows.

Misc. websites:
 [Microsoft .iso torrents] - Digitalriver download links from Microsoft

 -Untouched Windows 7 .isos

 [Microsoft .iso DDLs] - https://tb.rg-adguard.net/index.php

 - web interface for Microsoft's techbench site. Windows 8.1+ / Office 2013+.

 [Microsoft .iso DDLs] - https://tb.rg-adguard.net/products.html

 - Latest Microsoft Products Dump (latest releases)

 [Microsoft .iso DDLs] - Theeye - 2.7 TB back up of MSDN dump

 u/wtfdidijustdoshit's extensive list of must-have Android apps, and
Android apk forums.
 Squawkr.io

 - Get notified when a movie releases. You can also set parameters such
resolution.

 predb.me

 - livestream of searchable releases.

 subscene.com (multinlingual subtitles for movies/series)

 addic7ed.com ((multinlingual subtitles for movies/series))

 www.linkexpander.com

 (link expander and decrypter - useful for skipping links protected by captchas)

 emuparadise.me (NDS ROMS, PSP ROMS, PSX ROMS, NES ROMS, SNES
ROMS, MAME WII ROMS, etc...)
 Vimm's Lair
  large collection of ROMs

 Emulation General wiki (links to many ROM dumps