1 PB of disk space would cost about $10K at this point in time. Not exactly unattainable. Looks like it would fit in a volume of space about the size of a standard refrigerator.
It doesn't seem reasonable to me to suggest that an average person would spend $10,000+ (and the time to maintain it) on a pirate archive, hence my comment.
On the other hand, contributing a TB or two to a torrent swarm is much more feasible for most people.
In any case, if you're okay with that, you should do it. Please report back in 6 months with how it's going.
In any case, if you're okay with that, you should do it. Please report back in 6 months with how it's going.
Point being, if I tried to torrent the whole thing, it probably would take 6 months, and would likely get me booted from my ISP and/or sued. I would much rather buy a set of hard drives with the contents already loaded. Or tapes, as userbinator suggests.
(And as for the hypothetical "average person" you keep citing, I don't see anyone meeting that description around here.)
> I would much rather buy a set of hard drives with the contents already loaded. Or tapes, as userbinator suggests.
And my point is that this is an absurd suggestion. I shouldn't have to explain why a shadow library shouldn't be selling (tens of) thousands of dollars worth of hard drives containing pirated content. Beyond that, and what I was getting at earlier, is that maintaining a 1PB storage array at home isn't exactly easy, or cheap.
> It doesn't seem reasonable to me to suggest that an average person would spend $10,000+
You're right, and I was not trying to suggest that. I was merely disagreeing with "You are never going to" because I know there are people who are reading this who can and maybe will.