Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

The original post: /r/piracy by /u/Confident-Beyond6857 on 2025-06-05 16:04:34.

An interesting situation came up recently. On a private tracker known for quality torrents, a user uploaded a TS with a watermark of their username which floated around the screen continuously throughout the movie. It made the movie totally unwatchable and the torrent was removed as a result.

I've heard watermarks are prevalent on free sites and trackers, but I've never heard of groups/individuals doing it with watermarks which float all over the place. Is this normal on the streaming sites/free trackers, or was it just a dick move? Also, why even annoy people with a watermark at all? It's not like the uploader gets anything extra for constantly reminding people.