Are questions about piracy off-topic here?

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For example:

Your first example could be asking for sites like Hulu.
– Gelatin
Jul 18, 2010 at 5:39 — Gelatin, Jul 18, 2010 at 5:39

Jeff Atwood · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-17 09:13:33Z

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Anything that would get us banned from corporate firewalls is generally off-topic.

answered Jul 17, 2010 at 9:13

Jeff Atwood

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Wow, you get banned from corporate firewalls for information about file-sharing??
– ripper234
Jul 18, 2010 at 11:56
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Corporates can get hit with some very big fines if they're found to have pirated software anywhere on the network. Banning employees from all file-sharing sites stems a lot of opportunity for the random employee to download dodgy software, and blocks very, very few legitimate sites.
– GAThrawn
Jul 29, 2010 at 10:49
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@GAThran - Yeah, but I wouldn't think that this site would get banned for linking to sites that contain piracy.
– ripper234
Oct 2, 2010 at 13:40

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