The World’s Oldest Active Torrent Turns 20 Years Old::undefined

      • ieightpi@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Mostly for western developed countries where you will get fucked up by the government for pirating. ISP’s in US Canada and UK will sue normal middle class people for torrenting, unless you mask your IP with the correct VPN.

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          Canada limits the amount that a company can sue for downloading pirated media to the point where it’s not worth it for the company to actually take it to court. The company can ask the ISP to send an email to try to scare the user, but that’s about it.

        • Archr@lemmy.world
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          I have never heard of this happening. And I’ve gotten multiple cease and desist letters from my ISP. ISPs don’t really have the case for a suit anyways, but there are third party companies that companies like Disney will pay to watch torrents for them and ask your ISP to send you that letter.

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            1 year ago

            A decade or so ago, there were some widely-publicized cases of folks who got absolutely ruined with six- or seven-figure judgements against them for copyright infringement.

            Example from 2012.

            Maybe it was a tactic the copyright cartel used in the mid-2000s and then stopped or something, but it was enough to shift folks’ behavior such that using VPNs became the norm.

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            Fines. And say you seeded a movie to 1000 people and a DVD of the movie costs $20, they sue you for $20000, treating it like you broke into a warehouse and stole 1000 DVDs of the movie.