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You would have to be one hell of a pirate, indeed. But, then with faster/moar downloads, the feds would be on to you
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:bravo:
You would have to be one hell of a pirate, indeed. But, then with faster/moar downloads, the feds would be on to you
Yes, undoubtedly the feds will go after small-time leechers, rather than big-time torrent trackers which they already have issues with to put down.
Way to use logic.
- The "big-time torrent trackers" are pretty safeQuote:
Originally Posted by TweaK
- The operators of such trackers (pending TPB trail verdict) are looking safe as well
- It's peer to peer
- If peers are sharing copyrighted material, it's the peers (and only the peers) that are liable to legal action
- Legal action against peers isn't working (too expensive / PR disaster / suing wrong people / having to break the law themselves to track targets)
TPB is safe. They won.
Not yet, verdict isn't until the 17thQuote:
Originally Posted by [SomeGuy]
but the prosecution fucked up their case so much it's a pretty strong bet that TPB operators will be acquitted
If the glove don't fit, you must acquit.
Right, I know that, my point was pretty much that if anything, they'll go for trackers (TPB) rather than peers - since they apparently have the idea they can win against trackers, but they know they can't do anything against peers. It's just too hard/expensive to track them down, and they win relatively little with it. It'll cost them more than they'll win.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ynot
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Besides, I read somewhere a while ago that this one guy got sued for pirating a shitload of stuff in the U.S. and his defending statement was pretty much that "someone broke into his unprotected wireless network and did all the pirating, not him". He won the case.
The worst that will happen to you for piracy is a letter from your ISP telling you what you did, when, and to stop. They also say they'll shut off your internet, but unless you're with a company like Comcast or Cox, they probably won't.
I've been with comcast for about 3 years now. I have gotten about 4 letters about copyrighted material. They haven't turned off my net yet. *keep fingers crossed*Quote:
Originally Posted by Demon Parasite
Demon Parasite, I've heard of several people who had to pay huge amounts of money because they were pirating.
It's been aired on the news before, a girl was sued and had to pay quite a bit of money for all the songs she downloaded illegally.