Why happen if I store pirated content inside my VPS? I think the answer is pretty obvious, in their TOS should say that if I do that they will BAN me without warning, but can they detect the files? Or worse, what if I download directly into the VPS with torrent or Jdownloader?
From what I understand (and based on USA laws) only if I torrent something they can BAN me, because I’m redistributing something with copyright in their servers, and I don’t only refer to games, this can apply to music, movies, etc.
Most can detect traffic. Content itself, I do t know. Certainly some can.
Probably will remove you. Ban you. And pass on any data they may have to authorities.
It’s the main reason I don’t do it. Even if it’s extremely unlikely.
That’s what my homelab is for. But even then, it has its own problems.
I would assume the server in the closet is better for this, I mean don’t pirate is that better FBI?
There are VPS services that dont give a fuck about DMCAs and pirated content. You should specifically look for one like that if this is your intent. I do not have any specific provider recommendations but you might find something useful in lowendtalk.
Microsoft has been known to detect unencrypted passwords on storage or emails and try them on the encrypted zips that are stored. It may be standard practice to operate across borders.
If you rent a VPS, you’re having a legally binding contract with whatever company you choose. Read that contract/agreement! It will contain information like if they snoop at your data, if you allow them to rat you out to somebody else or what is allowed and what isn’t allowed and consequences if either party does something wrong. You won’t find that specific information in US law or some general answer that applies to every provider.
If they say in their TOS: ‘we will ban you if you do X’ and you agree to that and then do X, they’ll probably ban you… if they say something else in their TOS, then something else will happen. this is how contracts work.
However, i’m not sure if US law provides citizens with something like privacy. In other jurisdictions, it is forbidden to just scan through all your customer’s data to see if you can find something incriminating. At least on the level of pirating some movies.
And the FBI might have real criminals to arrest. I’m not sure if they’re actively looking for peanuts like one person who runs JDownloader. Unless you point them right at it. YMMV
AFAIK, web hosting clients here in the US don’t really have any expectation of privacy from their host itself.
It depends on provider, one thing I can tell you for certain is that most of them don’t scan your file system, it is overhead they simply don’t need.
What is likely to happen is that they’ll get sent a DMCA and if they are a company that cares about DMCA claims (I.e. OVH) they’ll shut you down, if they don’t care then that DMCA claim goes directly to the trash can and you can continue business as usual.
