• nBodyProblem@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    All they have to do is get an account and sit there seeding their own movies, then keep a log of the IP addresses of the people they connect to. That’s how most P2P enforcement is done.

    Problem is that anyone with enough knowledge to get private torrent access also knows enough to use a seedbox or VPN. The whole business case for a VPN revolves around not giving out IP addresses so that’s generally a dead end for copyright holders.

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      1 year ago

      Eh, you shouldn’t get hit with anything serious unless you’re hosting a server that’s seeding tons of content. The worst I’ve seen people who occasionally pirate getting is a ‘stop being a pirate, asshole!’ letter from Disney or something. I tried cyberghost for a while and it was such trash that I wish I hadn’t wasted money on it, I’ve just not bothered with VPNs since.

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        1 year ago

        Agree with cyberghost being absolute garbage. I got a letter like that for downloading a Megamind cam once. Ironically it was to cut out a piece of the movie to show my friend to recommend he go watch the movie.

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      1 year ago

      FYI, this was done a few years ago. I think the lawyers behind it just got out of prison.