Occused of illegal downloading from gaytorrent by flavaworks
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A US judge recently ruled than an IP address alone is not enough for a studio to sue someone for infringement. Your ISP (Comcast, At&T) would have sent you a letter via MAIL notifying you that a claim against the account owner has been filed. Also, since you are not in America, don't worry about it. Next time, use a VPN or somebody else's WiFi.
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That's changing tho. While yes, it's true, jurisdiction is a strong factor, however two things should be considered. #1 Not every seedbox or VPN will have Netherlands available. #2 More and more countries are working together internationally in regards to copyright law. Not necessarily changing the copyright law of each country, but helping in other ways to crack down. Even if a copyright holder doesn't take you to court, they can hurt you in other ways, such as the "3 strikes (sometimes 6) you're out" rule for most American ISPs. That is huge, because cable have a monopoly here on cable. If a cable company bans you, you're in deep shit, 'cause chances are, there is no other competitor set up for your area. You'll wind up downloading from your local library. That's something serious people need to consider. Not having your own internet, is the equivalent of not having a phone. It's impossible to live like that these days. You need to guard your internet the same way your apartment these days. If you lose it your fucked!! And don't think about using mobile, because their "unlimited data," is NOT unlimited.
Keeping yourself safe should be everyone priority. A private tracker does not guarantee safety. You got to be a pro at this shit. I'm not saying people should be paranoid, I'm just saying people need to pay attention more. Even with USENET, the law was able to find and prosecute a user, for doing dumb shit. Pay attention ya'll.
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fair enough.
