@lololulu19 1) it's "libtard" and (2) who??!

@lololulu19 Funny, that's pretty much word for word how I would describe Republicans (those elected into office and thus part of "the machine", that is....to claim those qualities are inherent to every single layperson who identifies as "Republican" would be foolish, at best).

@lololulu19 1) it's "libtard" and (2) who??!

@lololulu19 Funny, that's pretty much word for word how I would describe Republicans (those elected into office and thus part of "the machine", that is....to claim those qualities are inherent to every single layperson who identifies as "Republican" would be foolish, at best).

@AnythingOld:

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.

-AOS

fair enough.

@AnythingOld:

You guys and your bad information. All it takes is a subpoena!! This is very serious stuff, you guys really need to start reading more.. This lax attitude is not good.

Subpoenas are very serious, agreed, but ONLY within the jurisdiction of the court issuing it. Outside of said jurisdiction (and in this case, the Netherlands is definitely outside of any U.S. jurisdiction), they hold absolutely no weight at all.  Put simply, serving an international subpoena is not a thing. Now, there are processes by which you can request the information you seek, but that’s a whole other complicated discussion that, frankly, I have no business discussing.

Regardless, a subpoena in a situation like this wouldn’t be served to the accused party (because the plaintiff doesn’t actually know who that person is outside of their IP address).  The subpoena would be served to the ISP of the accused party seeking to reveal that information.  If said information is learned then, yes, letters demanding financial compensation to make some impending legal action go away are typically sent, but no legal action holds any weight without jurisdiction.

To the original OP:  I am not a lawyer nor do I have all the facts and documents pertaining to your situation in front of me.  As such, I am not offering any advice….I am merely offering my opinion.  And that opinion is that there is something fishy about this email you received….certain things don’t add up.  But, most importantly, even if the email was legitimately sent by Flavaworks, no U.S. court has jurisdiction where you live and it simply would not be financially beneficial for a small porn studio to go through all the trouble and expense to actually sue you in U.S. courts (even if they could do so).

How have instructed you to send them said money?  I ask because I suspect this is most likely a scam. Even if by some absurd chance it is legitimately from that studio, it's a desperate "last move"….a scare tactic for an empty threat. It's not financially beneficial for them to legally pursue just one person (in another country, no less) who downloaded one video of theirs years ago (assuming you haven't been the primary seeder of said video all these years).  Besides, how would they even have your email address?!  Anything of a genuinely official legal nature would almost certainly be delivered to a physical address and require a signature to verify it was received.