So me and my brother have been torrenting some games and such and we have not gotten a letter yet. So any precautions to use

  • vermaterc@lemmy.mlEnglish
    6·
    5 months ago

    I have also heard uploading (seeding) is where you really get in trouble

    Which is interesting since modern web standards make it possible to exchange data peer to peer in browser. Isn’t PeerTube working this way? So you might not even know you are sharing. How does it work in such situation?

      • hsdkfr734r@feddit.nlEnglish
        11·
        5 months ago

        Distribution is the key here, which they can pinpoint to your IP. They can’t come after YOU specifically (usually) but they contact your ISP

        Germany:
        Which in turn hands out your contact data. And Waldorf + Frommer will send you a form for a Unterlassungserklärung, which you are kindly asked to sign. Plus they will kindly ask for a few hundred euros.

        Who then sends you a strongly worded letter about stopping (usually). If this happens repeatedly they will often throttle your bandwidth or even cut you off. Again, usually. This is different everywhere.

        Nope. Not the ISPs job here.

          • hsdkfr734r@feddit.nlEnglish
            3·
            5 months ago

            Yes, broad is fine. It’s interesting to see the different approaches. :) I’m sorry if I sounded too harsh.

            My understanding was that Germany’s issue is with uploading as well, but I am not German and I am not a lawyer

            Lawyer? Me neither.

            Indeed. Uploading is problematic, which includes p2p. Downloading not so much. Still illegal though.

            There was the story about witcher and CD project who targeted illegal users. Understandably. So downloading isn’t exactly 100% safe. Or using the downloads…