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[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

I just torrent or stream without a VPN. Is that unsafe?

[-] Gabu@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Depends on country. Most places, no danger whatsoever.

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 4 points 11 months ago

Eh the only thing is copyright holders might complain to your ISP, who might send you a nasty letter. I'm not sure if they actually close accounts over it

[-] spencer@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

I am not a lawyer, add salt as necessary.

There are a few instances of people getting sued, but usually your ISP will get a DMCA notice and send it to you and so long as you remove the content they've DMCA'd you're usually fine. I also believe that in Canada there's a $5000 limit to the damages they can recover so it's usually not worth it for them to hire a lawyer, which again, I am not.

[-] TangledHyphae@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I accidentally forgot to keep VPN on a killswitch and a torrent was still seeding, and comcast gave me a "first strike" warning that said too many and they will ban me from internet service. Which seems kinda overkill.

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