• JackGreenEarth
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    251 month ago

    This doesn’t seem to be a problem in the UK. I’ve been pirating for years and never even received a letter from my ISP.

    • @[email protected]
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      211 month ago

      ISPs won’t do shit that would affect their bottom line. If they play ball with this it’s a slippery slope to mass cullings of their subscriber base.

    • umami_wasabi
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      1 month ago

      It is still better be on the err side and leave no trace they can use aginst.

    • @[email protected]
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      141 month ago

      In Canada, I get letters (well emails) when I rawdawg some torrents; but it’s never gone further than that.

      Prior to using usenet, I constantly torrented w/o a VPN (talking 10+ TB of data across 3ish years) and received a new email notice or two every other day. I’ve still got a folder with 60+ notices. ISP doesn’t give af, they just forward the copyright notice in the form it was sent to them, and that’s it.

      Now though I primarily use usenet and haven’t gotten a notice since. Downloads are also way way more reliable and faster.

      • RedFox
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        61 month ago

        rawdawg some torrents

        LOL! Did you spray 1’s and 0’s in their face when you were done?

      • @[email protected]
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        51 month ago

        Teksavvy lets me do precisely whatever the fuck I want, and doesn’t make a peep. They collect their $80 and fuck right off until I need them.

        Telus, on the other hand, can go fuck themselves with a rusty spoon. They sent me a letter and I switched ISPs within 24 hours.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 month ago

          Telus is the one that’s sent me dozens of notices; they don’t care. They just pass on the message they received and wash their hands.

    • @[email protected]
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      101 month ago

      One of my mates has been pinged for it before, but it seems like he just got a stern letter.

      I put my setup behind a VPN anyway. Proton hasn’t done me wrong yet.

    • ladfrombrad 🇬🇧
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      31 month ago

      I’ve had a couple of vapid emails from VirginMedia for one (Animal Kingdom) of many TV shows I’ve downloaded over the years.

      Shame they didn’t send it by snail mail, could’ve got some free toilet paper out of them then.