• JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee
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    2 months 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.

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      2 months 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.

    • Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
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      2 months 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.

      • ikidd@lemmy.world
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        2 months 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.

        • Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
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          2 months 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.

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        2 months ago

        rawdawg some torrents

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

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      2 months 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.

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      2 months ago

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