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It used to happen in the U.S. quite frequently in the days of Kazaa/Limewire. If you got caught pirating a movie, your ISP would cut you off after 1-3 strikes.
by gamblor956 6y ago
It used to happen in the U.S. quite frequently in the days of Kazaa/Limewire. If you got caught pirating a movie, your ISP would cut you off after 1-3 strikes.
It doesn't happen as much anymore because it's now easier to get a high-quality version of the movie through legitimate means than through illegitimate ones.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y agoThat's very different then the implication of a SWAT team busting in your door and carting you off to prison for some unspecified amount of time on account of copyright infringement.
- gamblor956 6y agoThat was never the MPAA. The law firms they originally hired for those cases were behind that and were sanctioned for it. The RIAA and MPAA are aggressive, but they're not stupid.