I'm from Germany and I had an issue with this two times. The first time was when I torrented a Movie when I was like 17, and got a C&D which ordered me to pay a

I'm from Germany and I had an issue with this two times. The first time was when I torrented a Movie when I was like 17, and got a C&D which ordered me to pay a €1000 fine. Got a lawyer (which cost around €500) and never heard back. Two years later they sent a letter again, because of the same thing and demanded €2000, to which I just didn't respond. The time window from me torrenting to the letter being sent was around 2 months, not that bad. Nowadays, I just use a VPN & Torrent Caching, no issue at all (40 TB and counting) :)