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It's not the sites, it's torrenting. Without a VPN, they get your IP, and you are on the hook for "commercial distribution" (as clients also upload) unless you
by Semaphor 2y ago
It's not the sites, it's torrenting. Without a VPN, they get your IP, and you are on the hook for "commercial distribution" (as clients also upload) unless you pay X00 euros.
- rurban 2y agoPrivate torrenting is certainly not commercial distribution.
- Semaphor 2y agoTell that to our courts ;)
- gruez 2y agoCommercial distribution isn't the only way you can violate copyrights
- Semaphor 2y agoJust violating copyright wouldn't really matter. Damages would be tiny, and so would be what the lawyers can blackmail you for. It's being on the hook for the damages of distribution that gets the high fees.
- Semaphor 2y agoPlease tell me what's wrong about my comment instead of blindly downvoting, thank you.
- throwaway48540 2y agoIt's simply not true, from my personal experience. Who cares it's tiny when it's still more than I want or can pay.
- Semaphor 2y agoYou have personal experience with being sued for downloading without distribution in Germany?
- throwaway48540 2y agoI wasn't sued at the end of it, but nearly. Had to pay few hundred euro. Still sucked.
- Semaphor 2y agoHuh, that is super interesting, are you 100% certain it wasn’t torrents and thus including distribution? Hundreds of euros is crazy, that’s what people pay for distribution.
- throwaway48540 2y agoViolating copyright means distribution - giving out copies without the right to do so.
- rurban 2y agoSure, but private distribution is something completely different than commercial distribution. And private distribution under friends up to 15 is even legal.
- throwaway48540 2y agoYes, sharing privately using for example a flash drive, sending file via messaging app, or a private download link that's not shared publicly is not distribution. But I was replying to your comment that said "violation of copyright", which implies distribution - torrents in my case. Fortunately I didn't distribute much, I had the torrent client set to a low speed, so I was able to settle it out of court.
- rrr_oh_man 2y agoYou should move to Germany and argue this exact point in front of a bored 54-year old regional judge (who does not own a smartphone) on a Wednesday afternoon.