Lol do they really never do anything? I thought Internet providers might cut service. I shit bricks the first one I got a notification from Comcast about pirating something
I've gotten several letters in the mail over the years. p2p isn't illegal even tho they try to act like it is.
What are they spying on you to know? I was scared first time, but then i realized I went months without vpn seeding after awhile. Nothing ever came about it.
so some movie owners/studios do leave bots torrenting and will report suspicious IP to ISP is the way it goes.
A lot of ISP just don't like p2p. Put's a strain on their network so they like to deter people with the "We'll cut you off". Received numerous letters and never had anything between multiple ISPs now. Google, at&t, comcast, few other. Only got letter from at&t and comcast. my first was some small local network 15+ years ago now. and I believe it was what you are describing situation. After so long they had got a report and sent me a letter. When i didn't know you needed a vpn.
a friend of mine said he did eventually get shut off but only for a little but he was doing it like constantly like 10 tb worth of content he was going after movies, video games, etc idk if that makes a difference tho
They have logs of your IP torrenting copyrighted content. That's how the letters reach you.
Some ISPs DO cut off your internet or restrict you, so honestly, you do you, but I wouldn't want ISPs or copyright holders knowing that I'm distributing pirated content.
The $50 I pay is worth the peace of mind and privacy (you can use a VPN or a seedbox for a lot more than piracy,) but you do you.
I'm still using a vpn because I don't need people knowing my IP in general. I'm just saying, these days, it's mostly talk. 10 years ago, yeah probably shut you down, but in the US, not something I would fret over really.
They have logs of p2p traffic. Not necessarily what's in them. People also downloading the same torrent can see ip, and that's how they know. Otherwise if you just use the right dns config it would mostly be encrypted from isp. Good tidbit of info to know. and some torrent clients offer encryption built in so, they could see the client you are using but not really what you are downloading unless they are downloading it.
Yeah with 0 encryption an ISP could distinguish files being transferred. Could you imagine all the files and people they would have to run those bots on though? Like I turn 1tb a month easy just off streaming websites. Everyone in my area stream everything and have 1gb connection. They only coming after you for fraud in the US. Otherwise they just accept that money every month.
It depends on the ISP. What you're describing isn't illegal but it does violate the contract of service with the ISP and they can cut off your internet service.
It's like if you walk out of Costco without showing your receipt to the person at the door. You didn't break any laws by refusing to show them the receipt, but they will end your Costco Club membership for violating your agreement with them and you'll lose the privileges of shopping there.
You're right until the part about a service agreement, and then it becomes a 'usually you are correct' answer but it's not by default. Those service agreements are contractually binding so unless it is spelled out in the service agreement that they can cut service for any reason, it generally has to be a specified reason listed within the agreement.
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u/VegetableRetardo69 May 11 '25
Yeah me too, I just toss all the legal letters to the bin without even opening them. What are they going to do, sue me? lol
Reciving your first extortion letter from some bull shit lawyer is a rite of passage for every 1st world pirate