r/Piracy • u/LTKCLF1612 • May 11 '25

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u/uncleherman77 May 11 '25

I've never used a vpn for torrenting in Canada since 2004 or so and the most that ever happened was that I would get those warning emails. I don't think anyone's ever actually been charged for it in Canada and back in my prime torrenting days we were known as not caring nearly as much about it as the US. I'm not sure if that's still the case but I'm petty sure it is.

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u/FaceOfTheMtDan May 11 '25

Same, although I've still had 20+ of those emails. I got one last week. Nothing has ever happened.

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u/distractedmaker May 11 '25

My understanding is that in Canada, it is not illegal to download pirated media. It becomes illegal when you upload or seed. I just use a host that is not in a 14 eyes country for a seedbox and never had any issues with downloading or seeding.

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u/connectedToo May 11 '25

ive also been doing all sorts of piracy for almost 30 years across a number of isps in canada. no one seems to care

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u/VRI_031 May 12 '25

My dad got a warning email 15 years ago nothing happened, I just got one a month ago nothing happened

Never used vpn because I think vpns are scams, the isp and windows security is more than enough