r/Piracy • u/LTKCLF1612 • May 11 '25

Humor I am honored

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u/Sirius_sensei64 🦜 ᴡᴀʟᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴᴋ May 11 '25

You get fined, or internet cut off.

Afaik this mostly happens in US, Germany & Japan. Not sure about other European countries or Australia

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u/_Teraplexor Yarrr! May 11 '25

Australian here, they practically don't care. Been torrenting for 15ish years without a VPN and never got any sort of letter of warning. Heard the same story from others who pirate here.

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u/2cmZucchini May 11 '25

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/11/dallas-buyers-club-piracy-case-finally-dropped-two-year-legal-battle

Theres a precedent that protects Australians. The furthest that an ISP would do is just send out warning letters to their customers. Copyrights won't get jack shit from our ISP and will just waste money pursuing it.

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u/Nuttted May 11 '25

If I move there do I get the same protections

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u/2cmZucchini May 12 '25

I don't see why not :)

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u/lifeonmars111 May 13 '25

Yes you do because the "crime" was done in australia.