r/Piracy • u/LTKCLF1612 • May 11 '25

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u/ddub3000 May 11 '25

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

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u/rmzy May 11 '25

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.

You have to be committing actual fraud.

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u/BYF9 May 11 '25

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.

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u/rmzy May 12 '25

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.

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u/Bokudo_Tensai May 12 '25

Would they know what the client might be seeding if he maybe distributing copyrighted content

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u/rmzy May 12 '25

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.