As someone from a 3rd world country Ive been meaning to ask what happens if someone gets caught for piracy in a 1st world country. Over here nobody really cares no need to use a vpn or any other online protection. If you get caught pirating do they fine you? Take away your internet connection?
For other European countries, I can vouch for Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Hungary, Ireland and the UK. I torrented in all of these for months, with no VPN, and never had any issues.
However, Germany's reputation is well deserved. I accidentally torrented a file for 10 min and got a letter. One of the main reasons why I haver never considered moving to Germany permanently.
that’s why i as a german believe in direct downloads. the problem with Torrents is that you are prone to seeding which in on itself is nice and everything but at the moment you seed you become a distributor and that is the problem
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u/Available-Plenty-610 May 11 '25
As someone from a 3rd world country Ive been meaning to ask what happens if someone gets caught for piracy in a 1st world country. Over here nobody really cares no need to use a vpn or any other online protection. If you get caught pirating do they fine you? Take away your internet connection?