Meh. I mean I guess on some scale it could be "safer" than a larger site. At the same time though, I have never gotten a letter from years of downloading at the "bigger" sites either.
Hold The Line
Meh. I mean I guess on some scale it could be "safer" than a larger site. At the same time though, I have never gotten a letter from years of downloading at the "bigger" sites either.
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Originally Posted by Rart
Between 2003 & 2005 I uploaded about 1.5 TB of movies & programs on Demonoid & never got any letters or anything else, & that was about 99% from my home connection. (My own rips, & on a DSL connection)
Not using Peerguardian or any of that other crap, either.
Last edited by teflon05; 01-22-2014 at 01:45 AM.
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Note the years involved. There was not nearly the kind of corporate lawsuit-hunting going on back then. I would not expect anything to come of past uploads.Between 2003 & 2005 I uploaded about 1.5 TB of movies & programs on Demonoid & never got any letters or anything else, & that was about 99% from my home connection. (My own rips, & on a DSL connection
Not every movie/song/software/book has someone trolling for lawsuits and sending threatening letters. Largely, the ones to look out for are big-budget blockbusters that failed. Granted, some studios have begun patrolling larger portions of their catalogs for takedowns, but this is not quite the same concern one would have for being drug into court and/or extorted from.
If your IP is not shared with some corporate lawyer's trolling system, there is nothing to worry about. Some files are FAR bigger targets than others.
Hold The Line
MBM brings up a good point. I recall lawyers were trolling Hurt Locker torrents due to it's success with the critics that wasn't as well reflected in sales.
In addition try not to download pre release screeners or CAM rips of movies, or in general anything that hasn't been released for public consumption. I believe there were confirmed reports a while back of letters being sent out for a pre release screener of Wolverine that was on IPT.
That being said I still think this is greatly erring on the side of caution and even with downloading those advanced screeners you're still very unlikely to be caught. If you want to be extra cautious though, it's an easy step to take that'll greatly reduce your chances of being caught.
RASPBERRY RIPPLE
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I have reduced the amount my client shares all files to 125% of the amount downloaded. The warning letters I received in the past all indicated the amounts I had uploaded as well as seed times. Not only does reducing these amounts strengthen one's argument in court (if it ever got to that point), it also reduces one's chances of getting a "winning" lotto ticket. Keep your head down, and do not be the biggest fish.
I am doing this as a pre-step to paying for a service to hide my IP (which could either be a seedbox or VPN).
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http://torrentshack.net/ this?is TsH
I'm afraid I'm too old of a user to know what this site is.. But Rart reminded me I do have an IPT account so I don't have to create a new account to download my videos
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lol i'm in the same boat. gotta find an alternative ratio free tracker. downloading so much from kickass.to feels dirty.
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Gft is open for signup if any body looking for replacement of ftn then its good time to join gft.
RASPBERRY RIPPLE
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Signup URL available? Nothing on the main page...
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