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    Hey guys, I just wanted to share my experience with torrenting and fines for copyright infringement.
    I moved to Germany few months ago and I didn't knew here torrenting is taken so seriously and you can get huge fines. In my home country - Poland nobody cares that you are torrenting or whatever, but in Germany it is the opposite.
    So I had to pay the fine (sadly), but I didn't want to stop torrenting so I got myself a VPN. I guess many of you should know what a VPN does, so I won't explain. But I will surely recommend people getting one, especially if they are living/traveling/moving to countries that have strict laws against torrenting. If you need recommendations I am using Surfshark.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JahsonPit View Post
    Hey guys, I just wanted to share my experience with torrenting and fines for copyright infringement.
    I moved to Germany few months ago and I didn't knew here torrenting is taken so seriously and you can get huge fines. In my home country - Poland nobody cares that you are torrenting or whatever, but in Germany it is the opposite.
    So I had to pay the fine (sadly), but I didn't want to stop torrenting so I got myself a VPN. I guess many of you should know what a VPN does, so I won't explain. But I will surely recommend people getting one, especially if they are living/traveling/moving to countries that have strict laws against torrenting. If you need recommendations I am using Surfshark.

    Not sure how long you been Torrenting,a Seedbox& VPN are a marriage made in heaven a MUST, IMHO if you are serious about Torrenting.
    The Seedboxex have a proxy address too and furthermore,with a VPN you can obviosly access more Trackers [ public] too.

    P.S. - Especially, with Porn XXX they are notorious in catching anyone that violates their copyright. In my eafly days of torrenting,they will report thay back to my ISP,and
    if my ISP gets too many of those complaints,they have the right to bump me off...
    Last edited by Enlightened; 08-17-2019 at 10:14 PM.

  4. BitTorrent   -   #4
    I am surprised that people use Bittorent anymore. Without a VPN you are broadcasting your IP for the world to see.

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    Without VPN, at least, use a SOCK5 anonymous proxy outside your own country

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    Only if your country gives a fuck about torrents and copyright infringement in the first place
    "I just remembered something that happened a long time ago."

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    ::shrugs:: I torrent without vpn, proxy, or anything in the USA for more years than I can count
    I suppose it depends on the site you use...
    I do not do this with public sites, or most sites, but I do with my primary site and have since joining it sometime around 2008?

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    Quote Originally Posted by anon View Post
    Only if your country gives a fuck about torrents and copyright infringement in the first place
    Or maybe there are just some people who fear their own shadow and some people who prefer not to live like that.
    Respect my lack of authority.

  9. BitTorrent   -   #9
    Thank you for sharing. I've been putting this off for years.

  10. BitTorrent   -   #10
    Using a VPN with torrent has become second nature. I always make sure that I'm using only that connection in my client & verify with ipleak.net before I begin downloading.

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