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Comment by kisstheblade

Well this doesn't matter much.

You can download your torrents from other sites.

But an interesting new development has occured where I live (and what I hear in other europena countries as well).

Lawyers get the rights holders permissions to enforce their copyrights, and then they connect to the torrent swarms and start collecting IP addressess.

Then they get a court order for the ISP's to release the IP owner's personal information.

Then they send a shakedown letter, were they threaten to sue you if you don't pay up 600 euros or some such sum.

It's "nice" to know that it is that easy to get ISP's to hand over customer information.

So, always use protection (VPN) when torrenting, kids! :)

parent kisstheblade 11 years ago

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