▲ 135 ▼ I am in Germany and want to know what practices to use when pirating. (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 1 year ago by therantechguy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments So me and my brother have been torrenting some games and such and we have not gotten a letter yet. So any precautions to use
[–] mbirth@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (2 children) To add to that: The “sharing” part is what’s prohibited in German law. (Remember: when torrenting you also upload chunks of the data to others.) The pure download is kind of a grey area and won’t be prosecuted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago Exactly - should've mentioned that. That's why i feel much more safe using Usenet. Also, the fractured nature of usenet makes it more resilient to prosecutors to actually pinpoint anything. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 1 year ago Just wanted to point out that downloading is no longer a grey area since an EU ruling a couple of years ago. Streaming as well as downloading from unauthorized sources is plainly illegal - you're right about it being very unlikely to be prosecuted for it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago Exactly - should've mentioned that. That's why i feel much more safe using Usenet. Also, the fractured nature of usenet makes it more resilient to prosecutors to actually pinpoint anything. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 1 year ago Just wanted to point out that downloading is no longer a grey area since an EU ruling a couple of years ago. Streaming as well as downloading from unauthorized sources is plainly illegal - you're right about it being very unlikely to be prosecuted for it. permalink fedilink source parent