▲ 1950 ▼ It feels so futuristic (startrek.website) submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world 208 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) I just torrent or stream without a VPN. Is that unsafe? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Gabu@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Depends on country. Most places, no danger whatsoever. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 4 points 2 years ago Eh the only thing is copyright holders might complain to your ISP, who might send you a nasty letter. I'm not sure if they actually close accounts over it permalink fedilink source parent [–] spencer@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I am not a lawyer, add salt as necessary. There are a few instances of people getting sued, but usually your ISP will get a DMCA notice and send it to you and so long as you remove the content they've DMCA'd you're usually fine. I also believe that in Canada there's a $5000 limit to the damages they can recover so it's usually not worth it for them to hire a lawyer, which again, I am not. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TangledHyphae@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I accidentally forgot to keep VPN on a killswitch and a torrent was still seeding, and comcast gave me a "first strike" warning that said too many and they will ban me from internet service. Which seems kinda overkill. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Depends on country. Most places, no danger whatsoever. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 4 points 2 years ago Eh the only thing is copyright holders might complain to your ISP, who might send you a nasty letter. I'm not sure if they actually close accounts over it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spencer@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I am not a lawyer, add salt as necessary. There are a few instances of people getting sued, but usually your ISP will get a DMCA notice and send it to you and so long as you remove the content they've DMCA'd you're usually fine. I also believe that in Canada there's a $5000 limit to the damages they can recover so it's usually not worth it for them to hire a lawyer, which again, I am not. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TangledHyphae@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I accidentally forgot to keep VPN on a killswitch and a torrent was still seeding, and comcast gave me a "first strike" warning that said too many and they will ban me from internet service. Which seems kinda overkill. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TangledHyphae@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I accidentally forgot to keep VPN on a killswitch and a torrent was still seeding, and comcast gave me a "first strike" warning that said too many and they will ban me from internet service. Which seems kinda overkill. permalink fedilink source parent