I just want to torrent a little HQ music with metadata man.
I used to pay for streaming music but due to current affairs and financial instability… I wont pay for that shit anymore.
I was thinking doing the whole shenanigans with an old laptop, a fresh VPN account, scanning with clamav, moving everything to my cloud drive etc.
But is it even worth the extra steps if I won’t get in any trouble for raw dogging the torrents from my main workstation and my everyday VPN account?
I did some research and found many people recommend some level of opsec. Does it matter?
I’m not US based but I am close with many people that is, both professionally and personally.
I got in trouble in Germany, for torrenting a single movie.
I
accidentallyallegedly let the torrent run until it uploaded the whole movie again.Got a letter from a law firm specializing in file sharing offenses who demanded 1200€ in damages and fees.
I had to apply for financial legal aid from the government, so I could consult with a lawyer myself and write some specific legalese letters to deny the other law firm’s claims on time, and force them to actually take me to court to pursue them.
Then wait, hoping they won’t, until the statute of limitations had passed.
The whole process cost me 60€ and took 3 years.
The movie was Hurt Locker. It wasn’t even good (allegedly).
Wow in Canada you’ll maybe get a letter from your ISP telling you that they got a complaint and that they’re legally obligated to tell you to stop but that’s as far as it’ll go. If you keep torrenting without a VPN, you’ll just receive the same letter again but they don’t actually care
I don’t know if it’s still this strict in Germany today.
But I’ve got to say, it was an effective deterrent.
I haven’t torrented anything since then. Instead, I just download my movies directly now.