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I just deleted my entire library and redownloaded it.

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A lot of my files were shitty 480p versions of movies from the Napster days. Now they’re all 1080p, with a few 720p exceptions (mainly tv series episodes). All in all 500 something files in total. Now just watching uTorrent slowly download them all. Hopefully my VPN keeps the eyes off of me…

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Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world
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I raw dog my torrents with no VPN

Can someone tell me the actual risks involved? I always thought it was so you didn’t get your ISP up your ass and shut you off, my power company is my ISP and they don’t give a shit

What really am I risking here?

Edit: US

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ExLisper@linux.community
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Depends where you live. In some countries nothing. In other countries fines. In some death penalty.

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Koordinator O@lemmy.world
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Me, Germany, 20 years of no VPN = nothing ever happend Friend of me, also germany, downloads Minecraft once without VPN = 800€ cease and desist letter So yeah. Pretty much a gamble.

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SeatBeeSate@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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One of three things, one your ISP doesn’t give a shit and nothing happens. Two, you get nasty-grams telling you to cease or have your service cut, three your information gets forwarded to the copyright owners company and you possibly are fined or worse brought in by a lawsuit.

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Alec@lemmy.ml
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Yep, yep and yep. The nasty-grams are typically referred to as “love letters”.

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notepass@feddit.de
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Depends on where you are. Depending on country it can range from no one giving a shit, over to getting letters from your ISP, over to getting smaller fines, up to getting railed for your life.

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