Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhat happened to us Pirates? We used to sail the web and never even thought about reprecussions just sharing. Now it seems like it costs to be a pirate like a VPN and such. WTH happened?message-squaremessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up178arrow-down1message-squareWhat happened to us Pirates? We used to sail the web and never even thought about reprecussions just sharing. Now it seems like it costs to be a pirate like a VPN and such. WTH happened?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square80linkfedilinkfile-text
When I say used to I mean the days of limewire, napster, and sublimedirectory to name a few. Or IRC or even ICQ.
minus-squareEat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 month agoI downloaded a song for my kid 15ish years ago and Telekom tracked it to me so I got a fine.
minus-squareStarya67@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoI was going to say: I live in Germany and they’ll absolutely go after people who pirate.
minus-squareiocase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoThey cuck so hard for American IP holders it’s honestly incredible. Even the yanks own companies don’t ride people that hard for it.
minus-squareDon_Dickle@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoFirst time? That seems excessive.
minus-squareDon_Dickle@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoI hope you joking but if not holy shit. Don’t they hand out warnings a bunch of times before hitting your bank? I am in the states BTW
minus-squareEat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoHoly shit is right. I got no warnings I downloaded a popular song one day after dinner and got the letter three or so months later, my wife was super pissed.
minus-squarecrandlecan@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 month ago15 years ago? That can’t be true Edit: the way it was written, I understood it as being prosecuted 15 years after the download. That indeed is impossible and never happened
minus-squareEat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoWhy can’t that be true?
minus-squareFalse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker Check the lawsuits section
I downloaded a song for my kid 15ish years ago and Telekom tracked it to me so I got a fine.
I was going to say: I live in Germany and they’ll absolutely go after people who pirate.
They cuck so hard for American IP holders it’s honestly incredible. Even the yanks own companies don’t ride people that hard for it.
First time? That seems excessive.
Yes, it was the first time
I hope you joking but if not holy shit. Don’t they hand out warnings a bunch of times before hitting your bank? I am in the states BTW
Holy shit is right. I got no warnings I downloaded a popular song one day after dinner and got the letter three or so months later, my wife was super pissed.
15 years ago? That can’t be true
Edit: the way it was written, I understood it as being prosecuted 15 years after the download. That indeed is impossible and never happened
Why can’t that be true?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker
Check the lawsuits section