| A friend of mine had to pay a fine for torrenting "The Walking Dead" once, but usually nothing happens. But I rarely use torrents anyway so... ._. |
| It is extremely dangerous to download with torrent, unless you can hide your ip etc. DC++ and similar hubs work perfectly fine. However, for me, streaming is the best. There is a lot of HD content available and I never had problems finding anything. Not to mention you save space in your hdd. If you're a gamer and wanna dl games etc. then i'm sry but i cant offer any solutions. I was never interested so i never had to work out this problem ;) |
| Torrent dude. Don't let them scare you. They get one in a million but because the whole thing gets published they make it seem like everyone gets caught or something. It's just scary tactics really. In the end if everyone ignores them they can't do anything. They only succeed if people actually get scared of them. John_h said: You shouldn't use torrents in general, but OCH (uploaded, directupload, share-online, megaupload, etc.) are usually fine. Even if somebody had valid reasons to assume you broke the law, until they actually got the permission to check the hoster's log files or ask them for your IP, the information will most likely be deleted, anyway. I'd say the risk of getting caught for downloading via OCH is almost non-existent, I've been doing it for years and I know several of my friends do it as well, nobody ever ran into trouble. Those services are bullshit cause they can be easily closed down as it has been shown recently by how many they went down. Only threw torrents you will have things available. |
| It's risky, a friend of mine lives in Germany and got fined once for downloading music using torrents. |
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John_h said: Monad said: Those services are bullshit cause they can be easily closed down as it has been shown recently by how many they went down. Only threw torrents you will have things available. Uploaded and Share Online have been around for years, I doubt that they'll suddenly shut down their servers. You're right when it comes to convenience, finding the desired files can be quite annoying since they're often removed, but there are plenty of sources out there which you can check. I wouldn't advise anyone to use torrents, that's basically asking to get sued. I've been using them for years, no one sued me yet. |
| Thank god my country doesn't give a shit. |
JonyJC said: Thank god my country doesn't give a shit. |
| “A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” ― Lao Tzu |
| Torrenting is illegal almost everywhere. You won't get caught though, that's one in a million and it usually happens to people they suspect are selling. |
Play League of Legends here! Autocrat said: Hitler was good, objectively. |
| Lol I doubt my country even knows if its illegal. |
JonyJC said: Thank god my country doesn't give a shit. or alternately Z4k said: Lol I doubt my country even knows if its illegal. |
Insertanamehere said: JonyJC said: Thank god my country doesn't give a shit. or alternately Z4k said: Lol I doubt my country even knows if its illegal. I love developing countries. The police here purchase pirated dvds. Heck, I get my tv shows off my teachers. |
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| *and then everyone in this thread gets a knock on the door for bragging about how safe they are* |
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| Aside from general Risks with Torrenting (in which you need to trust your Sources that they don't share Malware as well), it's basically what cabacc2 said. Anime and other exotic Stuff should be relatively safe, especially when there is no official German Release. Nullo actore, nullus iudex or if there's no Plaintiff, there is no Judge. If you plan on moving, don't choose Kabel Deutschland unless you would be left out with a Village Connection of 2000kbitps or less. There seem to be many complaints with the ISP about slow Speeds especially in the Evening hours (just like the other Cable Internet Providers, but not so much for them), you would have a constant IP instead of a changing one (which might not only make it easier to track you down, but also make Downloading from Hosters with Restrictions harder, unless you're using a VPN Service), and the most important Aspect: they'll slow down P2P and OCH for the Day after you've reached a certain Amount of Traffic, though I don't know whether you'd have to have 10GB (stating in the Contract) or 60GB (stating according to the ISP) of Traffic only from Torrenting/DL from File Hosters or whether the whole Traffic is included, which would also include (legal) Streaming and Downloading from legal Portals. Else, O2 has a Cap when you hit over 300GB 3 Months in a Row for the next Month and Lines operated by the Deutsche Telekom might have a much slower Streaming Speed for Video Platforms such as Youtube. |
John_h said: You shouldn't use torrents in general, but OCH (uploaded, directupload, share-online, megaupload, etc.) are usually fine. Even if somebody had valid reasons to assume you broke the law, until they actually got the permission to check the hoster's log files or ask them for your IP, the information will most likely be deleted, anyway. I'd say the risk of getting caught for downloading via OCH is almost non-existent, I've been doing it for years and I know several of my friends do it as well, nobody ever ran into trouble. This and for additional information you are not "diffusing" copyrighted material by downloading from a OCH. Most cases where lawyers did send their pricey warning letter stated especially the fact that you were guilty of diffusing these files. They focus more on finding the uploaders. |
jadecrown said: JonyJC said: Thank god my country doesn't give a shit. |
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| obvious FBI is obvious |
dustinator1991 said: You like hentai for your favorite anime so you have no room to talk.  |
| I use Uploaded, I used to use RapidShare now I have a VPN and torrent lol Was in the boerse.bz scene a while ago. |
| S H O U T _ O L D _ B U T _ G O L D |
| For torrent: Downloading music/western movives is really dangerous. Same for software. Also anime which are licensed in the west (especially in Germany). I never had problems while only downloading the airing stuff - for anime - at the time it aired for the last few years. But please never try do use torrent for a US movie, video game or music. (Or other western stuff - not only from the US. Especially porn industrie have tons of money to hire lawysers.) For that stuff XDCC (over IRC - which is a form of direct download and still fast without having to buy premium accounts which usually are needed if you download from file hosters and want unlimited fast speed.) But I don't want to give too much/detailed hints. Don't know if too much talking about it is allowed here. (Well technically it should be okay as there is no direct link to illegal material and torrents and downloads from filehosters or via XDCC can also be used for legal things - like downloading Linux.) Edit: Lol. Just noticed that thread is pretty old and someone with only 1 posts bumped it. I should have looked at the whole thread first before posting. :D |
| german coming through here. i wouldn't risk it. that's why i always stream things. they can't really do anything about that but if you actually download or torrent things it can get quite tricky. |
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| I heard that if you're downloading Mein Kampf using torrent, they'll generally not do anything to you. |
| I HAVE TWO RULES: RULE ONE: I'M ALWAYS RIGHT RULE TWO: IF I'M WRONG, REFER TO RULE ONE... |
| I live in Germany and I use torrent a lot, although I'm using russian sites(kinozal) and download mostly from russian IP, so maybe that´s why I've never experience punishment. hmm |
 You know, I feel really happy right now. I'm really glad, I was able to meet you in this life. |
Psajdak said: How much are paid VPNs safe when it comes to torrenting? I bought PIA for 7 bucks a month. They also accept Bitcoin which is really convenient. |
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| If you use it frequently, you are at fairly high risk at getting caught, if you do it like once in a month or any less they shouldn't find you tho, german internet security is more focused on arms dealing and child pornography |
| honestly.. streaming is a lot more safe over here. and i mean.. nowadays websites like kissanime even let you chose the pixels.. and a lot of shows have 1080p so it's really okay. |
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| Use VPNs personally, the latest one i use is HideMe, a bit pricier but compared to something like ExpressVPN, worked better. Had issues with some VPNs that I couldn't figure out...so HideMe it is. |
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| Lmao imagine your country having copyright law |
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Fatephile said: Lmao imagine your country having copyright law Spoken like a true commie proud of you comrade |
| 한 번만 살지만 제대로 하면 한 번이면 충분해요 |
DrSexy said: Fatephile said: Lmao imagine your country having copyright law Spoken like a true commie proud of you comrade Holy shit the curse of political compass is inevitable |
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