Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days 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-square82linkfedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up176arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square82linkfedilinkfile-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-up15·3 days 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-up8·3 days agoI was going to say: I live in Germany and they’ll absolutely go after people who pirate.
minus-squareiocase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 days 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-up1·2 days agoFirst time? That seems excessive.
minus-squareDon_Dickle@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days 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-up2·2 days 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-22 days 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-squareFalse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker Check the lawsuits section
minus-squareEat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoWhy can’t that be true?
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker
Check the lawsuits section
Why can’t that be true?