I’ve noticed many people promote VPNs for torrenting to evade legal troubles in some places. But I wonder how do VPN companies get away with legal complaints? Especially if their servers are located in Germany or Japan, where piracy is heavily penalized.

p.s. I have never used a VPN for piracy, and I have never received any DMCA emails.

  • Kairos@lemmy.today
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    1 month ago

    ISPs turn off connectivity out of fear from lawsuits. Cox is contesting this, saying it’s too much of a burden (which it is) for both them and customers to turn off internet.

    Its also fucking dangerous to do that in this day and age.

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      Very dangerous because at that point you could see trolls connecting to any network and getting it at minimum temporarily shut down due to them deciding to do illegal stuff. I imagine they wouldn’t care what damage they cause until they get arrested, too.

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        1 month ago

        Medical emergencies and devices are more important than protecting shittily-protected systems.