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    • gamer ( gamer@lemm.ee ) English
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      3 years ago

      Wait, is it even possible to pay for movies outside of a movie theater?? I have taught everyone I know how to use bittorrent because I assumed that was a basic computer literacy thing. My grandma regularly pirates TV shows so they have something to watch at her adult daycare. That old bitch even offers DVD copies for a buck fifty.

        • jemorgan ( jemorgan@lemm.ee ) English
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          3 years ago

          Okay, I see this so much, but I have been pirating virtually all of my media downloading Linux ISOs (in the US) without a VPN for… 20 years?

          I’ve gotten about a dozen letters from my ISP and I just chuck ‘‘em in a bin.

            • jemorgan ( jemorgan@lemm.ee ) English
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              3 years ago

              Okay, so I kind of lied, when I set up my radarr/sonarr/transmission/etc docked compose setup earlier this year, I did purchase PIA VPN, which is like $60 per year I believe. Didn’t want to have to think about it anymore, and I can afford it now, so whatever.

              But still, over 20 years, that’s like a $1200 savings. When all that you’re realistically risking is having to switch ISPs, and that’s so unlikely that I’ve never met anyone who had to do it, I don’t think it’s as big of a deal as people make it out to be.

              Having said that, don’t pirate things without a VPN and blame me when the fuzz comes for ya

              • zbecker ( zbecker@mastodon.zbecker.cc ) 
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                3 years ago

                @jemorgan @manapropos

                Before using a VPN, I was sent numerous letters from my isp to knock it off. It really depends on both isp and where you live. If you live in the US, my understanding is that it’s the isp who can get sued for allowing you to pirate, so while they don’t want to lose your money and will give you numerous chances, they will eventually cease to do business with you.