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[Moonee]

What even are the chances of getting caught downloading pirated movies anyway?

I sometimes get paranoid about this but i'm guessing it's a low chance of getting caught

[citronleaf]

Nobody wants to waste taxpayer money putting me in jail, despite the FBI warnings on DVDs. The "entertainment industry lawyers" that Night mentioned used to target people for MONEY because they downloaded MP3s, but money I ain't got much of so I am a low-priority target.

[Moonee]

Yeah, i don't have much money myself

So if i do ever get caught, i have no money anyway lol

[citronleaf]

We won't be able to buy our way out of jail, so they will have to be really determined to punish us. They used to send pirates to the gallows, right?

[mimzy]

What even are the chances of getting caught downloading pirated movies anyway?

If you download obscure foreign movies that are few years old, like most of us do, then nobody cares.

Downloading (and especially sharing) latest movies that are running in your country can be risky, but in order to get caught, they need to get your name and address from your ISP, which can be difficult, depending on the law of your country. If you do get caught, they harass you with pleasure, regardless if you have the money or not

[Moonee]

Tbh, I pretty much never download piracy (only on very rare occasions)

I pretty much only stream piracy online

Which is far less risky right?

[Moonee]

What even are the chances of getting caught downloading pirated movies anyway?

If you download obscure foreign movies that are few years old, like most of us do, then nobody cares.

so, they mostly only care about the latest blockbuster/high budget films.. They don't really care about the lower budget independent films?

[mimzy]

so, they mostly only care about the latest blockbuster/high budget films.. They don't really care about the lower budget independent films?

Well, pirate hunting is typically done by 3rd-party companies and not for free. Low budget films usually don't have budget for that.

[Moonee]

ooh
so it costs resources/money to catch people pirating

didn't know that

[mimzy]

Tbh, I pretty much never download piracy (only on very rare occasions)

I pretty much only stream piracy online

Which is far less risky right?

It's mainly uploading/sharing that is punishable. Downloading or streaming probably does not make much difference.

An online friend did get into trouble using a streaming service (Popcorn Time), but that was based on p2p (sharing).

Many users just use VPN to feel safe.