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Torrenting exposes your public IP. In a country where government doesn't care, does that pose a risk? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by TheHooligan95@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I honestly don't believe I will have any legal trouble because I don't do anything like cp or worse, I just pirate media I like, not even porn. But across users of communities, or on public trackers, is IP exposure something to be concerned about?

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[-] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 10 points 6 months ago

In my country it is illegal to share

But torrenting means you're also sharing.

[-] TheHooligan95@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

Yes but you didn't create the torrent first

[-] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 9 points 6 months ago

But who created it is irrelevant, the seeding is the legal issue.

[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I think that's not necessarily true. There's certainly some good reasons to have a distinction between the original uploader and all the rest of the additional seeders. It's going to come down to local law.

An analogy is if you buy some illicit substance and split it up with a few friends who pay you their share. Whether or not your local authorities considers you an illegal drug dealer could be highly dependent on scale, profitability, frequency, clientele, etc. Those details could be the difference between a slap on the wrist and some hard time.

[-] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I can't speak for every obscure jurisdiction that might exist, but I've never heard of that being a factor.

[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

I don't know the laws that well, but there is a distinction in Canadian law between uploading and downloading. I'm not entirely sure how applicable to torrenting that is, but I think there's a reasonable argument that if you are the original uploader, you must have uploaded the content in it's entirety, whereas that's not necessarily true for anyone else downloading the torrent, and certainly not provably so.

[-] Glass0448@lemmy.today 1 points 6 months ago

@TheHooligan95@lemmy.dbzer0.com Lol. Torrenting is sharing. And for now you haven't been visited, but I'm certain Hollywood will pay a visit to your local enforcer chief to explain to him the technicalities over fine wine & dinner.

The risk is still there. Keep your share ratios to 3 so you don't look like a big problem as @Melkath@kbin.social put it. And when you get a letter from somebody complaining, it's time to start looking into a VPN.

The second best thing to do is your own research into your country's laws, and subscribing to e-mail alerts so you can know if the law will change. At least a google alert at a minimum.