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.

  • Fonzie!@ttrpg.networkEnglish
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    2 days ago

    FWIW, at least Nord and Express explicitly put on their terms and conditions that you’re not allowed to use their services illegally, Nord mentions a few usages including unblocking content that should not be available in your region.

    They also give influencers like YouTubers and Twitch streamers scripts telling them to show how you can unblock content, but apparently the T&C weighs far heavier in court.

    • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      2 days ago

      But America is the world?

      Every time the spaceships come, it’s defending the white house, which is the most important house on the planet.

    • sakuragasaki46@feddit.itEnglish
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      1 day ago

      And America controls all of the fucking Internet. Especially all main social networks and search engines.

      Americans, especially after 9/11 happened, feel entitled to catch criminals (or at least what they deem so) all around the world and beyond.

      • circuscritic@lemmy.caEnglish
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        1 day ago

        Okay … All of that could be true, and then some, and it still wouldn’t give the DMCA any legal jurisdiction in Germany, or Mexico, or anywhere else that isn’t America…

        Is this thread about some moral invective? Or is it about the DMCA?

        • sakuragasaki46@feddit.itEnglish
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          1 day ago

          In a just world where everyone minds their own business, it would be true.

          It’s the fault of people who live there for not fighting for abolishment of this hellhole of a law.

  • bastionntb@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Its simple really. If you have an IP address on a torrent network, contact its owner. The owner of the IP will then be forced to contact the user… But if the owner doesn’t keep logs… Then they don’t know who the user is… And the claim can’t progress any further. But not all VPNs are created equal. Some keep logs. And that’s not good for privacy.

    For you not getting DMCA, you may use private trackers only. If not, maybe you got lucky, or you just ignored the emails from your provider or your provider doesn’t follow up with complaints.