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Movie Studios Win Australian Piracy Blocking Injunction in Record Time * TorrentFreak
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I often download torrents of TV shows or movies and I've never used a VPN or anything. I've been doing this for around 15 years with no problem. Am I just asking for trouble?
I’m the same, the only person I know to ever receive a letter about pirating was a Disney movie that was still at the theatre, so I just never torrented those and never had any issue. I’ve been torrenting since the only client was the original BitTorrent client, 2004
Yes, you are asking for trouble, though whether trouble actually finds you is another question. Personally I just think it's a completely unnecessary and stupid risk to take, given VPNs are so cheap and we have no way of predicting whether there will be a sudden increase in copyright prosecutions at some point in the future.
To use a metaphor, let's pretend you like to go fishing...
You've only got so much time on the boat, say 8 hours.
Your esky can only hold enough ice to grab say 100kg of fish.
You're pulling in fish as quick as you can, and the esky is starting to look full... Well this fish is smaller than that fish. Bugger it, I'll throw these 3 small fish back and just keep the big fish...
Now to bring this back to reality.
Are you a big fish?