Quote from: hilariousetc on June 22, 2015, 05:26:26 PM

Quote from: BillyBobZorton on June 22, 2015, 05:04:02 PM

Quote from: Elwar on June 22, 2015, 12:39:51 PM

Here in Germany they go after BitTorrent by prosecuting the seeders. They get the IP address of the seeder then go to the ISP to find out the owner of that IP address (linked to an address). They then send a letter in the mail to the owner of that Internet contract telling them that they will be fined for illegally sharing copyrighted content.

My former landlord received one such letter because "one" of his tenants, who shall remain nameless, was seeding. The fine was somewhere around 900 euros each for 2 different movies. Fighting it involves getting a lawyer and trying to get the fine down.

When I was home visiting my mother she received a nastygram e-mail and phone call from Comcast because "one" of her sons, who shall remain nameless, just happened to have BitTorrent running with some seeded files. Of course, in the US there is no enforcement behind such notices so I told her to ignore it.

Thats the problem. Would a VPN solve it? because maybe the VPN providers are forced to disclose the information of whoever was using the VPN if the "bitorrent police" comes asking.

Depends which VPN you use. If you were concerned I'd find a service that keeps no personal logs or details of their customers etc, but some do and if they get a subpeona then they will be forced to turn over all they have on you.

Lots of VPN's out there that are not in the US, if it is outside your home nation I think it is a lot harder for an industry to get your information, I am not 100% sure on that though.