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I did mention my brain is fading…! Maybe being scanned first. Just in case here is again:. Hi Ben, Thanks so much for putting this together. I had an absolute brain fade over Xmas time and forgot to put my vpn on before downloading bloody paddington 2 looking for something new for my 5 year old son to watch in lockdown My wife receive letter from Waldorf frommer today.

Demanding euros. Have they reduced the size of fees in past years? I remember hearing about 3k or something years ago. And for paddingbloodyton! Anyway, my question is regarding the law in you mentioned about limiting claims to and euros.

Do know if they updated that since? Also my first thought before finding your blog was just pay but not sign. But my wife worried that would also leave us exposed to further costs. I guess payment is an admission of guilt….? Hey Bruce. Good luck with this situation. Here is a source , and another here.

I updated it in the post as well. Hello, a while ago I received one of those letters, and after some time I decided to pay. Hey Delowak. Please note that what you received from this practice is not a fine. Only public authorities can give you a fine. This is private matter that was handled privately. Thank you for all the Infos and supporting! I have a question though on that. For damages, fines etc. Any idea on something like statutes of limitations that apply there?

This all seems outrageous. I am a University student and as everything is online this time due to Covid. So my Professor has uploaded videos on Youtube. Hey Vishu. I cannot advise you on this. Hi Vishu. While downloading can be punishable, normally it will go unnoticed, since the fines are low and efforts into finding the culprits are also low.

What you surely can expect are the fines for uploading or distributing copyright content. Much more effort is put into finding out the distributers, since the fines are much larger and worthy of all of the effort. If you use a torrent client, you are distributing the content while downloading it, it is how those clients work. SWIM downloaded many copyrighted songs from youtube and never got a fine. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam.

Learn how your comment data is processed. Press ESC to close. Help me: I was caught illegally downloading in Germany. Cease and desist letter for Downloading Deadpool source: Quora.

What are the chances to be caught and receive a letter? I used another service download content Gdrive, WeTransfer, some random platform, etc , what are the risks? Some law firms monitor torrents of famous movies, and collect the IP addresses of people who download them.

You must till pay the fine and your lawyer. In any case, it will be expensive for you. It's better if you don't get caught. Usually, those law firms go for the easy targets.

They will not try really hard to catch pirates. This is why you won't get prosecuted for using streaming sites, for example. It's just too much work. It's much easier to catch people who use torrents. Before October , if anyone pirated movies on your internet connection, you were responsible.

This is why there were so few public Wi-Fi hotspots in Germany. The updated law is fairly simple: you are not responsible for copyright violations on your network if you did not cause or facilitate them 1. This is legal, and you have nothing to worry about. You can stream movies from websites like Mega. This is illegal, but you will not get caught.

Catching people who use those illegal streaming websites is very difficult. Movie studios and copyright lawyers focus on easier targets. The only exception is Popcorn Time. It uses BitTorrent to stream the movies. You can easily get caught. Using Popcorn Time in Germany is as risky as torrenting. Hi All, Well this may sound naive or plain stupid, but nevertheless I'm relatively new to Munich and just got an internet connection at home. Any experiences are appreciated.

Ady Related topic: Accused of downloading illegal torrents. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites. It's not OKAY to do it, but there are people downloading regardless. So long as you're not doing a massive amount of downloading, then it shouldn't be a problem.

Do it at your own risk, i say. So how would a lawyer especially know who to send the letter. The lawyers would have to go to a judge and convince him that in order to proceed with their case they must have the users details. Only if the judge agrees and issues a warrant will the ISP be forced to supply the details.

DTAG has in the past provided user details to lawyers for criminal activity without a court order, but I doubt they continue to do it, as after it was made public, many people complained. The other side is that many state judges and public prosecutors have already gone on record saying they will not help the?? Now let me give you a hypothetical case: A male Indian gentleman, let's call him "Ady" born It's all hypothetical of course, but I'd appreciate your valuable and informed opinion.

Probably won't be downloading many mp3s but some english movies that are at least an year old or more. Create an account or sign in to comment You need to be a member in order to leave a comment Create an account Sign up for a new account in our community.

Register a new account. Sign in Already have an account? Sign in here. Sign In Now. Sign In Sign Up. I am also using qbittorrent and I have already connected my VPN to qbittorrent.

I am still a bit worried that I might have missed a step. Lastly, I checked to see if the IP address really is different using the official Nordvpn tutorial and it really does show that my IP address is from the netherlands. I am sorry for any stupid questions asked. I just really wanna be sure and be safe. Good news, it really is that simple. Hi, I accidentally downloaded a. Would I be fined for that? There is nothing illegal about it.

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. David Barnes. If surprises you, let me explain: Bittorrent is simply a filesharing technology. But the Abmahnung culture has some major problems: Some law firms are sending copyright notices without actually having rights to the infringed work: In other words, some unethical firms are sending mass Abmahnung letters demanding settlements from filesharers, without the permission of the actual copyright holder!

As a result, many people have paid these settlement demands , even if they never downloaded the file. Follow these 3 steps to help protect yourself from these predatory Abmahnung letters: Only download legal torrents.

High profile, copyrighted torrents are the 1 source of Abmahnung demands Protect your privacy online. Never use your real IP address while torrenting, and keep your web history private. It even works with Netflix, Hulu and other geo-restricted streaming services.