The fear of prosecution is kinda a real fear though, however fucking absurd it may be. To think that you could get penalized and potentially jailed for something as nebulous as piracy
It's a realistic fear. I almost caught charges once, when I was younger and more reckless about downloading, but I settled it beforehand.
Then I took a long break from torrenting, did the paid streaming thing, learned more about digital security, and eventually found myself sailing the high seas yet again.
I don't know if my legal knowledge is outdated, but wasn't one of the outcomes of the whole bajillion-dollar lawsuit days a system where first you get a letter, then a small fine, and then a bigger fine before they really start holding you upside-down by the ankles and grabbing whatever falls out of your pockets?
fear of prosecution, lack of knowledge of how to pirate, liberal brainworms regarding respecting private property.
The fear of prosecution is kinda a real fear though, however fucking absurd it may be. To think that you could get penalized and potentially jailed for something as nebulous as piracy
It's a realistic fear. I almost caught charges once, when I was younger and more reckless about downloading, but I settled it beforehand.
Then I took a long break from torrenting, did the paid streaming thing, learned more about digital security, and eventually found myself sailing the high seas yet again.
absolutely; i was trying to answer your question because I've wondered the same thing and those were the conclusions i came to
I don't know if my legal knowledge is outdated, but wasn't one of the outcomes of the whole bajillion-dollar lawsuit days a system where first you get a letter, then a small fine, and then a bigger fine before they really start holding you upside-down by the ankles and grabbing whatever falls out of your pockets?
I dont think you know what literal means
They said liberal, not literal.
Me going around calling everyone a knave because my literary brainworms are going through a Chaucer phase