I wasn’t talking about DMCA takedowns. That’s not why you’d want a VPN at all. I was talking about being able to monitor the IPs of everyone who is seeding the torrent, which the media companies can then use to get those seeders’ internet access cut off and sue them. They have done so successfully numerous times.
A VPN hides your real IP from everyone else in the swarm. So all they see is the VPN’s IP. And with a reputable VPN, they won’t have any logs to turn over to authorities, so they won’t be capable of ratting you out when the courts start subpoenaing their shit.
Oh, and (super dystopian) fun fact, bankruptcy doesn’t disburse punitive damages. You’d still be on the hook for losing/settling the case, even after going bankrupt.
What do law did you think they use to go after people who they monitor on torrent swams? Its the dmca (or equivalent), they notify ISP and isp is obligated to either adress the user a warning or suspension. If the isp ignores and lets users keep going then its the billion dollar ISP not the user that would get sued
Look up the end result of Sony BMG v. Tenenbaum, sony didnt get a dime and was able to successfully discharge the debt through bankruptcy after exhausting all appeal options and costing SonyBMG a ton of money. Thats why you dont hear about lawsuits like that anymore.
I wasn’t talking about DMCA takedowns. That’s not why you’d want a VPN at all. I was talking about being able to monitor the IPs of everyone who is seeding the torrent, which the media companies can then use to get those seeders’ internet access cut off and sue them. They have done so successfully numerous times.
A VPN hides your real IP from everyone else in the swarm. So all they see is the VPN’s IP. And with a reputable VPN, they won’t have any logs to turn over to authorities, so they won’t be capable of ratting you out when the courts start subpoenaing their shit.
Oh, and (super dystopian) fun fact, bankruptcy doesn’t disburse punitive damages. You’d still be on the hook for losing/settling the case, even after going bankrupt.
What do law did you think they use to go after people who they monitor on torrent swams? Its the dmca (or equivalent), they notify ISP and isp is obligated to either adress the user a warning or suspension. If the isp ignores and lets users keep going then its the billion dollar ISP not the user that would get sued
Look up the end result of Sony BMG v. Tenenbaum, sony didnt get a dime and was able to successfully discharge the debt through bankruptcy after exhausting all appeal options and costing SonyBMG a ton of money. Thats why you dont hear about lawsuits like that anymore.