Do people who illegally download media using torrents often get caught? If so, please give examples. I want to know high the risk is!
2006-12-21 11:18:00 · 3 answers · asked by Josh W 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
I'm talking more about video (DVDs, television episodes) not really music.
2006-12-21 13:48:00 · update #1
I think that it's not top on the list of crimes. But people DO get caught. It's up to the creator of the media programme if they want to prosecute you for it.
That being said an officer could just do you for piracy. It happens but they're are so many people doing it the odds it's you being caught are slim. Unless you've peed the government off and they're tracking your PC :-s.
I write songs and compose music myself, and so I'm against pirating. At the same time, i think it's fine for previewing music whether or not to buy an album if i like it.
So if you are pirating and like what you hear, please pay the person who deserves it the money.
2006-12-21 11:27:30 · answer #1 · answered by matty_boy1989 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, downloading through traditional p2p programs offer a greater risk. Paying for Limewire does not make you immune to lawsuits. Copyright infringement is still copyright infringement. Bittorrent is actually a statistically safer method for doing it. The *AA has to get you to seed from them to catch you (meaning making the .torrent file and getting it uploaded to a torrent site). All they have to do on a standard p2p program is have the file of the same name and size.
2006-12-21 11:30:20 · answer #2 · answered by endless_h8 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
umm.....not sure....but i recommend limewire pro....its better and legal...because its basically sharing files with other people....to get it download limewire and then through there download limewire pro 4.9.23...........good luck
2006-12-21 11:27:18 · answer #3 · answered by wwallito 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋