Would fair use policy for broadband allow me to download movies from torrent sites?

Question

I'm about to sunscribe to broad band in the UK, mainly for downloading movies from torrent sites, but keep reading the 'fair use policy' issue so does anyone know if I would be able to download movies from torrent sites without any problems or warnings from the service providers even with an unlimited download size?

Answer 1

Even if you can, it's still illegal. You're still looking at the possibility of a lawsuit or criminal charges. And since you're engaged in an illegal activity, I seriously doubt that it would fall under the fair use policy. If you were using major amounts of bandwidth for legal, legitimate reasons then you'd probably be okay, but if you're doing it for criminal activity then I wouldn't count on much sympathy from your ISP.

Answer 2

fair usage policy mainly limits you to downloading between peak hours, this is normally from 18:00hrs to 11:59hrs.
If your internet activity is high around this time, you'll get a email warning you that they'll put you on a heavy users server. Best thing to do is do your downloading outside these hours - or join some ISP such as Bulldog that don't have a fair usage policy.


Torrent or not, it's still bandwidth traffic, how does the file go from their computer to yours? It uses internet bandwidth, and it's precisly this that FUP protects it's other customers. If you turned off your internet while downloading, you wouldn't get the file transfered because you need the internet bandwidth that your ISP provides.

I too used Bulldog and had no problems. but you'll always get a mixed bag of comments with all ISPs IMHO

Answer 3

it shouldnt stop you, you dont actually download from the torrent site, you only download a small file that then directs you to a tracker that connects you to other users that share their files with you. there are many perfectly legal reasons for file sharing that torrent sites use so a fair use policy should not cover this. however, you MAY be infringing copyright, it depends on where you are downloading from and where you are and what countries law applies.
if in doubt use peer guardian, just google it.

ps DONT use Bulldog, i had nothing but problems with them for months!!

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Answer 5

course ya can. If broadband companies actually looked at what we were downloading then there wouldnt be any paedophiles running loose....would there?!?!?