Static torrent website with peer-to-peer queries over BitTorrent on 2M records

Re:Static torrent website with peer-to-peer queries over Bit... by Timwi on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @03:46AM (#30612272)

Your information about Germany is incorrect. The legal situation here is the same as what you described for the Czech Republic. You can download anything anywhere. What's illegal is making stuff publicly available, and BitTorrent uploading falls under that.

Source: was caught and got council from a copyright lawyer.

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Re:Static torrent website with peer-to-peer queries over Bit... by Semaphor on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @04:06AM (#30612408)

Pretty sure you can’t download either. But the fines would be very low, so instead they go after uploaders, convince the court it’s "commercial distribution", values skyrocket and for a small 1000€ fee you can make the problem go away.

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Re:Static torrent website with peer-to-peer queries over Bit... by hamsamrma on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @07:54AM (#30613894)

ime correct: individual downloaders will not be prosecuted unless somewhat high-profile, intitutional/commercial users (vps) will only get a cease and desist. uploaders are fair game.

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Re:Static torrent website with peer-to-peer queries over Bit... by Semaphor on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @10:19AM (#30615364)

It also helps that it’s pretty hard to figure out who downloads. With torrents, you’ll always upload as well (outside using specific clients), with websites they have no data.

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Re:Static torrent website with peer-to-peer queries over Bit... by MaxikCZ on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @04:03AM (#30612387)

Thanks for correction! Looks like the letters sent were torrent regarded, then. I also knew of most sites to download from were being blocked at every possible level (ISPs, landlord...), so I connected those two in a wrong way

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Re:Static torrent website with peer-to-peer queries over Bit... by Mindwipe on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @05:24AM (#30612935)

This is also not correct.

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