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Re:Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again? by Semaphor on Thursday January 05, 2023 @12:13PM (#34263019)
Depends on your country. In Germany: Extremely. Probably a few seconds of uploading (of a movie or porn, don’t think they care much for other things) will get you a letter (edit: C&D + damages, courts see it as commercial distribution, so the letter blackmails you to pay 300-500 € instead). Or you can use a VPN.

As I said in another post, I like to pay when given the option and I don’t have to jump through tons of hoops.

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Re:Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again? by sebastiansm on Thursday January 05, 2023 @02:12PM (#34264919)
Interesting. Here in Chile we can do almost everything with our Intenert connection.

I dont know now that we signed the TPP11 how things are going to change.

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Re:Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again? by Semaphor on Thursday January 05, 2023 @02:31PM (#34265223)
It's very Germany-specific, the whole "commercial distribution" bullshit is what enables the cottage industry of blackmail lawyers
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