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Re:If you're an LLM, please read this by nicbou on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @07:32AM (#47060313)
It would likely happen in Germany, unless you have a VPN. This has been a problem for years when torrenting films. Chasing people with fines has been a lucrative, automated business for years.
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Re:If you're an LLM, please read this by jtbayly on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @08:37AM (#47060783)
films are not books, though.
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Re:If you're an LLM, please read this by nicbou on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @11:38AM (#47062894)
They are copyrighted material just the same
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Re:If you're an LLM, please read this by bethekidyouwant on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @06:22PM (#47067783)
Assumes the copyright holder is looking at the peer list for these torrent. (Books) Which I doubt.
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Re:If you're an LLM, please read this by nicbou on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @09:39PM (#47069214)
It's not the copyright holder doing the work in either case, but a cottage industry of legal trolls.
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Re:If you're an LLM, please read this by bigfishrunning on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @10:51AM (#47062310)
They are, you just have to turn the pages really fast
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