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Is this true in Germany aswell? (europe.pub)
submitted 22 hours ago by to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Does anyone have experience with doing this in germany?

Thanks for any answers

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[–] 65 points 22 hours ago* (11 children)

Not that I'm aware of.

They're fishing with a very large net. I once got a letter saying I illegally downloaded a movie I never downloaded, so their accuracy is also pretty horrible.

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  • [–] 18 points 19 hours ago (6 children)

    Canadian here, I have received these letters in the past through my ISP, once for a dl I did (yeah I raw dogged it), and 1 or 2 from the kid that lives in my house. ISP says basically "We got this letter, we need to forward it to you, we have passed on no information to the sender. Please don't get caught doing this again. Thank you". Not sure what would happen if there were hundreds of files downloaded but my ISP is a pretty good one for doing the bare legal minimum to correct users.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 hours ago

    Similar happened to me when I was on Starlink. Strongly worded letter to say don't do it again or further action would be taken. I told my adult kid to smarten up and make sure to use a VPN when tormenting games (which he already knew). Haven't had a letter since.

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  • [–] 9 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

    Is your ISP TekSavvy by any chance?

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  • [–] 7 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

    Ding ding ding!!!

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  • [–] 4 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

    I love TekSavvy, they’re the only ISP I’ve used that I haven’t had completely horrible experiences with. In fact, I’ve been with them for the last ~3 years and haven’t had a single complaint yet. My parents have been with them for even longer, probably around 10 years, and same deal. No issues.

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  • [–] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 child)

    I have set people up on their systems and their tech support actually listens to your question and answers it instead of taking the meandering each and every insignificant step. I switched to them about ~8 yrs ago and my only issues with them were actually with bell doing something to my connection cause it was in the way or something.

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  • [–] 2 points 16 hours ago

    Yeah their customer support has always been great in my experience. I got an offer from bell to switch a few months ago and it would’ve cut my price down a bit but it wasn’t worth dealing with them again. TekSavvy has been a great experience all around so I choose to stay loyal to them. The lower cost of bell or rogers isn’t worth the headache.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

    k thanks for ur help, tho why use a vpn when I can do that yk...

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  • [–] 29 points 22 hours ago (1 child)

    Because they can and will try to compile a case on you if they can track significant amounts of upload from you. They will silently do that for years before knocking on your door.

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