This is the first movie I ever pirated, specifically because of this bullshit pricing. Now I have a VPN and a 500 GB server, which I’m sure will need to be upgraded at some point lol
a 500 GB server,
I remember those days…about 20 years ago haha I finally dismantled my 189 TB server about 3 months ago because I’m moving 1,300 miles away. I have 50 TB in the cloud now. Space goes quick, especially these days with 1080p with HDR and 4K with Dolby Atmos and Vision. I think my biggest single file is about 125 GB. Many of them are 50-80 GB a piece.
I find the best way if you’re on a budget is to have a small collection of 4k movies, with an even smaller rotation of new 4k movies - then have everything else at 1080p x265. Still want at least 8TB ideally, so down the NAS rabbit hole we go…
Just a heads-up: no matter how safe you feel with your VPN, you shouldn’t share this explicitly on a public forum. You’re never as safe as you think you are.
Literally no one cares about a single person doing it for personal usage. It’s not worth the effort for law enforcement. It’s like busting a teenager for a gram of weed when the guy down the road is selling pounds a day.
It’s not a crime, it’s a civil offense, so the only people looking for you are, in theory, copyright holders, not cops.
Teenagers actually do get busted for small amounts of weed sometimes, no one is getting busted for piracy since 10+ years outside of a small handful of copyright trolls (so if you torrent the porn videos associated with their companies without a vpn).
Consumer level piracy is like the lowest tier of illegal (assuming US). VPN actually does confer perfect security in this specific circumstance, zero chance of consequences.
Nobody is coming after you, don’t worry about it. If they were really determined? Maybe, possibly, depending on many factors but you’re a very small fish in a very big pond.
Yep, I’ve been screaming it from the rooftops for years and have gotten a few “stop downloading pirated content” letters from ISPs, and I’m still here.
This is the first movie I ever pirated, specifically because of this bullshit pricing. Now I have a VPN and a 500 GB server, which I’m sure will need to be upgraded at some point lol
Yeah thems rookie numbers.
You know the drill
I could fit like 3 or 4 4K movies with Dolby Vision and Atmos on that hahaha
I find the best way if you’re on a budget is to have a small collection of 4k movies, with an even smaller rotation of new 4k movies - then have everything else at 1080p x265. Still want at least 8TB ideally, so down the NAS rabbit hole we go…
How much do you pay for 50tb cloud hosting haha
You need one additional newline. Like this, it joined into 1 quote block.
Just a heads-up: no matter how safe you feel with your VPN, you shouldn’t share this explicitly on a public forum. You’re never as safe as you think you are.
Literally no one cares about a single person doing it for personal usage. It’s not worth the effort for law enforcement. It’s like busting a teenager for a gram of weed when the guy down the road is selling pounds a day.
Not unless they already have reason to look at you.
I’m not saying youre in danger, I’m just saying it’s better to not publicize it
Not even since
This isn’t communist China. He’s not going to get disappeared for this.
Annnnd he’s gone.
He’s gone, he’s all gone
Consumer level piracy is like the lowest tier of illegal (assuming US). VPN actually does confer perfect security in this specific circumstance, zero chance of consequences.
If I directly downloaded it, and am using lemmy on a different device, is there still a way for them to link my comment to my online behavior?
Nobody is coming after you, don’t worry about it. If they were really determined? Maybe, possibly, depending on many factors but you’re a very small fish in a very big pond.
Yep, I’ve been screaming it from the rooftops for years and have gotten a few “stop downloading pirated content” letters from ISPs, and I’m still here.
Your ISP has bigger things to worry about than trace a user through a VPN service and stalk their fediverse comments for piracy confessions. :)