I’ve noticed many people promote VPNs for torrenting to evade legal troubles in some places. But I wonder how do VPN companies get away with legal complaints? Especially if their servers are located in Germany or Japan, where piracy is heavily penalized.

p.s. I have never used a VPN for piracy, and I have never received any DMCA emails.

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    2 months ago

    How come private trackers are considered secure, wouldn’t the same approach to IP logging work once you obtained access to a tracker?

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      2 months ago

      The barrier to entry into private trackers is high enough that it’s not worth it. Soon after they started sending DMCA letters the admins would be alerted and it would take about 5 minutes to identify the preparator and ban them, and whoever invited them, and their whole invite tree. People complain about it being difficult to join private trackers, but it’s really a security feature.

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      2 months ago

      Private trackers are no more “secure” than public aside from the barriers to entry… However, it’s not like someone working for the MPAA couldn’t pass an interview or whatever it is they do these days…

      I’d still use a VPN if I were still on private trackers.

      That said, I use a VPN always, so… 🤷🏻