With the resurgence of pirating, do you think there will be a “response” from the powers that be?

In general, what would that look like?

Specifically, do you think VPN companies based in the US or friendly countries will start to feel legal or corporate pressure to stop letting people use their services to download copyrighted material?

I just feel like these things always ebb and flow.

    • GeekFTW@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Not who you were talking to, but I’m in Canada and don’t use one.

      Unless if you’re in much, much deeper than simple downloading movies/albums/tv shows, we have a max financial payout for copyright infringement lawsuits which is $5,000 CAD. Makes it not worth it for companies to care as they’ll pay more in legal fees and lawyers than they will actually win. ISP’s still have to legally pass on the notices of infringement but they just go right in ye ol’ spam folder for eventual deletion as they have for the last 20 some odd years.