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.
A10@kerala.party 1 year ago
Where do you live ? certainly not in Germany/Switzerland
GeekFTW@kbin.social 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.
wildcardology@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Perks of living in a third world country