Reddit will i get into trouble downloading a torrent

 · Summary: Downloading movies and music is legal, sharing copyrighted material isn’t. Overwhelmingly unlikely to get sued or sued for anything, but this may change in the future. You can get in trouble. Some people get stern "we know what you're doing, knock it off" letters from their ISP. I've torrented for years without a VPN and never got any guff from my ISP. I don't go crazy though, maybe 1 movie a month or so. You can get tons of viruses from torrent sites, so be careful what you're clicking. it's like a minefield. Risk of getting into trouble using Torrent (combination with VPN)? I'm going to Vietnam in a few months but Im still curious how the situation is with piracy torrent in Vietnam? Can you get caught and put into trial if you download anything from torrent or pirate a movie?

Hey guys, I'm a long time uTorrent user but I'm having some trouble. When I click "Get this Torrent" on the pirate bay, uTorrent opens immediately (without me clicking anything in the Chrome downloads bar) but the torrent doesn't show up. However, if I click "Get this torrent" again, I'm prompted. That's because a torrent breaks up one large file and splits it up into many different, smaller files. Instead of downloading a file from one server, torrent software applications such as BitTorrent or uTorrent connect to a large number of other computers based on the principle of peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing. Answer (1 of 7): A2A You don't get arrested for using Torrent. Torrent (or BitTorrent, to be more precise), is just a file copy protocol which very efficiently moves.

Honestly, the most you'll get is a warning from your ISP, and eventually your service cut off if you torrent without a VPN. Downloading directly in your browser won't get you in trouble. Or a lawsuit. It depends entirely on where you live. I’ve downloaded torrents for FH3 and it went smoothly with no consequences in the past. But I want to download a torrent for RE2. Can I be like arrested or in trouble for downloading a torrent file of a game?. Has anyone on reddit actually been in trouble for downloading movies, tv shows and music? I live in Australia and I have never heard of this happening to anyone. Recently the government stated that they have no time for petty things like downloading when there's more important things to take care of but said its still "morally" wrong.