Has anyone actually lost in court for downloading torrents

Was downloading a torrent with 1(2) seed and 1(8) peers. The power went out in my house, when the connection restarted the seed was lost. It’s now 0 (2). The availability is less than 1. Now I have 2(8) peers and they’re getting the seed as their percent is going up. The accusations can't really hold up in court but most legal firms are betting on you caving, paying the fine for fear of greater repercussions. Those repercussions almost always wont come (ianal) because there is plenty of case law establishing that an IP can't be equated to an individual.  · A torrent of lawsuits filed against online pirates within the last month has hinted at the true cost of streaming for free in More than 1, lawsuits were filed against BitTorrent pirates Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.

People often share files through a process called torrenting, or P2P file-sharing. It's a quick and convenient way to share content. However, this method does pose some legal challenges in many countries and can even be unsafe. In this post, I'm going to answer some questions about torrenting in the UK. In all, an estimated one million downloads priced at £7 each by the trolls were rounded down to £4 million in lost sales. This figure, the trolls said, warranted punishment right at the top end. The main reason for blocking pirate bay is that Big Media House companies lose thousands of dollars every year, because of the easy availability of their copyrighted content in torrent sites. People can easily download any movie, tv series, software (even paid ones) for free with the help of torrents. So they lose in terms of business.

A torrent of lawsuits filed against online pirates within the last month has hinted at the true cost of streaming for free in More than 1, lawsuits were filed against BitTorrent pirates. On my trusty WD 2tb external, it shows up as a flat gigs. Some of that gets lost in uploading, and some of it get lost in downloading, so I believe the final torrent is gigs. Everyone here has been an absolute delight, helpful, patient and informative. Deep thanks to you all. There wouldn't even be a torrent without the DH community. 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 files around the Internet.