Do you use a VPN?

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Ka-pi96 said:

malistix1985 said:

A commen way to track people downloading copyrighted content is for the company to distribute it themselves by doing this they gain access to the data of other peers and in that way they know who downloaded the content.

When you use a VPN one adress is connected to hundreds or more people and the data behind it is encrypted making it unable for them to see who you really are. 

Does that even work? I mean, surely either the company would then be breaking the law for distributing pirated content in the first place (which seems to be much more heavily policed than people downloading the content), or it would be considered entrapment in which case they wouldn`t have a chance at successfully prosecuting someone for it anyway.

It's not entrapment if you willingly share their content, which is the case with all torrents. Downloading something copyrighted isn't really illegal in itself. The sharing makes it unlawful.

Also, they will send notices directly to you and in 99.9% of the cases people will just pay instead of fighting it in court, which is just fine with them.