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by ramesh1994 1153 days ago
Was it for seeding/hosting torrents or from just downloading them? How long did the whole thing take to play out?

I've always assumed that consuming torrents has been low stakes to the point where its not worth any enforcement

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They go after the site operators if they can.

In my case It was link sharing, no torrents, and at that time that didnt constitute -public publishing- as the link linked to some 3rd party host, and it was also user generated content.

FWIW they've only won some fringe cases where they scared the person into accepting the charges.

But Im not 15 anymore and wouldn't risk it tbh

Yea the key point is link sharing. Spanish torrent sites have been closed down on ISP level and sued on the grounds of profiting from ads.