• HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social
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      2 days ago

      Its fine if you know what you are doing. But because anyone can set up a pirate bay mirror at this point, it can be a bit iffy to download stuff from there. I’m in a happy position of being able to use a excellent private tracker, but about once a year I do get something from pirate bay because I cant find it elsewhere. I do feel a bit icky after, but so far, all has been fine. knocks all the wood I can find

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      2 days ago

      I was getting something from TPB and got an email from Nintendo when I forgot to turn on my VPN.

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          oh yeah now that I think it was a forward from my ISP about the Nintendo DMCA notice?

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            11 hours ago

            Ok, good deal. Those are pretty much toothless. If Nintendo themselves contacted you, I would be very worried.

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                7 hours ago

                Yeah that happens. The company issuing the DMCA notice doesn’t know who you are, they just log the IP address and send a notice to the ISP, who forwards it to you.

                The ISP can absolutely cancel your account if they keep getting notices about your activities though.