(Of course I'm going to stop, but my server has been blocked by Hetzner, would like to recover it XD)
What a tricksy thieving hobbit you are! /s
You’ll be fine. Stop seeding the thing they don’t like and increase your security—VPN, seedbox, private trackers, etc. If anybody asks, you had an asshole neighbor kid who guessed your WiFi password.
Edit: just realized that you were using a server with Hetzner—Germany is one of the worst places for torrenting. Get a server in a friendlier country for that.
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If you still want to seed that exact torrent, at least wipe the trackers. They are 100% connected to the trackers in that torrent to pull IP addresses so they can do this shit.
Next time, use an IP filter list to pre-block these people.
Very Reich of them chasing random citizens
Very xenophobic of you to say that. Every country does this
There's no need to answer.
Stop whatever it was they detected. Don't do that any more.
I get these from comcrap weekly.
They are toothless. IPs aren't people.
Hell, if you really want to get cheeky and piss off the lawyers, ask them:
Please at your nearest convenience reply with all the evidence you have so far accumulated thus far that indicates the person with which you have contacted has indeed been the one to violate your client's IP rights. Please cease all further communications until this request has been fulfilled.
Use a VPN
Proton VPN + Secure core mode = slow but damn anonymous torrenting
VPN is your best friend, also don't host a piracy server over a hoster within EU…
Very, very, very brave you are to torrent on Hetzner lol
You don't reply, just stop sharing publicly.
Don't reply at all unless you talk to a lawyer. Seriously, no good can come from it. Quietly disable/delete whatever they list, and never mention it again.
So someone mentioned that lawyer is probably better placed to offer advice to you on this issue. While that's true and you can't really be wrong by saying that, I think there's a degree of personal common sense applicable here albeit with the caveat that as a random forum user I could be completely wrong and it's not my ass on the line.
I've seen similar things to this before when companies join torrent swarms and then contact the ISP to which swarm member's IP addresses are associated and ask them to send emails to the owners of those IP addresses with similar threatening sounding stuff. You never know if you'll be really unlucky but on balance, these guys are probably fishing (not phishing although really, kinda phishing). They haven't asked for anything in particular from you except that you stop what you're doing. To respond would basically confirm that you are the owner of the server and likely imply that you specifically, knowingly distributed copyrighted materials. They haven't compelled you in any way to respond so it's best not give them that gift.
They did say don't delete anything and my lack of legal knowledge prevents me from saying confidently to what extent they really can do that, but I strongly suspect that if push came to shove you couldn't really get in to trouble for deleting things given you could well never have received the email or had some kind of a problem with the system causing you to lose data, however you can bet that your plausible deniability would be greatly constrained if you respond, therefore acknowledging that you have seen their request that you not delete things.
TL:DR you don't have to reply and you definitely shouldn't, and also, they asked you to stop, so stop.
"Dear Sir/Madam
NUTS!
Sincerely,"
Ignore it. Anything you say will be used to build their case. I would just set up another server.
There is no case. this is just TOS violation with a hosting company.
Not yet, but their could be in the future. Best to ignore it and move on. Even if it is extremely unlikely to be prosecuted for this stuff, it has happened, so why risk it.
The first thing I would do is anything that doesn't involve asking for legal advice on reddit/Lemmy.
If you a concerned about this: Ask a lawyer for advice.
Yes because everyone has lawyers hanging around to ask things like this
Dont.
Yeah just giggle at the fact that they can't really do anything and press on with the piracy.
Bro, try to enjoy your next family affair. They're going to turn you into a psa on why pirating is unhealthy.
You should probably stop using windows too bc Microsoft will freely work with lawyers in fleshing out your case of piracy. So be sure to turn off windows updates and disable all telemetry updates as well.
If I were you, I'd spin up whatever os you wish to use in a virtual environment that is disposable and use it from now on with a vpn.
Also, if you have any smart features in your home, be sure to toss them out in the garbage bc they are listening… and probably watching. So put some tape over your webcam on your computer.
Remember to reset your router too bro… they might be in that shit… Intel inside, yanno the saying right?
No more TV for atleast a month and especially if you only use streaming services like spotify, Disney +, Netflix and so on.
Best wishes to you my friend… ya might consider going off grid too just to be safe.
Good Luck! ❤️
