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Fortunately I live in a country where they don't care about piracy, but maybe I misspelled the question, I meant "sure" it can't contain some kind of virus.
And I guess you won the lawsuit? On Reddit I remember that people would commonly say they got those law suits but people would always suggest "don't do anything about it because they were just warnings".
Any more advice for a fellow torrenter in Germany regarding linux isos (hey lawyer ;))
Using a seedbox from abroad to avoid local downloads.
It doesn't necessarily have to be a complete iso, but a part of the "Linux ISO" is enough. Since your still helping others complete their "ISO" illegally.
Well already using a seedbox located abroad.
I will just hope it won't be linked back to me lol :p
How serious was it and did you hire a lawyer for that?
Yes it's inexcusable in my opinion that they want over 1000€ for a single movie. 600€ is still a lot of money but asking so much more than the "damage" is obviously worth is just...
I heard of some people who actually paid the fine they were asked for, since they didn't know better (it wasn't them but an exchange student from a country where torrenting media isn't an issue, or so they said).