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PierreSully t1_j9lhlae wrote

Reply to comment by malko2 in One in Ten U.S. Adults Pirated TV, Movies or Live Sports in 2022 by abunchofjerks

the problem is that you usually torrent files, which does seed them and therefor is uploading them

as well, that's pretty much how it is everywhere, ie legal to download, unless something has changed that I'm not aware of

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WeDriftEternal t1_j9lptho wrote

Its more like the torrent protocol simply breaks any idea that a user is not "sharing" and copying the content, since inherent in torrents is that you have upload and download. There's a lot more to say, but yeah, lets not kid ourselves about how torrents work

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PierreSully t1_j9ly031 wrote

actually, you can limit seeding/uploading, sometimes to 0 depending on your client. The protocol does not implicitly force you to seed. But that's how they'll get you, if they do.

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