If you just want a Seedbox, head over to giga-rapid.
If you wanted a compute box which happens to pirate, you’re going to have to alternate between providers periodically, change accounts, cards etc. I would personally like to have an automated setup to spin up machines across VPSes and accounts (some Ansible, Shell and cron should do it) but haven’t got there yet
I think Hetzner wants you to tell them you’ve removed it. They did as requested and took down the VPS and disabled it. It’s now in your hands.
I myself wouldn’t ignore such a letter. It’s now just asking you politely. If you continue they need to make the choice if it’s worth pursuing you. I don’t have any good insight if and under what circumstances they do. I would comply, remove said content and probably not reply to them. It’s unlikely to make it better for you if you talk to people targeting you. And I wouldn’t keep the logs around as they requested. Accidents happen, files get deleted, nobody is perfect.
Yeah. Hetzner is the hosting company. They are the owner of the IP range and thus get the letters. They forward it to their customers, in this case OP. And the letter seems to be from one of those shady companies that scan the torrent swarms for Intellectual Property of their customers and then write letters to the abuse contacts of the IP addresses of the offenders.
I don’t know where OP lives, but Hetzner is big in Germany, so it’s probably german law we’re talking about. And we’re not very liberal with copyright infringement, should that escalate to that point.
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.
Any lawyer would tell you to not reply. Replying shows you personally got and read their letter, which they could use in court against you potentially.
It may shock you to learn that countries exist outside of the US, and they have different laws. Notably, Germany (the place in question) has copyright enforcement with actual teeth.
You quietly comply. Then take tougher security measures to protect yourself before continuing. Do not respond under any circumstances. If you’re served with actual legal papers, retain an attorney.
That’s just how legalese is written. It’s like variables in programming they tell you what the thing is and then they tell you what they’re going to call it for the rest of the document.
I guess it originally saved them hand writing “B&H Film, Video and Television Media Production LLC” every time. Of course these days you could just do a fine and a replace, so I’m not sure why they don’t, but it’s just become standard lawyer at this point.
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.
Your reading skills are horrible. The law firm needs to keep all records regarding their evidence in this matter. OP isn’t being compelled to keep anything.
If I’m not doing secure core, I pull down probably 92 to 95% of my full Internet speed, which is nothing to scoff at because I have fiber. Proton VPN is incredible. Unfortunately, there’s just no way to make secure core particularly quick. It reroutes through two servers, one of which is in a country that doesn’t have a data extradition treaty or whatever it’s called with the US, such a Switzerland.
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Stop seeding the torrents they mention. Use a VPN, verify it is bound to your torrent client.
If you just want a Seedbox, head over to giga-rapid.
If you wanted a compute box which happens to pirate, you’re going to have to alternate between providers periodically, change accounts, cards etc. I would personally like to have an automated setup to spin up machines across VPSes and accounts (some Ansible, Shell and cron should do it) but haven’t got there yet
Ignore it and use a good VPN
I think Hetzner wants you to tell them you’ve removed it. They did as requested and took down the VPS and disabled it. It’s now in your hands.
I myself wouldn’t ignore such a letter. It’s now just asking you politely. If you continue they need to make the choice if it’s worth pursuing you. I don’t have any good insight if and under what circumstances they do. I would comply, remove said content and probably not reply to them. It’s unlikely to make it better for you if you talk to people targeting you. And I wouldn’t keep the logs around as they requested. Accidents happen, files get deleted, nobody is perfect.
But you obviously need to talk to Hetzner.
This is terrible advice.
Why? Make me learn something.
Hetzner Online seems to be their company name. The one the letter is sent to.
hetzner is a large hosting company in germany.
Yeah. Hetzner is the hosting company. They are the owner of the IP range and thus get the letters. They forward it to their customers, in this case OP. And the letter seems to be from one of those shady companies that scan the torrent swarms for Intellectual Property of their customers and then write letters to the abuse contacts of the IP addresses of the offenders. I don’t know where OP lives, but Hetzner is big in Germany, so it’s probably german law we’re talking about. And we’re not very liberal with copyright infringement, should that escalate to that point.
Good to know. Thanks.
Thanks.
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Tamedia are the main reason there. They are lobbying strong.
Very Reich of them chasing random citizens
Very xenophobic of you to say that. Every country does this
Not really. The EU is not Germany. Hop on a plane, come here within the EU, nobody cares here.
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.
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Any lawyer would tell you to not reply. Replying shows you personally got and read their letter, which they could use in court against you potentially.
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It may shock you to learn that countries exist outside of the US, and they have different laws. Notably, Germany (the place in question) has copyright enforcement with actual teeth.
Print it out, wipe your butt with it, scan it, send it back
You quietly comply. Then take tougher security measures to protect yourself before continuing. Do not respond under any circumstances. If you’re served with actual legal papers, retain an attorney.
Ah yes, The company named “Company”.
It’s just saying that the blurred company name will be called “Company” in the document, not that it’s the name.
That’s just how legalese is written. It’s like variables in programming they tell you what the thing is and then they tell you what they’re going to call it for the rest of the document.
I guess it originally saved them hand writing “B&H Film, Video and Television Media Production LLC” every time. Of course these days you could just do a fine and a replace, so I’m not sure why they don’t, but it’s just become standard lawyer at this point.
You don’t reply, just stop sharing publicly.
Just do what they asked you to do. Remove the torrents, it’s not like they are threatening legal action. They are actually asking pretty nicely.
In the future, use a VPN.
They can’t tell if you still have the files or not.
I am not saying remove the files, just the torrent (as in stop seeding).
First time I got one, it was for pirating Pirates of Silicon Valley and the irony was fucking incredible
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Your reading skills are horrible. The law firm needs to keep all records regarding their evidence in this matter. OP isn’t being compelled to keep anything.
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Use a VPN
Proton VPN + Secure core mode = slow but damn anonymous torrenting
I hit 80MB/s through my VPN now, which is astounding to me.
If I’m not doing secure core, I pull down probably 92 to 95% of my full Internet speed, which is nothing to scoff at because I have fiber. Proton VPN is incredible. Unfortunately, there’s just no way to make secure core particularly quick. It reroutes through two servers, one of which is in a country that doesn’t have a data extradition treaty or whatever it’s called with the US, such a Switzerland.
There’s no need to answer.
Stop whatever it was they detected. Don’t do that any more.
I’ve had a few of these. They can really get the heart racing but I was always too chicken shit to even do anything. Nothing ever came of it.