Small talk & Chit chat

[Dicehunter]

Originally Posted by trawetSluaP

Never used a VPN Dice. Didn't even know what one was until recently.

Cooleo, It's amazing what being told all this does for the nerves, Up until I got these replies I was quite literally a trembling mess, Quite calm now

[Greenback]

Originally Posted by Dicehunter

Guessing your mate has some type of blocking or VPN software in place though right ? That would make a huge difference.

Nope just Chrome, the only time he uses a vpn is when the ISP blocks a site, you really have nothing to worry about

[Dicehunter]

Originally Posted by Greenback

Nope just Chrome, the only time he uses a vpn is when the ISP blocks a site, you really have nothing to worry about

Your mate does live in the UK right ?

[Greenback]

Originally Posted by Dicehunter

Your mate does live in the UK right ?

Yep he lives 3 minutes from me, I look after his Rottweiler if he's working late

[Dicehunter]

Originally Posted by Greenback

Yep he lives 3 minutes from me, I look after his Rottweiler if he's working late

Nice, I know it seems like I'm being very over the top with this but I get very nervous with all this type of stuff, Appreciate the replies though

[tinytomlogan]

In other news Ive just finished testing for monday

6 reviews and videos need to be done now. Send coffee for us!

[Dicehunter]

Originally Posted by tinytomlogan

In other news Ive just finished testing for monday

6 reviews and videos need to be done now. Send coffee for us!

Looking forward to them !

[AlienALX]

Originally Posted by Dicehunter

Well court stuff doesn't worry me as I know someone would have to be a MEGA pirate to get the attention of the law, It's the shyster lawyers that send out letters threatening people that worries me, But as you said above it wouldn't exactly be legal for them to do that anymore.


Anyway thanks for the replies everyone, Really put my mind at ease

It's not how much you steal but specifically what you steal.

A few years ago a couple of my friends got stung £500 fines for downloading DS games. One of them literally downloaded one.

Nintendo as you know are s**t hot when it comes to protecting their stuff.

Since then I've not heard any stories at all. That was about 10 years ago. However, what I do know is that you are 100% responsible for what happens on your connection. That is why ISPs now put a mandatory WIFI password on your router, because then they can just say "well you gave out the password".

The old "it was my son/young relative" etc carries no weight now.

So stop your cousin as it's your neck he's putting on the chopping block.

[Dicehunter]

Originally Posted by AlienALX

It's not how much you steal but specifically what you steal.

A few years ago a couple of my friends got stung £500 fines for downloading DS games. One of them literally downloaded one.

Nintendo as you know are s**t hot when it comes to protecting their stuff.

Since then I've not heard any stories at all. That was about 10 years ago. However, what I do know is that you are 100% responsible for what happens on your connection. That is why ISPs now put a mandatory WIFI password on your router, because then they can just say "well you gave out the password".

The old "it was my son/young relative" etc carries no weight now.

So stop your cousin as it's your neck he's putting on the chopping block.

I disabled my Wifi the day I got plugged in, He used my rig which is hardwired to do all that stuff and it now has a password lock on it, But as others have said I have nothing to worry about, Moving on

[tgrech]

That doesn't apply for the UK at the moment Alien, the relevant Act (With regards to responsibility of and identification of the culprit for online crimes) now is the "Investigatory Powers Act 2016", with Part 3 "Authorisations for obtaining communications data" detailing the quite rigorous process an investigatory body has to go through for "IP resolution" (IE determining who was actually behind an IP address(And accompanying digital data) when a crime was committed, something which has to be done obviously before any charge could be pressed). Some examples of the process is provided in the act while discussing the request filter[Obviously realistically these kinds of online crimes are only investigated if they're quite serious like terrorist or grooming related inquiries]:

Found here: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/...on/6/index.htm

Part of the reason piracy enforcement here is non-existent is because the courts don't consider IP addresses and such on their own as admissible identifiable evidence, hence why these extra processes are required for admissible charges to be brought against someone who may have committed any crime online.