I share a network with my roommates. How can I pirate without risking action against them? (piefed.ca)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by OliveBrittle@piefed.ca to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Hi all.

I've pirated before, but on my own independent network. For reasons I won't get into I've gone from living independently to living with roommates, and while I personally don't have anything against piracy myself, my current concern is that because things are on a shared network, I don't want them to get dinged by our ISP should I get caught in the act.

Beforehand, because it was my own network, my actions, my consequences to face in the rare circumstance that I do get caught (which hasn't happened yet), everything was smooth sailing.However, even if the likelihood of this happening is low, I don't want others facing consequences for my own actions.

What are some ways I can generally mitigate this issue? I mostly just pirate movies, and was curious if using streaming websites from FMHY or using SoulSeek would have the same risk as torrenting.

Edit: My region is Canada to help.

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[-] OliveBrittle@piefed.ca 9 points 6 days ago

Thanks, added I'm in Canada.

[-] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago

Canadian laws and/or enforcement is pretty weak in Canada. The worst thing you'll get is a scary email or two but that's it. That being said I pirate a lot so I just use a VPN.

[-] mursejoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

Would you say it’s similar in the US? I’ve never heard of anyone getting anything more than a nastygram from their ISP.

(People profiting from downloading excluded of course)

[-] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

I have no idea, I've never lived in the US.

[-] mursejoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

All good thanks anyways ✌️

[-] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 2 points 6 days ago

To add on to what others have said, case law has pretty much settled on the point that streaming isn't a legal issue, provided no money is involved. Downloading can still be an issue, but not as bad as it can be in the US. If you're using free streaming sites and don't use the download option, you shouldn't have any legal issues. I have been using free streaming sites for years on a few different providers, and the only notice I've received in the last decade was when my kid pirated a game without VPN.

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