Are people so dumb that they honestly think no one will ever catch them illegally downloading anything?

Yah it's much safer (yet still illegal ) to just copy Music CD's from a friend or copy a DVD from a rental store, or .....

I think the main thing is that people doing something/anything they know is illegal are willing to risk getting caught. Otherwise, they wouldn't do it in the first place.

How many people own a computer. People think they won't catch me. The only company I have heard of who serious about go in after people is the music industry. Of course those low lives go after the fans not the companies who illegally download and provide the music. I am happy I don't listen to music on the radio anymore

truth of the matter is, they don't worry that much about people downloading stuff...the people they go after are the people that distribute files illegally.

what makes more sense? to arrest every person who buys a gram of weed or to go after the drug dealer and take out a large chunk of drug use in one foul swoop...same kinda deal.

besides, I've got 10 years experience (not in drugs)

i imagine so because its unlawful and its a similar as stealing yet, right here, examine this. i imagine it may help. Peer-to-peer downloading, aka "P2P networking", is the most controversial pastime on the information superhighway. daily, tens of millions of shoppers commerce tens of millions of flicks and songs with out paying prices. somewhat of procuring CD's or movie tickets, those shoppers get excitement from a similar journey for no value. yet there are criminal consequences, and those consequences are gruesome. it really is what takes position... certain, P2P downloaders, you run the possibility of getting taken to courtroom. more advantageous in all probability than you winning a lottery, there's a straightforward danger that your workstation's IP take care of will be tracked and stated to the MPAA (action image association of us of a), the RIAA (Recording marketplace association of us of a), and/or numerous different copyright authorities. once you're electronically stuck procuring and promoting copyrighted videos and songs, you'd be in all probability be fined as area of a type-action healthful. the way you receives stuck Downloading: a million. there are various technical monitoring amenities who're employed with assistance from the MPAA, the RIAA, and diverse copyright and authorities authorities. they are paid to watchdog tens of millions of shoppers on the information superhighway. 2. via digital surveillance means, those 0.33-social gathering monitoring amenities or your ISP information superhighway provider service) will note your tremendous bandwidth use. you'll then be frequently monitored and your downloads will be examined. 3. once those authorities deem your downloading to be a breach of copyright regulation, and once they verify that you're fairly worth prosecuting, your genuine id will then be clarified. it really is even as your ISP divulges your living house take care of and get in touch with assistance, both willingly or below risk with assistance from the prosecuting entity. 4. you're fortunate sufficient to receive a caution e mail in person-friendly words. yet when you're like some unlucky shoppers, you'll receive a threatening criminal letter.

It goes along with the "everyone's doing it" mentality. For example if all the 10th graders decide to vandalize the whole classroom do you think they would expel 300 people... no

Welcome to the internet where it happens all day/everyday.

People are more worried about suing the people who are selling their crap for money themselves, then people who download movies/tvshows/music just to watch it.

Everyone does it. It would be kind of hard for them to go after every single person who does it.

I'm not worried. =)

I mean people do it all the time and they and they never get caught..But i have to amitt my bf got caught and just got a warning to delete it so.....

7 years and no problems. :)

i got caught and nothing happened