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How do VPN companies get away with DMCA? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've noticed many people promote VPNs for torrenting to evade legal troubles in some places. But I wonder how do VPN companies get away with legal complaints? Especially if their servers are located in Germany or Japan, where piracy is heavily penalized.

p.s. I have never used a VPN for piracy, and I have never received any DMCA emails.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

For sure NordVPN too, but in the ONLY case of torrenting it's a good idea to have the cheapest thing to hide his ip