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It's just hard to know what information even correctly pertains to me. My comment received a half dozen other comments... some seemingly from the US, others from the EU. Some comments saying every house has a PC (not true) others saying a PC isn't even necessary. Some comments with how to find a good VPN, other comments saying a VPN isn't even necessary. Then I got recommendations for a half dozen different services from various comments with no idea if they are all necessary and how they interact with each other.
It may not be extremely complex, but until you get your feet wet, it sure seems like it is. In my day you downloaded what you wanted off of Kazaa or BearShare or the like and then watched it on your PC with VLC. or if you were really fancy you burned it on CDS or DVDS. Then when the bad emails or letters came in, you just told your parents it was the neighbors.