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Originally Posted by DownInFlames
A Statement of Claim is not like the notices your ISP sends you. It means the content owner got your info from the ISP and they will take you to court if you don't pay up. Ignoring it will mean a judgement against you.
I believe Troutman when he says they get calls about them regularly. They're common enough that I wouldn't pirate without precautions, or at all if I wasn't technically savvy.
As for the ethics of pirating, I actually enjoy supporting creators, especially small, independent ones. I pirate stuff I can't buy legally or have bought legally that I want to enjoy in a different format, or all in one place (Plex).
The steaming companies suck, but not paying them means they don't pay the actual content creators. The SAG and WGA strikes show you they already do that enough. So pirate if you need to, but don't bitch that there isn't much out there to watch.
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Torrenting - which involves downloading shows and - typically - "reseeding" them - which is re-uploading and thereby sharing them, can be reasonably easily traced back to you unless you use a GOOD VPN. Not located in one of the 5 eyes countries, preferably. Or one that doesn't actually maintain logs (although most do, but advertise that they do not). Proton and Mullvad are good in that respect.
It's relatively easy for a movie studio or their legal proxy (patent trolls) to get a Norwich Order to force an ISP to provide contact info for a given Canadian IP address. Voltage is currently trying to get a "reverse class action" against pirates in Canada. So far unsuccessfully. Mostly.
Streaming a movie from a site though is different and somewhat legally arguable as it is little different from accessing material elsewhere on the Web and typically does NOT involve sharing or redistribution. As far as I know to date, there have not been successful cases against Canadians for simple streaming from other sites.
But...if you get a Statement of Claim...the troll has likely already obtained a Norwich Order against you and knows exactly who you are. And they should NOT be ignored.
https://torrentfreak.com/filmmakers-...canada-220505/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...rder-1.5100700