BitTorrent Pirate Gets 5 Years in Prison, €10k Fine, for Decade-Old Offenses

by xbmcuseron 6/20/2025, 11:26 AMwith 7 comments

by khurson 6/20/2025, 12:15 PM

Surely they could have made an example of a more recent pirate rather than go after this one.

It’s madness for any of these pirates to be based in a western country, as no matter how good you think you are at concealing yourself, the amount of money being lost means companies will spend a lot to track you down hiring top level experts. Assisted by the USA and EU state level departments.

by palataon 6/20/2025, 11:49 AM

But it's okay for Meta to torrent libgen, right?

by Benderon 6/20/2025, 2:09 PM

I don't know if this [1] article is only talking about taxes or if the statute of limitations also applies in this case but it may be worth looking into. Anyone here from Greece?

[1] - https://www.internationaltaxreview.com/article/2a6a6xqsdyvp8...