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Hey there guys, currently, I live in a country where it's perfectly safe to download torrents, like, no legal issues and all that. But, I am moving to Australia in a week, and I'm just wondering if downloading torrents there will be fine? I am gonna join college there and will be living in a college residential place for under 18s and I will be getting 50GB a month. Is it fine to download torrents or will you get caught?

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its against the laws here and also against the law on the forums...                      

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its against the laws here and also against the law on the forums...                      

discussing the legality of torrenting is allowed

happens all the time here

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discussing the legality of torrenting is allowed

happens all the time here

i thought it was the discussion of torrenting in general i guess im wrong 

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I'm sure if you're torrenting for legitimate reasons than it's fine. Like torrenting Linux or something. 

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You are allowed to torrent things in Australia. Linux distributions and such. Anything that is protected by copyright, such as music/movies/video games are illegal. Read the terms and conditions of the ISP... Seriously... Then again, my last girlfriend literally torrented the whole world and nothing happened

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Not that i do it or any thing -looks around- me and my mum have been downloading for years and never had a problem and im talking games movies TV shows music and mostly games and more movies. I only download movies to watch them cause i think its a rip of to pay like $30 for 2 hours of fun. And i only download games to try them befor i buy them if they dont have triles. So its fine just dont go sprouting of to every one xD

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And buy the way as if Australian gov gives a crap xD there to busy raising there pay checks 

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its against the laws here and also against the law on the forums...                      

Torrents are not illegal in Austrailia, what are you talking about?

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Not that i do it or any thing -looks around- me and my mum have been downloading for years and never had a problem and im talking games movies TV shows music and mostly games and more movies. I only download movies to watch them cause i think its a rip of to pay like $30 for 2 hours of fun. And i only download games to try them befor i buy them if they dont have triles. So its fine just dont go sprouting of to every one xD

 

 

I have torrented well over 5tb of pirate content. Not one email from the ISP, no letters of demand or cease & desist notices in the mail. Not a single warning or repercussion.

You're fine.

 

 

Hey if I have downloaded movie torrents, should I delete it off my laptop before going through Australian customs? Will they actually switch on your laptop and check? Has this happened before?

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I live in Australia, our legal system is not American, you don't go to jail for copyright infringement, individuals don't get sued for uploading or downloading copyright material. Some small ISPs like TPG sometimes send warnings but they're just fluff. But be careful if you are living on campus as at my uni they throttle torrents and cut off your internet if you pirate things, but your uni may be different.

P. S. Welcome to the greatest country on earth.

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Australian ISP's don't care. You can torrent all you want and they won't even poke a stick at you.

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Hey if I have downloaded movie torrents, should I delete it off my laptop before going through Australian customs? Will they actually switch on your laptop and check? Has this happened before?

 

 

That's the silliest thing I've ever heard in my life, of course that won't happen. You might have some trouble torrenting on school or uni internet, but besides that go for your life.

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well if you can get a decent speed then sure you can torrent but in Australia torrenting is basically limited by speed not by law.

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well if you can get a decent speed then sure you can torrent but in Australia torrenting is basically limited by speed not by law.

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Welcome to the Land of Everything can Kill You.

I've been here all my life, not one warning yet.

PS: Enable FORCED Encryption in your torrent program, if it doesnt have one, GET ONE that Does.

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From what I've heard you don't really want to download stuff in straya with their appalling connections :P

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Hey if I have downloaded movie torrents, should I delete it off my laptop before going through Australian customs? Will they actually switch on your laptop and check? Has this happened before?

 

They most likely wont but they have the right to if they think they need to so probly do so just in case

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Hey if I have downloaded movie torrents, should I delete it off my laptop before going through Australian customs? Will they actually switch on your laptop and check? Has this happened before?

 

Have an unlisted true crypt drive with them if you are worried. guess these are the concerns of pirates :P

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