ISP Copyright Infringement Email Notice.

[BLCT]

Did I fuck up? I used PIA, and downloaded a game. Leading to an email from my ISP (Bell Canada). Not sure what to do next (pretty terrified), It really scares me that they exactly know what files were downloaded. Reading the email quotes "Please note that receipt of a content owner's notice may not mean there has been any legal action against you.". According to the email, the public IP that was stated was my non VPN IP, and not the IP on the VPN. Also, I streamed this game on Twitch.tv with a facecam. Am I SOL?

 

In the case that there is legal action against me, anyone know how long will it take to receive notification?  

 

-Also I used Utorrnet.

[newcbomb]

2 minutes ago, BLCT said:

Did I fuck up? I used PIA, and downloaded a game. Leading to an email from my ISP (Bell Canada). Not sure what to do next (pretty terrified), It really scares me that they exactly know what files were downloaded. Reading the email quotes "Please note that receipt of a content owner's notice may not mean there has been any legal action against you.". According to the email, the public IP that was stated was my non VPN IP, and not the IP on the VPN. Also, I streamed this game on Twitch.tv with a facecam. Am I SOL?

 

In the case that there is legal action against me, anyone know how long will it take to receive notification?  

 

-Also I used Utorrnet.

I'm not 100% sure about the IP and why it happened. But, you can basically ignore the email. They are just a bunch of hot air (especially in the US). Your ISP couldn't care less what you do but the Copyright Holder does. You probably will have no action taken, especially a first offense. 

 

As to the IP issue, maybe the VPN disconnected midway through the Download? Maybe there is a setting in uTorrent. I'm not sure, but this isn't the forum to discuss piracy. 

[Radium_Angel]

5 minutes ago, BLCT said:

Did I fuck up? I used PIA, and downloaded a game. Leading to an email from my ISP (Bell Canada). Not sure what to do next (pretty terrified), It really scares me that they exactly know what files were downloaded. Reading the email quotes "Please note that receipt of a content owner's notice may not mean there has been any legal action against you.". According to the email, the public IP that was stated was my non VPN IP, and not the IP on the VPN. Also, I streamed this game on Twitch.tv with a facecam. Am I SOL?

 

In the case that there is legal action against me, anyone know how long will it take to receive notification?  

 

-Also I used Utorrnet.

Ignore it, deny everything.

The burden of proof is on them, not you. If you take any action, that's admitting to them they might have a case.

[NunoLava1998]

You deserve it for not using qbittorrent

Jokes aside, you can probably ignore it and get something better than PIA (like ExpressVPN for being good and ProtonVPN for using military fucking grade encryption but not many locations but its still cheap)

[BLCT]

8 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Ignore it, deny everything.

The burden of proof is on them, not you. If you take any action, that's admitting to them they might have a case.

Will do, Thanks.

[Slayerking92]

If you are in Canada, just treat those emails like spam and delete them. 

[JohnDongus]

Don't freak out about it. It happens when torrenting, alot of companies will monitor torrent peers and send that to their is automatically. The same gets sent to my seed box every so often. 

 

Also

Deny, deny, deny

[Donut417]

9 hours ago, BLCT said:

Did I fuck up? I used PIA, and downloaded a game. Leading to an email from my ISP (Bell Canada). Not sure what to do next (pretty terrified), It really scares me that they exactly know what files were downloaded. Reading the email quotes "Please note that receipt of a content owner's notice may not mean there has been any legal action against you.". According to the email, the public IP that was stated was my non VPN IP, and not the IP on the VPN. Also, I streamed this game on Twitch.tv with a facecam. Am I SOL?

 

In the case that there is legal action against me, anyone know how long will it take to receive notification?  

 

-Also I used Utorrnet.

First of all, check your VPN settings, because they should not have gotten your ISP's IP address. Sounds to me like you have something not setup right. Secondly most Copy right holders dont give two fucks about people like you AKA the downloaders, they much rather go after the people making the content available on the internet. Basically this is just them tapping you on the shoulder saying dont do it again. Most would just disregard these types of letters. 

 

The only time I would be scared of one of these letters is if A) Its from an Attorney B) Its from the courts. All the ISP does is forward these letters to their customers.