I haven't tried this yet, but in theory it should work - you could use a proxy VPN to mask your Swiss IP, therefore can't be traceable.
Make sure your client is set up that way.
Of course, you can use the Swiss IP address you are assisgned, and simply remove the torrent once downloaded - however, in the spirit of goodwill, it would be nice to give back summat you have gained -
The thing about collection IP was a company called Logitec. But they mainly hunt German filesharers. German law is different in that way, also lawyers can make easy money with "threats to sue".
If you just download without upload you are fine. Even if you upload - I never heard of a case where someone got sued. That doesn't mean you should do it of course
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Big_Brothe...gust_1%2C_2009
(If not a hoax)
IGMC...
Regarding some of the replies...thanks for replying, but I know how p2p works.
I'm a swede stuck in Swiss (for the moment) and I download and share and have a Demonoid ratio Im damn proud of!
My gf is worried about gettin busted...well atleast what the swiss law says is ok or not (what they care about or not) ...so thats why Im asking for advice.
My german pretty much sucks and I wouldn't dream of searching for info in german...so.
I'm thinking of paying for a Rapidshare account instead of using torrents.
From what ur saying and what I've heard, downloading is legal but uploading/sharing is illegal? So a Rapidshare account would be safe then? (It's a fekkin sad day)...didn't think I would ever have to pay for stuff on the internetz...
Thankful for all replies so far!
of course, I'm tired...
"If you can't do the crime, don't do the time!" . did I get that right?
All hail Hollywood and so on...
Lets raise the price on DVDs and CDs since it isn't high enough already.
...ohh, wait this isn't a political discussion thread, I forgot...
Suiting nickname btw
There is a Swiss company tracking P2P useage of IPs called Logistep, but its activities so far to my knowledge only have led to court cases abroad. The federal data protectors lost a case against Logistep in the second highest Swiss court and recently has announced that he'll take it to the highest: article .
If using a bit-torrent client, simply amend the settings with a Proxy IP that is not Swiss.
In theory, you will not be using a Swiss IP to 'upload', so you would not be breaking any laws. All traffic will be going through the proxy which depending where the proxy is from masks where you are in the world.
Again, this is theory, and I have not put this into practise as of yet....
I think I'll get a Rapishare account this weekend then.
Before I hear groans from anybody: The Usenet is an almost forgotten application of the Internet. It only can be used if your Internet Service Provider (ISP) gives you the right to do so (he normally charges extra for this). Usenet was well known before the introduction of the World Wide Web (WWW), besides e-mail it was the widest spread application. The Usenet can be compared to the today's "forums" (anybody from around the world can read and post contributions).
The torrent server system works via the WWW.