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Not really, no. You can't even torrent there without getting threatening letters in the mail. Also wifi/responsibility issues. Copyright nonsense is running strong in Germany. There are freeer countries than that WRT internet freedom in EU.


I know people who have gotten those letters in the US; the companies that send them are contracted by major media corps and don’t care about where you live.


Will you get letters for torrenting legally, or only when you download copyrighted stuff?


Only copyrighted stuff and sometimes its bogus, so the best turn is to have a lawyer friend, write a nice letter and never hear from them again.




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