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0 pointsbirdsongs1mo ago0 comments

I've heard Finland sends out letters, same with Japan. Are there actual consequences, or can they just be ignored?

Norway I haven't heard of anyone getting anything in the past decade. The ISPs supposedly get letters from lawyers but just toss them, since the intersection of the burden of proof and our privacy laws make it such that nothing can really be done.

I think there was some ISP that gave out names and IP addresses to one of the firms years ago, but nothing happened and the police said "we have better things to do".

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outime1mo ago

AFAIK you can completely ignore the letters, because taking you to court would be very costly and might not end well for them. However, they keep doing it because some people get scared and pay up right away.

Brybry1mo ago

In the US it can be a pretty big deal, even if rights holders don't take you to court.

You can basically get banned by your ISP and it's not like there are a lot of ISP options.

ISPs in the US that are lax about it have been sued for millions[1] (and even in one case a billion, pending supreme court decision). [2]

[1] https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/cox-settles-disp...

[2] https://www.dentons.com/en/insights/alerts/2026/february/4/s...

Maakuth1mo ago

Yes, I think it's the same in here, you have been able to ignore the letters without any consequence. Also from what I hear, the letters have been very inaccurate. I doubt the IP based proof would hold in the court of law.

yoavm1mo ago

Living in Sweden and in the Netherlands, I have never heard about any such case. Not sure I'm just lucky or if it's really non-existent.

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