[dave61]

Stomp,

Actually what the lawyers do is threaten the Pirate Bay. Since The Pirate bay is located in Sweden(?) then they are virtually untouchable.

So what the lawyers do is go after the ip addresses and ISPs of the users on The Pirate Bay. They can and will prosecute each and every users that download content from the Pirate bay ( or any other pirate/torrent website). I know this as a fact that ISPs have a legal right and responsibility to release the ip addresses of their clients (users) to those lawyers.

My nephew was caught a few weeks ago by his ISP (COMCAST). His ISP reduced his bandwidth and sent him a warning that he could face criminal procecution.

You see if your ISP sees illegal activity, then if they don't act then they (the ISP) could be fined as well.

Also, a friend of mine was also caught and faces a huge fine and his computer was seized for downloading content from The Pirate Bay and from other pirate websites.

So , please heed this warning: BE CAREFULL !!! YOU ARE BEING WATCHED !!!