• ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    No you just need to disallow VPN providers to sell access without a business licence, that way the VPN provider can’t legally give you access to their network unless you’re a registered business, and it would simultaneously remove options for anonymous subscription like mullvad VPN.

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        But what a PITA it would be if you have to use a seedbox for everything, and also expensive if you want/need to keep seeding torrents for extended periods of time so you’re not just doing hit’n’runs. But yeah, piracy is pretty much always going to find a way to exist.

        And seedboxes of course does nothing for the far more important general online privacy.

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          I believe the general population will have to become savvy enough to run their own VPNs from their personal VPSes. Also there are affordable seedbox providers which will let you have a decent amount of bandwidth for seeding, but yes I generally agree with your point. We need more upload bandwidth with seedboxes

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      2 months ago

      Yeah you can literally mail Proton money even by proxy. Their VPNs work in some of the worst dictatorships currently on earth.

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        2 months ago

        If they are required by law to only sell to business with a valid licence, they also have to document that all their customers in that country have a valid business licence.

        By selling it to someone private, even by proxy, would be illegal and they would be liable to lawsuits by doing so.

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          Only if they give a shit about some random country’s shit law.

          There are some treaties in play that allow copyright law to be enforced in some other jurisdictions, but that’s a far cry from a VPN. Switzerland isn’t going to help you enforce nonsense judgements against companies that don’t break any of their laws or laws most of the first world respects.

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            2 months ago

            Unfortunately this is likely from an EU country, which usually carries a little more weight when it comes to cross-border law enforcement co-op.

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                  2 months ago

                  It actually is. Switzerland isn’t part of the EU, and their cooperation agreement with europol is limited to specific things.

                  They absolutely will not cooperate with bullshit harassment laws against their citizens or businesses.

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                    Unfortunately what you and I consider bullshit harassment laws are not necessarily (and often not) considered that by governments. We can both agree how ridiculous something like this is, if it happened, but I severely doubt courts would have a similar attitude towards it.

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          They operate from Switzerland… They kinda don’t care about other countries legal status of their services. If you want them, you can get them, they already service countries that “ban” such services.