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Key Point #3: Criminal prosecution has so far been reserved for those profiting by operating a business with revenue based primarily by facilitating the unauthorized exchange of copyright material. Individual non-commercial users face law suites with monetary penalty, as opposed to incarceration. Key Point #3: Criminal prosecution has so far been reserved for those profiting by operating a business with revenue based primarily by facilitating the unauthorized exchange of copyright material. Individual non-commercial users face law suites with monetary penalty, as opposed to incarceration. That is the distinction between criminal law and civil law. "''Nobody has ever been caught downloading copyrighted material over Usenet.<big>"''Nobody has ever been caught downloading copyrighted material over Usenet.I have no idea how safe most proxies are, but I've considered just using free proxies with DDL sites to avoid the wait time, but the speed is still slow, and I wouldn't get premium because there are too many different hosting sites.''"I have no idea how safe most proxies are, but I've considered just using free proxies with DDL sites to avoid the wait time, but the speed is still slow, and I wouldn't get premium because there are too many different hosting sites.''"</big>Risk Level Scale, from most risky to least: #. Offering for direct download from your personal homepage any CM (copyright material). #. Seeding (sharing) CM on peer to peer networks such as bittorrent from your direct IP address.#. Downloading CM from peer to peer networks such as bittorrent from your direct IP address.#. Using bittorrents or peer to peer via a 3rd party VPN or proxy service so your direct IP is obscured, or using newsgroups "USENET" to exchange CM.#. Using any of the above technologies to exchange only public domain material, or material you create.#. Not exchanging any content on the web. (A read only surfer).#. Unplugging yourself from the Internet altogeather.#. Death. If you are deceased, then it is unlikely any party will successfully receive a judgement against you. A dead person commits no crimes or copyright offenses.