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[niceguysfinishlast]

This may be a stupid question. How common is piracy in Korea? Is it similar to US with torrenting and everything? Are people in Korea more or less likely to get caught doing this? How do people in Korea do this safely?

Thanks!

[Chet Wautlands]

[SMOE NSET]

Korea is the "Mecca" of internet piracy. The internet is quick and no concern from the government. Although they say they are "cracking down" I have only heard of one person on the news being caught (year or two ago).

They use torrents mostly but go through Korean sites that you have to register for. I don't think foreigners can (use their Korean ID #'s). Not exactly sure as all the foreign sites work here (Demonoid, Pirate's Bay, etc) and I download from them instead.

If you want an illegal copy of a movie and don't want to download, there are people that sell them outside of the subway stops, in plain sight of police officers, with their wares spread out on tables.

[ttompatz]

[Gideon]

Post your korean torrent sites here..

I'll go first.

http://www.torrentrg.com/

[eamo]

I've had three email warnings forwarded to me by my Korean ISP which were sent by the legal representatives of big media corporations in the US...........in each case it was for downloading a recently released blockbuster-type movie.

So although the chance of actual prosecution might be very slight, the Korean downloading scene is not totally unpoliced.

[soulofseoul]

[quote="eamo"]I've had three email warnings forwarded to me by my Korean ISP which were sent by the legal representatives of big media corporations in the US...........in each case it was for downloading a recently released blockbuster-type movie.

So although the chance of actual prosecution might be very slight, the Korean downloading scene is not totally unpoliced.[/quote]

Whatever :roll: :roll:

Just go you a PC bang with an external hard drive and have fun!!!!!!!

[Caffeinated]

I've seen torrent programs on school computers. They were DLing American movies.