Ive thought about torrents but they require a paid vpn from what i know? I dont really want to pay, which is why im thinking about piracy because im not made of money and cant afford a vpn. Im just not sure if its possible to be safe and sail the seven seas all for free?
What would you advise i do? what did you do when starting out?
I concur with others that your question depends a lot on where you live.
In my country if I take a “seedbox” in a datacenters I’m pretty much safe to pirate. The copyright holders don’t bother with that.
On the other hand I have received a threatening email from some government agency because I downloaded a blockbuster movie on torrent without a VPN.
Your first step should be to check if there is any precedent of people having legal troubles or ISP threats after pirating where you live.
Then you can decide on the available avenues to go around that.
In many countries, anti piracy laws can be very dumb (mostly because they are the result of technically illiterate lawmakers).
Again I could pirate everything online if the IP that does it for me is in a datacenter. But the second I would do that directly at home and I could get in trouble.
For example I could have a seedbox download for me some content on torrents and then upload it to a file hoster like mega or something. And then I download that file without triggering any copyright holder scanners. It’s stupid but if the torrenting is done by a business for me, it’s off radar. But it’s quite risky if I do it myself…