My son is using to Bit Torrent
 

He was downloading some TV shows. Our ISP sent 34 emails within one hour to warn about the illegal download. I showed the messages to him. He said that it was his first time so he would stop. But what of the consequence? Should I contact our ISP about this?

as long as you stop its not a big deal

or just buy a VPN and let your son download whatever he wants

you're going to a federal pound me in the ass prison

Tell him to use MegaUpload and he’ll be fine.

I don't know anything about downloading stuff.

What is legal and what is not legal?

Good luck ever getting a loan or job again. That will stick with you forever.

Lol

Just learn how to use it...

Set outgoing bandwidth down low....stop sharing item as soon as it is done....close the client when you're finished..

You really shouldn't even need a VPN if you're careful

Most isp don't care what you download, unless you're doing huge volumes

It's the uploads that will give you a problem....sharing files, leaving the torrent client on and sharing stuff.....

Just don't share stuff ...move the file as soon as it's downloaded...

Oh and if he is torrenting, it's not his "1st time"

Torrenting takes practice and usually you don't start out torrenting.

Torrenting is the cocaine of stealing data. You don't just start out doing a mountain of cocaine

Usually you smoke some cigs, drink some booze...maybe smoke a bunch of weed

yeah, you need to put on a blocker or VPN of some sort if you plan to torrent. I haven't done it in years so not up on what to use any more. I got contacted once probably 10 years ago or so. Not a big deal. Some ISPs have a 3 strike rule and they won't give you service any longer so if there's even a hint he may do more of it, you might just want to get a VPN just to protect yourself.

Geez what ISP do you have, never had any issue like that.

What generally happens is the publisher has people log into the torrent and record all the IPs to send off complaints to the ISP. Even low settings can still get you on that list but in general, you're right. Limit the number of connections you allow outgoing, stop the torrent once it's complete, and you have a much smaller chance of being caught. If you sit out there and feed all day, that's when they'll come after you. You are then providing it rather than just taking it. They definitely prefer taking big seeders down if they can.

He's downloading a lot of porn.

See if he has anything good and let us know.

Buy him a usenet subscription for his horse porn downloading