Downloading Games in Germany

Ranger000

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First of all, I know it is going to sound as stupid as it is but I have to make sure if I am allowed to download games from F95zone here in Germany. I just moved in Germany and the first thing my friends told me is to be VERY CAREFUL with my downloads as they knew I used to download hundreds of stuff in my home country.

So if anybody here (Preferably German) can let me know if I am free to use this site or not, I would really appreciate it.
 
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First of all, I know it is going to sound as stupid as it is but I have to make sure if I am allowed to download games from F95zone here in Germany. I just moved in Germany and the first thing my friends told me is to be VERY CAREFUL with my downloads as they knew I used to download hundreds of stuff in my home country.

So if anybody here (Preferably German) can let me know if I am free to use this site or not, I would really appreciate it.
As long as you are 18 years or older, yes. Pornography (Including NSFW games) are allowed in Germany as long as you are an adult.
 

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First of all, I know it is going to sound as stupid as it is but I have to make sure if I am allowed to download games from F95zone here in Germany. I just moved in Germany and the first thing my friends told me is to be VERY CAREFUL with my downloads as they knew I used to download hundreds of stuff in my home country.

So if anybody here (Preferably German) can let me know if I am free to use this site or not, I would really appreciate it.
Define "allowed". There's nothing forbidden about downloading porn, but this is a piracy site so, I wouldn't quite use the word "allowed" :D :D
What your friend probably warned you of is torrenting or watching streamed movies / series (potentially of real porn).

It's true that in Germany there are lots of active lawyer companies who send out tons of warnings (Abmahnungen) worth of 1000€+ if they suspect that you pirated movies / series.
There was a huge case where all German users of, I believe it was pornhub (in 2013), received massive amounts of mails demanding they pay hundreds of € for each illegaly watched porn video on pornhub.
For non-porn torrenting there have also been various cases of people getting huge Abmahnungen.

However, I have never heard of anyone caring about porn games. Only real porn movies and of course non-porn movies, especially if it's from Disney/Warner Bros/etc.

You can easily protect yourself by using a VPN... or... just not responding to such a mail if you get one. In the pornhub case, the lawyers ended up losing. In fact, most of these lawyers are just trolls that hope that you don't want further trouble and just pay up. The industry has advanced so much nowadays that there are even a bunch of fake companies with fake lawyers sending out fake Abmahnungen.

In summary, "allowed" isn't the word I would use for downloading pirated content but nothing will happen. If you want to feel safe, just use a VPN, though.
 
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First of all, I know it is going to sound as stupid as it is but I have to make sure if I am allowed to download games from F95zone here in Germany. I just moved in Germany and the first thing my friends told me is to be VERY CAREFUL with my downloads as they knew I used to download hundreds of stuff in my home country.

So if anybody here (Preferably German) can let me know if I am free to use this site or not, I would really appreciate it.
I'm from Germany, you can use this site, nobody is controlling you.
 
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Assuming you're asking about piracy:


TL;DR, torrenting makes you easy to catch if you don't use protection; direct downloads and streaming piracy is also illegal but good luck getting the lawyer-senpai to notice you (especially if it's niche foreign porn).

I'd avoid if I were you, though.
 
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First of all, I know it is going to sound as stupid as it is but I have to make sure if I am allowed to download games from F95zone here in Germany. I just moved in Germany and the first thing my friends told me is to be VERY CAREFUL with my downloads as they knew I used to download hundreds of stuff in my home country.

So if anybody here (Preferably German) can let me know if I am free to use this site or not, I would really appreciate it.
Remaining anonymous will help if you are not of age. Thats why you don't use software and OS that collects data or spys on you. A MAC changer and a good trustworthy vpn will help. I would not trust windows or Mac if I were you. Look into Linux and FOSS. For your router you can use a different DNS than google. You should give LibreWolf or Brave Browser a try

Edit: Do not use Google, Fuck them. Use DuckDuckGo instead. Also Google censors their search engine which is something to keep in mind.
 
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In america ISP's will slap you with warnings and disconnections even if you are torrenting content shared by their authors which is funny. Doesn't even need to be illegal, p2p just scares them and its stupid since it has a lot of benefits over something like a host service that has upload limits.

Remaining anonymous will help if you are not of age. Thats why you don't use software and OS that collects data or spys on you. A MAC changer and a good trustworthy vpn will help. I would not trust windows or Mac if I were you. Look into Linux and FOSS. For your router you can use a different DNS than google. You should give LibreWolf or Brave Browser a try
Its easier to pay for something like expressvpn which has a solid privacy policy and support. Mullvad is a more secure option but i doubt anyone really needs it outside of people looking for secure comms. While nothing fully protects you, the effort in prosecuting some teenager who is grabbing the latest marvel film when you need to subpoena a vpn service just isnt worthwhile. Even worse if you subpoena the service for someone like me who mostly just uses it for foreign netflix and to prevent hassle from services like my isp :ROFLMAO:

Changing your mac address is a very thin level of protection when the rest of the circumstantial evidence will point straight to you
 
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We are not in fucking China or Russia. Anything is legal.

Russia Reportedly Legalizes Piracy of Games, Movies, and More
[...] the government has now announced that Russian companies have no obligation to pay patent holders for the use of intellectual property, from any countries that have sanctioned the country. This has effectively legalized piracy across the nation.