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wwinterj25 posted...

Depends what the files are.

^THIS.
Depends on what these illegal files were.
For example, If they were files to the entire Sega CD library, while it's considered illegal, absolutely no one is going to give a damn and nothing will happen.

If it's files to a brand new movie (EX: that new Tom & Jerry movie that's being released on both HBO Max and in movie theaters this Friday), the worst that might happen (and the likelyhood of this happening is pretty low) is you might receive a letter from Warner Bros. or your ISP (if Warner decided to contact your ISP - Internet service provider) telling you to knock it the fuck off with downloading files to new Warner Bros. movies that haven't been released to the public yet. Other than that, that's as far as they will go these days (unless you keep doing it for several months again and again and again even after they sent you that warning letter... then Warner might force your ISP to cut you off and then you'll be stuck with no internet and would have to find a new ISP... something that can be a very bad experience since some ISP's have monopolies in certain areas. If that ISP decides to blacklist you and it as a monopoly in your area, NO INTERNET FOR YOU!!!).

Now if it's something like certain highly illegal porn... THAT is when one might be looking at very, VERY serious problems with some type of legal law authority knocking on one's door in a very harsh way.
This is going to land one in serious legal trouble if they find something.

There are more examples, but that's the general gist of it.