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Residence permit torrent downloaded and fined

Post by fun123 » Fri Sep 19, 2014 6:53 pm

Dear board,

I have one specific issue I would like your help. I stayed in Germany 5 years back for 1 year.

I was caught up when using utorrent for downloading movies and got fined some amount. I paid the amount.

Now after 5 years, I am about to apply for resident visa again. Will there be any problem for me to get the residence permit? Please help.
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Re: Residence permit torrent downloaded and fined

Post by Amber » Mon Sep 22, 2014 7:05 am

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Re: Residence permit torrent downloaded and fined

Post by fun123 » Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:28 pm

Thanks. From India. Could you please help me to get clarified
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Re: Residence permit torrent downloaded and fined

Post by Directive/2004/38/EC » Tue Sep 23, 2014 10:46 pm

fun123 wrote:I was caught up when using utorrent for downloading movies and got fined some amount. I paid the amount.
Who exactly fined you, and for what exact reason? How much were you fined?
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Re: Residence permit torrent downloaded and fined

Post by fun123 » Wed Sep 24, 2014 6:37 pm

I got a notice from lawyer for settlement of 1500 euro. And it was paid. The rubbish which I downloaded was released in Germany in Deutsch version. And the German company which bought this rubbish sent the notice through lawyer
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Re: Residence permit torrent downloaded and fined

Post by fun123 » Wed Sep 24, 2014 7:32 pm

Sorry... There was a mistake... Did not type as "rubbish".... I meant as "rubbish"... The word was auto corrected when i typed...
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Re: Residence permit torrent downloaded and fined

Post by Directive/2004/38/EC » Thu Sep 25, 2014 12:10 am

It does not sound like you have been charged with and convicted of a crime. Or put another way, this was nothing to do with the government.

It sounds like you reached a civil law settlement with somebody over a private matter. An expensive settlement. Do you still have the papers of the settlement agreement? Were you represented by a lawyer?
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Re: Residence permit torrent downloaded and fined

Post by fun123 » Tue Oct 07, 2014 3:46 am

Sorry for the late reply.... Yes i have the settlement document and I was represented by a lawyer. If this is the case then will it have any impact on the residence permit? Kindly help me
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Re: Residence permit torrent downloaded and fined

Post by Directive/2004/38/EC » Tue Oct 07, 2014 11:27 pm

fun123 wrote:Sorry for the late reply.... Yes i have the settlement document and I was represented by a lawyer. If this is the case then will it have any impact on the residence permit? Kindly help me
You did not answer my question. Were you charged with a crime by the government? Who is the other party to the "settlement document"?
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Re: Residence permit torrent downloaded and fined

Post by fun123 » Wed Oct 08, 2014 6:08 pm

The notice was sent by film distribution company, it was not government. The settlement was done between me and the private film distribution company. In that i was asked to pay the amount due to torrent downloading of their rubbish. Kindly let me know if this information is enough. Thanks.
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Re: Residence permit torrent downloaded and fined

Post by Directive/2004/38/EC » Thu Oct 09, 2014 12:11 am

fun123 wrote:The notice was sent by film distribution company, it was not government. The settlement was done between me and the private film distribution company. In that i was asked to pay the amount due to torrent downloading of their rubbish. Kindly let me know if this information is enough. Thanks.
Then this is a private agreement between two private parties. It is nothing criminal. It is similar to the situation that I had agreed to paint your house, but I could not do it for some reason, and so I pay you some compensation money.
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Re: Residence permit torrent downloaded and fined

Post by fun123 » Thu Oct 09, 2014 3:40 am

Thanks a lot. Now I understood that I cannot have issue in getting the visa due to the torrent issue. I am going ahead and apply for the visa.
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