Ravi noticed the change first in the empty rows: the boy who always saved the front seat for his grandmother, the couple who shared a thermos of chai, the college students who debated the soundtrack. He saw faces blink quickly at the projector of a neighbor who’d rigged his living room with borrowed speakers and a pirated file. The town’s ritual was unraveling, replaced by pixels and convenience.

While arrests are less common for casual viewers, you can receive a notice from your ISP, and your IP address is monitored. The risk is real and not worth it.

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