yeah i saw something on the tv about it.
they have a vested interest as they have music stores too.
i think if they carry on i'll be getting that dongle orange offered me

 

they have a vested interest as they have music stores too.

Forgot about that , and a record label aswell

 

i'm with virgin

it sucks donkey balls if you ask me

 

Back in February the Government set a deadline of April 2009 for Internet Service Providers to prove they are trying to stop music piracy - and Virgin Media is the first company to take action.

Won't be long before others follow suit.

 

i feel alot of the other providers will wait till they are forced , rather than , to be seen to be doing something ,

i just dont know why they have come in so soon they could have waffled it for a bit longer

i mean the truth of the matter is that virgin are in great postion when it comes to broadband , they could wipe the floor with most of not all of the other providers , using fibre optic cables gives them the capabilty of anything 200-300 meg BB TOMMORROW , but they dont , they stick with the market just offering customers a few meg more than the rest are offering ,

the way i see it they should be building on that , rather than putting people off , by making it lookn like they are watching everything you do , most providers do , but they dont advertise it , just seems silly to me

 

All they're doing is sending out warning letters of the legalities of downloading.

Back in February the Government set a deadline of April 2009 for Internet Service Providers to prove they are trying to stop music piracy - and Virgin Media is the first company to take action.

We're just acting sooner rather than laters, as said above all providers will need to follow suit in some way. I'd hardly say it's a reason to disconnect.

 

All they're doing is sending out warning letters of the legalities of downloading.

We're just acting sooner rather than laters, as said above all providers will need to follow suit in some way. I'd hardly say it's a reason to disconnect.

DISCONNECT, DISCONNECT NOW join sky join sky :lol::lol::lol:

seriously though Sue , i think its risky , it might pay off for them , most providers have it written into contracts about downlaoding illegal material now days , and this is seen as " combatting illegal downloading , but to jump up and down about it , is a little risky

 

Iv'e had nothing be good service from them.
As for the free downloading or "File Sharing".....Its hard to justify it as its theft. Simple.
get used to it....all providers will be enforcing it...as minimally as possible I'd imagine.
Jas

 

As for the free downloading or "File Sharing".....Its hard to justify it as its theft.

I concur.

Yeah i got a warning letter :incheek:

But i have a question, how id putting a cap on downloads going to stop piracy? how do you know that people are downloading illegaly and it's just not a loada legal downloads?

They don't just have to reduce the amount you download-it would be most likely that they would reduce the speed of your connection too.

The IP addresses of the sites you visit "kind of give away" if illegal downloading is taking place.

Besides if they do that what's to stop pirates using wireless internet to download stuff, there's plenty of unsecured connections out there and even those that are secured by password can be broken into.

If the pirates wish to do that they will be committing an offence as will the owner of the network to which they decide to connect.

 

All isp's monitor downloads as a lot of them have download limits and monitor it for that. There only aboout 800 letters sent out to heavy downloaders. (so I have just been informed)

Where's the option for "they're just acting on what the goverment have asked ?"

 

All isp's monitor downloads as a lot of them have download limits and monitor it for that. There only aboout 800 letters sent out to heavy downloaders. (so I have just been informed)

Where's the option for "they're just acting on what the goverment have asked ?"

there aint one

 

no customers have really mentioned it today. I also cover retentions now too.

 

:incheek: :incheek:

 

Yeah i got a warning letter :incheek:

But i have a question, how id putting a cap on downloads going to stop piracy? how do you know that people are downloading illegaly and it's just not a loada legal downloads?

Besides if they do that what's to stop pirates using wireless internet to download stuff, there's plenty of unsecured connections out there and even those that are secured by password can be broken into.

 

While it is theft to download music for free... I think the record industy owes me a few quid.

I bought "X" by INXS when it came out on vinyl. I listened to it once and realised it was a bucket of shite. I had quite liked their previous stuff, but that was fucking awful.

And that's not the only turkey I've been sold over the years...

What about "Fixed" by NIN? What a tedious pile of self indulgent wank. And I paid for that too!

Oh, there's more, but those two sprang to mind immediately.

Anyway, those coke addled record companies execs need to give me some money. Bastards. Their just pissed that they can't rape the artists wallet anymore like they used to in "the good old days".

I did buy Andrew Ridgley's solo album for £1. It's going for £30 on the internet these days, but the song "Mexico" is truly awesome. :lol:

 

I did buy Andrew Ridgley's solo album for £1. It's going for £30 on the internet these days, but the song "Mexico" is truly awesome. :lol:

:lol:

If I could make perfectly identical copies of say, cars or books or anything else that other people own, for free, in a way that leaves the original completely untouched and the owner completely unaware and completely unaffected, I'd do that too

 

See my sig theres nothing that shower of shit can do that will surprise me or make me hate them anymore than i already do

 

However.. and it's a big however, everyone i know at Uni downloads ilegaly

Times that by all the Uni's in the world, then times that by all the you and me in our houses downloading, the law IMHO is flawed, they'll never stop it .. ever..

There's always a way

 

true, but i'm gonna take a back burner and see how it all folds out

To be honest i don't see much point anymore, i think it's a bit child like and i'd rather spend my money on things that people have worked on instead of knicking them