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BPI Wants File Sharers Disconnected, Virgin ISP Refuses |
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Written by Danrok
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Friday, 04 July 2008 |
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From DailyTech: Music industry and ISP at odds over what to do with known P2P usersUK ISP Virgin Media, in a joint partnership with the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), has thus far sent out 800 letters to file sharers to inform them of the consequences should they continue. Packaged in envelopes that said, “Important: If you don’t read this, your broadband could be disconnected,” the letters seeks to dissuade users from file-sharing under the threat of losing their internet accounts.
Luckily for them, however, Virgin doesn’t seem to want to follow through. [More...] [Comments...] |