Virgin Media - At it again. 77 Responses

Last post: 8 months ago | Thread started: Mar 31, 08, 6:58 a.m.

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• YAYPaul

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/200…

  "Virgin Media could soon become the second major ISP to attempt to implement a "three strikes" system against illegal filesharers in partnership with the record industry."

  My question, and it's an important one, is;
  If i am using P2P but NOT downloading music will i still get a strike?

  All hail the shaper of content for he has come!

  Mar 31, 08, 6:58 a.m. – Permalink

• Bluejam

  every time someone illegally downloads music, richard takes a piece of clothing off and the terrorists win

  

  

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  Dog-earMar 31, 08, 7 a.m. – Permalink

• moth

  No - because they'll be sniffing watermarks. Hence "illegal filesharers".

  

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  Dog-earMar 31, 08, 7:01 a.m. – Permalink

• rafalski

  http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/…

  

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  Dog-earMar 31, 08, 7:47 a.m. – Permalink

• detritus

  Ah yes, this reminds me to send my two-page 'Very, very angry customer' letter to those bastard.. apologies in advance to the squeamish ..cunts.

  

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  Dog-earMar 31, 08, 7:51 a.m. – Permalink

• Mojo

  Grr. It really REALLY pisses me off when:

  >All bittorrent downloads reach speeds of < 20kb in normal conscious hours

  >In peak hours normal internet usage turns to shit (youtube buffering)

  >While internet is turning to shit in peak hours, STEAM (as in CS, HL etc) downloads everything at 400KB+!!! I can't download an email attachment quickly, but hey a game will be fast as pie!

  I HATE YOU TISCALI

  

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  Dog-earMar 31, 08, 7:53 a.m. – Permalink

• detritus

  Hey, you kids have got it good - in 7 minutes time my connection will be dropping to < 70kbps. That's 'worse than basic modems of 10 years ago' (in quotes because that's how it appears in my letter).

  

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  Dog-earMar 31, 08, 7:55 a.m. – Permalink

• YAYPaul

  Well i'm disconnecting in a few weeks because of the move, but i think i shall cite both the Phorm deal and this as my reasons for leaving, as well as conveying my disgust in general. Grrr.

  

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  Dog-earMar 31, 08, 8:40 a.m. – Permalink