Bielzibubz
President
With today's anouncement that subscribers to Virgins broardband service are to receive warning letters informing them of the possibility of legal action being taken against them for the downloading and sharing of files I'm intigued to know what you're opinions are.
Personally I think Virgin, and I'm sure that others will follow, have scored a major own goal here. Surely they realise that 'The Net' cannot be policed in this way. Sure, some individuals will get fined and/or their connection terminated but both Virgin and the BMI are deluding themselves if they think this will make the slightest difference to both the amount of files ilegally downloaded and shared and peoples attitudes towards the sharing of those files.
Depending on how far the ISP's are prepared to go along with the BMI's wishes I can see this turning into a major PR disaster for some just when they should be doing all they can to avoid alienating their customers.
Anyway, I'm sure it's been discussed before but it seems now the BMI, and in conjuction with some ISP's, are going to start wielding the proverbial big stick.
Personally I think Virgin, and I'm sure that others will follow, have scored a major own goal here. Surely they realise that 'The Net' cannot be policed in this way. Sure, some individuals will get fined and/or their connection terminated but both Virgin and the BMI are deluding themselves if they think this will make the slightest difference to both the amount of files ilegally downloaded and shared and peoples attitudes towards the sharing of those files.
Depending on how far the ISP's are prepared to go along with the BMI's wishes I can see this turning into a major PR disaster for some just when they should be doing all they can to avoid alienating their customers.
Anyway, I'm sure it's been discussed before but it seems now the BMI, and in conjuction with some ISP's, are going to start wielding the proverbial big stick.