Europe votes on anti-piracy laws
Europe votes on anti-piracy laws: “Late changes to proposed European telecoms laws could see suspected copyright pirates banned from the net.” (Via BBC News.)
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Europe drafts law to disconnect suspected filesharers
Europe drafts law to disconnect suspected filesharers: “France has suggested an amendment to the pan-European Telecoms Package, which would bar broadband access to anyone who persists in illegally downloading music or films.” (Via OUT-LAW News.)
Europe drafts law to disconnect suspected filesharers
Europe drafts law to disconnect suspected filesharers: “ Three strikes and you’re out France has suggested an amendment to the pan-European Telecoms Package, which would bar broadband access to anyone who persists in illegally downloading…
Virgin admits disconnection threat mistake
Virgin admits disconnection threat mistake: “Virgin Media has said that a threat sent out to 800 of its customers that they could be disconnected from the internet because of alleged copyright infringement was a mistake.”…
Games firm wins rulings against British BitTorrent users
Games firm wins rulings against British BitTorrent users: “A London court has come down in favour of a games publisher in four cases in which it claimed that the users had been illegally downloading and…
Virgin Media sends warning letter to file sharers – Computeractive
Virgin Media sends warning letter to file sharers – Computeractive Disconnection threat an ‘administration error’, says internet provider Andrea-Marie Vassou, Computeract!ve 03 Jul 2008 Virgin Media has sent around 800 letters to customers warning them…
Virgin Educates File-Sharers with Mistaken Envelops
Virgin Educates File-Sharers with Mistaken Envelops: “There seems to already be a bit of a hiccup in Virgin Media’s campaign to educate file-sharers. Last month, Virgin Media and the BPI joined forced in an effort…
Virgin Media: ‘Absolutely No Possibility’ of Disconnecting File-Sharers
This is an article from: TorrentFreak Virgin Media: ‘Absolutely No Possibility’ of Disconnecting File-Sharers: Virgin Media, plagued by a recent flurry of bad publicity thanks to its policy of working with the music industry to…
Virgin warns 800 punters for file-sharing
Virgin warns 800 punters for file-sharing: “ ‘Important. If you don’t read this, your broadband could be disconnected.’ The BPI has written to 800 Virgin Media customers warning them to stop sharing music files or…
Warning letters to ‘file-sharers’
Warning letters to ‘file-sharers’: “The music industry says thousands of UK broadband users who share tracks illegally will be warned about it in letters.” (Via BBC News.)