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: “ ‘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’: “The music industry says thousands of UK broadband users who share tracks illegally will be warned about it in letters.” (Via BBC News.)
Virgin Media ads throttled by peak time bandwidth squeeze: “ BT snipe on target The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has rapped Virgin Media for making dodgy claims about its download speeds after a complaint by…
Virgin rapped on broadband speeds: “ASA upholds complaint about advertisements lodged by rival broadband provider BT.” (Via BBC News.)
Virgin Media rubbishes P2P throttling rumours: “ Secret testing denied Virgin Media has today strongly denied a charge it is running secret tests with a view to introducing new bandwidth throttling hardware to target peer…
Virgin Media burns customer banking details to CD, then loses it: “ If only they had some sort of network instead… Virgin Media is conducting an internal inquiry into why 3,000 customers’ bank details were…
Out-law coverage for the Virgin Media action… Virgin sends file-sharing warnings to customers: “Virgin Media has begun sending letters of warning to some of its customers saying that artists’ lobby group the BPI has evidence…
BPI & Virgin Media Press Release: Virgin Media launches downloading education campaign with BPI: 6:6:2008 Virgin Media and the BPI today announced a new education campaign to help Virgin Media’s broadband customers safely download music…
BBC News: Time to take on the file sharers: By Chris Martin On 9 June, BBC commentator Bill Thompson wrote a critique of a joint venture between the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) and Virgin Media…