Open-Politik Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Apparently Virgin have signed with BP or something to rule out Ileegal downloading on the ISPs profile and have some consequences to them. But these Vary and I do not know what will happen. My brother said they Repossess houses. I looked on the net and found nothing of the sort and various pages said all they do is send a letter explaining how to not download Illegally. Does anyone have any other info, it would be much appreciated. Im slightly confused on whether I should download or not? If you know what they or if they can do please reply. Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 I reckon this mainly relates to Peer2Peer................................ ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open-Politik Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 Like torrents?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Like torrents?? Stuff like that, yes. But a lot of it is probably scaremongering.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open-Politik Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 ^ Yeah, I do feel like there Bark is bigger then their bite. So does that mean I can download stuff from this website when someone uploads it? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 ^ Yeah, I do feel like there Bark is bigger then their bite. So does that mean I can download stuff from this website when someone uploads it? Thanks Yeah - see how it goes. It sounds like people will be warned first anyway.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open-Politik Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 Cool thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Anyway, there was an item on Watchdog about this sort of thing the other day, and if you have Wi-Fi, they can't prove it's you that's been doing the downloading anyway. Somebody might have been parked outside your house with a laptop for all they know, so it's a massive FAIL!!:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Virgin Media and other ISPs has been sending out letters to say "naughty naughty" since June. The worst that could happen is that you get sent a letter from the Music Police saying "naughty naughty, give us money" or your internet service provider cuts you off. As for the Wi-Fi Loophole, the law is working out how to close it down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Virgin Media and other ISPs has been sending out letters to say "naughty naughty" since June. So did you receive one??:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Nope :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petit Prince Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 It's not really in their interest, is it. I guess most people would just get a different provider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 The ISP's can see your downloading large amounts of data, but they can't be sure what data it is, and they can't look into the data without a warrant from the police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open-Politik Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 The golden rule if you get a letter you can either: 1 - Ignore it 2 - Challenge it saying you never downloaded it, and where did you get the information from 3 - Change ISP's to one which don't add as the BPI's dogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Ditch Virgin media is the best bet. Tell them you're moving to Sky ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Ditch Virgin media is the best bet. Tell them you're moving to Sky ;) Is that because it's Virgin on the ridiculous??:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 No, it's because they could jump though hoops to try and make you stay by giving you money off your monthly fee. Or they could say, fair enough, here's the various numbers you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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