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Virgin to implement Three Strikes model 
Virgin Media is planning to take action against users who illegally download copyrighted material. Virgin and a number of media producers are to work with the British Phonographic Institute (our version of the RIAA). BPI enforcers will detect users IP numbers visiting copyright-infringing P2P networks. They will then alert the ISP, who will email warnings to customers to stop or face being disconnected.
In a statement today, Virgin Media said: “We have been in discussions with rights holders organisations about how a voluntary scheme could work. We are taking this problem seriously and would favour a sensible voluntary solution.”
The government said that it would force ISPs to take action with legislation if no voluntary solution was found by April 2009.
2 Comments »Posted by Tom on April 2nd 2008 in Virgin Media
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Dan said on 08 Apr 2008 at 8:21 am #
Just because someone uses a P2P network doesn’t mean its illegal.
Thats like saying, http://www.makezine.com/ should be banned because you use the knowledge for illegal activities.
If / when this happen I’m going to go on all I can download from p2p.. but everything I get will be legal. (lots of linux distro’s)
If I’m disconnected, I can then sue, because I would have done nothing wrong expect be a victim of BPI.
donnie said on 08 Apr 2008 at 3:46 pm #
Think as the BPI/RIAA’s beef is purely with music downloads, they would not have any jurisdiction over Linux downloads.
However, and what is frankly more worrying, should this piece of legislation go ahead, it sets the precedent for even more surveillance of people’s browsing habits. Say a government body or board representing corporate interests suddenly wanted to be able to monitor anyone reading up on say, Islam, the environment, climate change, terrorism, freedom for Tibet – take your pick – once the door is opened to the BPI, you can guarantee that other organisations will want the same rights they are afforded. The scope for abuse is huge.
Never thought I’d say this, but good luck to TalkTalk for telling them where to go!