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For the past several years, copyright holders in the US and Europe have been trying to reach out to file-sharers in an effort to change their habits.
Whether via high-profile publicity lawsuits or a simple email, it's hoped that by letting people know they aren't anonymous, they'll stop pirating and buy more content instead.
Traditionally, most ISPs haven't been that keen on passing infringement notices on. However, the BMG v Cox lawsuit seems to have made a big difference, with a growing number of ISPs now visibly warning their users that they operate a repeat infringer policy.
But perhaps the big question is how seriously users take these warnings because – let's face it – that's the entire point of their existence.
Sixty-five thousand five hundred thirty-five but if they sent one more I'd start again.
Source: https://torrentfreak.com/how-many-piracy-warnings-would-get-you-to-stop-180422/
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @02:28AM (1 child)
There are plenty of people all over the world who are fine with stealing, such as bankers, white collar criminals and other corporate thieves screwing honest people out of their money or their homes. They call it "business" rather than an inflammatory word like "larceny". Should we afford them the same courtesy?
In general, individuals don't get to decide what language society uses to describe or define things. Just because some people are OK with an act doesn't necessarily make the act OK.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @02:40AM
Afford them what courtesy? You don't have to do anything. They can use whatever terms they like, and you can either agree or disagree with their usage of those terms.
Individuals can choose what terminology they use, and also advocate that others use different terminology. Of course, if someone criticizes your use of a certain word, you don't have to listen to them either. Really, this couldn't be simpler. Instead of trying to debate whether or not individuals have to tolerate a word being used in a certain context simply because it is often used within said context (they don't), how about debating the merits of someone's argument? If you think that "piracy" is a fitting term for copyright infringement, then explain why or why not. There's no other debate to be had.