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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, @02:51AM (11 children)
I don't disagree that many artists get screwed by bad deals. But they agreed to the terms of the contact and should have had their lawyers review the deal and warn them of the dangers and pitfalls. At some point people are responsible for their own actions, including entering into contracts.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday April 24 2018, @03:01AM (2 children)
Right. And, at what point does society, as a whole, reject those bogus contracts?
"You, the artist, are obligated to produce art, for as long as we can profit from your art. In exchange, we'll make you famous, and we'll treat you like a pampered pet, for as long as the company can profit from doing so. You, the artist, must sign over all rights and benefits, to us, the company. The company has no obligations to you, the artist. We may throw you away at any time, with or without cause."
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @03:24AM (1 child)
Society should reject contacts that individuals enter into willingly? What kind of communism are you preaching?
Look, at some point people are responsible form their own actions whether it is signing a contract thinking they are going to become a big star or pirating content because they feel that paying for it would put money into more pockets than just the artist.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @03:30AM
It's the same kind of "communism" that says you can't sign yourself into slavery, or do other similar things. It's the kind of "communism" that attempts to protect ordinary people from vicious sociopaths and psychopaths who care about money above all else. Of course, we all know that anything that isn't 100% unrestrained dog-eat-dog capitalism is communism.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday April 24 2018, @03:06AM (3 children)
BTW - thanks for exposing yourself. I believe that you are the same ac who expressed concern for starving artists above. Your most recent post clearly states that you don't give two shits about those artists. You're a shill, and not a very good one. Thank you for confirming that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @03:20AM (2 children)
I am not the AC who mentioned or offered support for starving artists. I'm the one who said artists are responsible for any contract they sign.
Just a reminder - just because someone disagrees with you does not make them a shill.
(Score: 2, Touché) by nitehawk214 on Tuesday April 24 2018, @02:31PM
So says the person shilling for the music industry.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 25 2018, @08:23PM
Look fucko the music industry is full of predators. You people are the natural enemies of everyone in tech, the RIAA and MPAA are dwarfed both financially and in terms of social impact by the tech industry. Yet you assholes are constantly a fucking thorn in our side.
I used to pay for all content.. really.
Now I pirate out of spite for my enemy.
If the tech industry was even fractionally as power hungry as you and your club for psychopaths we would have dominated the world back in the 90s. I want your industry to die I don't need you to make music and for that matter we don't even need hollywood to finance movies. I hope your industry dies and then lawyers descend on the corpse to pick it dry and then every girl group who ever gave a blowjob for a record deal comes out of the woodwork to #metoo every single one of you cocksuckers in front of your kids.
(Score: 2) by Arik on Tuesday April 24 2018, @05:12AM
Doesn't counter the point that the media companies are evil and you're stupid for obeying their dictates and internalising their corrupted definitions as your own.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @08:04AM
They are the ones responsible for signing those contracts, but the rest of us shouldn't be. We shouldn't be the ones paying for the artists' mistakes. We should be allowed to do the capitalist thing and vote with our wallets to support the artists, not the executives. The whole corporate communism idea of paying lazy executives for doing nothing of value should not be enforced by law, at least not outside communist countries such as North Korea.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @08:35AM
Weasel alert! Change of subject detected! Let's get back to "poor artists" angle.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @10:37PM
I didn't sign those contracts. I have no relationship at all with those companies.
Why should they have any say at all in how I arrange the bits on my hard drive?