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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: 2) by MadTinfoilHatter on Tuesday April 24 2018, @06:35AM
I have a better suggestion. Preaching security to the unmotivated rarely pays off. It's much easier to not give them a choice. When I got married last year, I knew this would be an issue, so before the wife even moved in I got myself a pfsense box, and set it up to automagically route all traffic through a VPN. The setup is non-trivial, but at least my VPN of choice has detailed instructions [airvpn.org] for how to do it. With this setup I sleep better at night. (Now if I could only get her to ditch Faecesbook...)