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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: 4, Insightful) by isostatic on Tuesday April 24 2018, @08:02AM (4 children)
Windows was on top for over a decade, and Office still rules the roost, because of illegal copying -- people with windows/office at work brought them home, installed them on their own computers, and that was what everyone grew up with.
If you had to buy Office and Windows in the 90s, I suspect the PC industry would look very different.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by kazzie on Tuesday April 24 2018, @11:54AM (3 children)
Office, yes. Windows: I'm not so sure. Most computer owners just used whatever OS was on their machine when bought, and only change when they buy a new machine. (Hence Microsoft's pains at getting people to upgrade to later versions of Windows when the interval between individuals' computer purchases got longer.)
Regardless, it's likely this will change as Microsoft tries to get everyone to switch to subscriptions for Office and Windows instead.
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Tuesday April 24 2018, @10:09PM (2 children)
In the 90s you got your computer from the local Mom and Pop shop, probably with DOS, but not necessarily MS Dos.
You then installed your copy of windows and office (and possibly offical MS DOS) which you borrowed from work, on 40-odd floppies.
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Wednesday April 25 2018, @04:55AM (1 child)
Ah, I follow now. Yeah, I can picture that in the pre-win95 era. (Our first home PC was bought after Windows 95's release.)
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Wednesday April 25 2018, @04:27PM
My first copy of windows 95 was from Dad's work. Windows 98 was a pirate copy from the local Mom and Pop (I think it was a pre-release too), and everything from 95 onwards was home built PCs.
I upgraded to Linux in 2000 so never dealt with any 'registration' issues, at least not on operating systems.