Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard
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, @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.