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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, @10:53AM (1 child)
File copying results in zero death, zero pregnancies, zero pillaging, and no lost property.
That is not true: my girlfriend's second pregnancy was the direct of copying a file.
(Details withheld to protect the guilty)
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You have the right to a 5 1/4" floppy
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday April 24 2018, @03:08PM
I might suspect that she plugged the ethernet into the wrong receptacle if the pregnancy was the "direct" result of copying a file. So . . . the kid isn't yours, but Ozzie Osbourne's kid?