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How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop?

posted by chromas on Tuesday April 24 2018, @01:23AM   
from the bittpirate dept.

MrPlow writes:

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/

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• Re:You keep using that word... Re:You keep using that word... (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @02:13PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @02:13PM (#671156)

  ...Dude, if you scroll down a bit it also mentions the illegal downloading kind of piracy:

  the act of illegally copying a computer program, music, a film, etc. and selling it:

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• Re:You keep using that word... (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @10:49PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @10:49PM (#671390)

  the act of illegally copying a computer program, music, a film, etc. and selling it:

  Did you notice the bit about selling? Very few filesharers do that.

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