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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 Runaway1956 on Tuesday April 24 2018, @03:04PM (1 child)
Different times, I guess. There was little rote memorization when I was in school. Sure, there was some - the times table, spelling rules, some more, I suppose. But, back then, education actually required some thinking. Besides which, I always wanted to know why things were this way or that. It wasn't good enough to memorize names, dates, facts, and figures. Always, "Why?"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @10:28PM
America's education system is and always has been based on Prussia's (even though it was modified), which was designed to churn out obedient worker drones, so I guarantee you that you're wrong. You simply failed to spot the problem. There are no 'golden age' of the American education system; sorry.
But you're not alone in thinking this. Even to this day, many people fail to see that what they're doing is actually just rote memorization because it's dressed up as something else. If one doesn't know what a real education looks like, then chances are one won't be able to spot the problem.
If you meant to say that schooling required some thinking, well, you're still wrong.
Maybe you, but it was by no means required. And that's the issue.