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Title    How Many Piracy Warnings Would Get You to Stop?
Date    Tuesday April 24 2018, @01:23AM
Author    chromas
Topic   
from the bittpirate dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/04/23/2040207

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/


Original Submission

Links

  1. "MrPlow" - https://soylentnews.org/~MrPlow/
  2. "BMG v Cox lawsuit" - https://torrentfreak.com/cox-is-liable-for-pirating-subscribers-ordered-to-pay-25-million-151217/
  3. "repeat infringer policy" - https://torrentfreak.com/comcast-explains-how-it-deals-with-persistent-pirates-180210/
  4. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=26164

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