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BPI Defends Anti-File-Sharing Partnership With Virgin Media

Posted by Soulskill on from the choosing-sides dept.

MrSteveSD writes "The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has responded to criticism by Bill Thomson over its collusion with Virgin Media in targeting UK file sharers. BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor personally wrote to the BBC to set things straight, and he asserts that 'it's Mr Thompson, rather than music companies, who is stuck in the past.' Of course, Virgin Media customers who download music and TV legally often find their connections being turned down to unusable speeds due to Virgin's aggressive throttling policy." Mike also points out a blog entry that describes one of the letters received by a Virgin Media customer. In the letter were suggestions regarding the customer's router settings and anti-virus software.

6 of 98 comments (clear)

  1. What industry again? by bablefisk · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am willing to bet I'm not the only one who wondered why the British Porn Industry was partnering with Virgin, before rereading the first sentence.

  2. I hope I get one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Then I can get out of the last nine months of my cable contract with Virgin and move to Freesat :-)
    Go ahead Virgin, make my day!!

    1. Re:I hope I get one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I can get out of the last nine months of my cable contract with Virgin

      Dude, I have some bad news for you. It's exactly nine months after your contact with a virgin that your troubles really begin...
  3. Re:thats what happens when by dattaway · · Score: 2, Funny

    there should be laws against running businesses cross fields.

    Sony is a good example. They have great electronics, but completely destroy it with DRM or rootkits.

  4. Anyone else read... by strawberryutopia · · Score: 2, Funny

    "British Pornographic Industry". Tell me I'm not the only one who read that first time round.

    --
    I'm a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar...
    -Lucy-
  5. Am I remembering incorrectly? by localman · · Score: 2, Funny

    This problem is not going to be solved simply by adding bandwidth to the network, any more than the problem of slow web page loading was solved that way in the late 90's

    As far as I remember, the problem of slow web page loading _was_ solved by adding bandwidth in the late nineties. I had dialup, then I got DSL, and I no longer worried about slow page loading.

    Cheers.