BPI Defends Anti-File-Sharing Partnership With Virgin Media

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday June 15, 2008 @02:59AM 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.

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Re:Let the industry die by mangu · 2008-06-15 04:00 · Score: 4, Interesting

there are some mega-hit songs and some blockbuster movies I would have to go without

Try the following experiment: compare this movie with this one. Then compare this film with this one.

I have a feeling that modern "blockbuster" movies are a giant step backwards. We had much more fun when films were done with shorter budgets and more imagination. Fx are OK for a while, but they can't make a bad film good.