ISP refuses to police pirates

[rpm]

Britain’s third largest Internet Service Provider, Talk Talk, is refusing to act against music pirates following a request for offenders to be disconnected.

[url="http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/294663-ISP-refuses-to-police-pirates/]ISP refuses to police pirates[/url]

 

[killadoob]

makes sense

most ppl have the internet for piracy take that away you lose a large chunk of income

 

[LazyLion]

pirates!!!! arrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

 

[reech]

..and so they should. You can't simply cut off what is now an essential service based on the say-so of some private industry group.

 

[Alchemist]

*Makes mental note*

 

[milomak]

I maintain the only reason Virgin is willing to go ahead with it is because Virgin happen to have a record label.

 

[w1z4rd]

arg!

 

[EtienneK]

Good on them.

 

[hj2k_x]

Arrrrrrrrr!

 

[Alchemist]

Arrrrrrrrr!

Where's a Pirate's favourite hangout after work? The barrrrrrrrr

 

[medicnick83]

Big up for the ISP...

All I need is WA to contact me and ask me to stop uploading naked pics of Gru.
I'll so not be impressed

 

[dominic]

The BPI have said that if ISPs do not cooperate they will work with government to bring in laws to force the issue.

and that's the best threat they could come up with?..lol