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TheDon

02-08-2009 17:57

Re: Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes?

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Originally Posted by spadge101 (Post 34845806)

Softening your language to "online release system" as opposed to calling it what it is, i.e. copyright theft services is wrong. Not-for-profit should read "depriving people/bands/companies of revenue that is rightly theirs". It is still theft plain and simple. I agree, illegal filesharing isn't very likely to be part of or contribute to organised crime but it is still wrong.

Oh don't get me wrong, it's still copyright infringement (it's not theft, but that's a debate I really don't want to get into) my point though is going on about how it funds crime is just wrong, as the way the majority of people get their stuff involves no money at all, and so people will just ignore the issue as it doesn't apply to the copyright infringement they do.

Plus, even though what they do is illegal you have to admit that the release scene is the greatest content delivery network around, 10mins after a tv show stops airing it's available for download, it takes the bbc hours to get stuff on iplayer!

Kymmy

02-08-2009 18:32

Re: Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes?

Guys, filesharing is copyright infringment, where as dodgy boxes is theft of services (can't find the link atm but I have posted the relevant ACT in the forum before)

So lets please stick on topic and leave copyright issues to another thread

tony_i

02-08-2009 20:26

Re: Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes?

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Originally Posted by spadge101 (Post 34844691)

I went to Tesco this week and spent Â£130 on a load of food, two CDs and a Wii game. Oh, and some cheap clothes as I am on the dole and my redundancy money is running out.

Let's get this right. You've got "XLTV, phone, 20Mbs BB, premium channels, V+", you've just spent Â£130 on a load of food, two CDs and a Wii game, and I'm paying your dole money.

Scrounging thief.

Russ	02-08-2009 20:28

Re: Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes?

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Originally Posted by tony_i (Post 34845894)

Let's get this right. You've got "XLTV, phone, 20Mbs BB, premium channels, V+", you've just spent Â£130 on a load of food, two CDs and a Wii game, and I'm paying your dole money.

Scrounging thief.

Any further off topic posts like this (and any responses to it) will be dealt with by the CF team.

Nedkelly

02-08-2009 22:07

Re: Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes?

It is being looked at and stuff is in the pipeline :DThey are about to trial it :D:D:D:D:D

Ben B

02-08-2009 22:09

Re: Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes?

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Originally Posted by Nedkelly (Post 34845948)

It is being looked at and stuff is in the pipeline :DThey are about to trial it :D:D:D:D:D

Really, so all they have to do is push a button and bam that's all boxes dead? If so then do it do it do it.

Nedkelly

02-08-2009 22:23

Re: Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes?

wish it was that easy :D But it is good :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Ben B

02-08-2009 22:44

Re: Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes?

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Originally Posted by Nedkelly (Post 34845960)

wish it was that easy :D But it is good :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

I'd hope so, will we have to all have new viewing cards though like on sky?

zing_deleted

02-08-2009 23:34

Re: Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes?

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Originally Posted by Nedkelly (Post 34845960)

wish it was that easy :D But it is good :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Query which is worse for the network modified/3rd party boxes or cloned modems?

TheDon

03-08-2009 00:15

Re: Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes?

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Originally Posted by zing (Post 34846001)

Query which is worse for the network modified/3rd party boxes or cloned modems?

Cloned modems.

3rd party boxes don't utilise any resources, there's a small chance of them providing interference, but with a properly modified box it's non existant, they just decode a signal that's already being sent down the cable, whereas cloned modem take downstream and upstream bandwidth away from legitimate customers

zing_deleted

03-08-2009 00:18

Re: Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes?

I already thought that myself and find it mental that more appears (to me anyway) to be spent on messing with the dodgy tv boxes

Ive been offered cloned modems by 2 totally different people this last couple of week but aint interested

TheDon

03-08-2009 00:25

Re: Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes?

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Originally Posted by zing (Post 34846013)

What's worse for the network, and what loses them more money, are two different things though. They're going to go after the thing that's hitting their bottom line more rather than what is causing the biggest disruption to the network.

zing_deleted

03-08-2009 00:31

Re: Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes?

They got no reason to assume they would get enough paying customers to cover the cost though

Digital Fanatic

03-08-2009 11:02

Re: Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes?

I hope all those dodgy boxes get fried! lol :D

Hiroki

03-08-2009 16:24

Re: Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes?

Virgin are finally doing something? Are they updating the systems software or just rolling the keys again?