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abailey152 · 06-04-2004, 22:50

I've not had any dealings with NTL regarding this subject. But, any ISP has to be seen to be working against the flow of copyrighted material over its network, otherwise it would be wide open to legal action from any interested parties such as the BPI, FAST etc. If notified of any illegal activity, the ISP has to take action.

Similarly, the users are bound by agreements with the ISP, so breaking these can result in termination of the contract. Worse still, I think I remember there being a clause somewhere that says if NTL have legal action taken against them for something you have done illegally, then you agree to be liable for their losses and costs.
I've also heard of a couple of people (on the net, not personal friends) who claim to have recieved letters from NTL warning them that their P2P activities may be breaking copyright law and if so, they should stop immediatly or be in breach of contract. I'm not sure if anything went further, though.

06-04-2004, 22:50	#6
abailey152 Inactive Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: In hiding! Services: 60Mb VM BB Sky+HD Posts: 725	Re: NTL policy on copyright downloads I've not had any dealings with NTL regarding this subject. But, any ISP has to be seen to be working against the flow of copyrighted material over its network, otherwise it would be wide open to legal action from any interested parties such as the BPI, FAST etc. If notified of any illegal activity, the ISP has to take action. Similarly, the users are bound by agreements with the ISP, so breaking these can result in termination of the contract. Worse still, I think I remember there being a clause somewhere that says if NTL have legal action taken against them for something you have done illegally, then you agree to be liable for their losses and costs. I've also heard of a couple of people (on the net, not personal friends) who claim to have recieved letters from NTL warning them that their P2P activities may be breaking copyright law and if so, they should stop immediatly or be in breach of contract. I'm not sure if anything went further, though.