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atomiser · 26-05-2004, 20:12

someone i was talkin to the other day said that ntl are monitoring what people are up to on the 'net and reporting people who are downloading copyright material. with my 'sensible' hat on, no people shouldnt download copyright material from the net...musicians etc work v.v hard etc etc etc...record companies do charge too much for cd's though! :P

they are apparently supposed to be passing on names and addresses of customers to the appropriate authorities.

i know there has been a lot in the press about isp's carrying out these sorts of practices. is there any truth in it?

and are they allowed to 'shop' their customers? isnt our personal information supposed to be confidential under our rather (admittedly!) weak 'data protection act' or something?

i mean, has anyone ever been prosecuted for recording a film of the tv?

i can totally understand someone being prosecuted if they are downloading music and redistributing it for money...but how can they justify the cost in tracking down and prosecting individuals who have downloaded for their personal use!

what are ntl really up to?!

26-05-2004, 20:12	#1
atomiser Inactive Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 8	monitoring what you do... someone i was talkin to the other day said that ntl are monitoring what people are up to on the 'net and reporting people who are downloading copyright material. with my 'sensible' hat on, no people shouldnt download copyright material from the net...musicians etc work v.v hard etc etc etc...record companies do charge too much for cd's though! :P they are apparently supposed to be passing on names and addresses of customers to the appropriate authorities. i know there has been a lot in the press about isp's carrying out these sorts of practices. is there any truth in it? and are they allowed to 'shop' their customers? isnt our personal information supposed to be confidential under our rather (admittedly!) weak 'data protection act' or something? i mean, has anyone ever been prosecuted for recording a film of the tv? i can totally understand someone being prosecuted if they are downloading music and redistributing it for money...but how can they justify the cost in tracking down and prosecting individuals who have downloaded for their personal use! what are ntl really up to?!