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Originally posted by Mr Concerned
If it is stating fact, which it probably is, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it.
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Yes they are stating a fact in that people download movies and that Spiderman was (illegally) available to download before the cinema release, but in the context of an advert encouraging you to subscribe to NTL's broadband service NTL are suggesting that downloading movies illegally is a reason for subscribing to their service. In this respect they are encouraging copyright infringement.
While they are not literally saying "subscribe to our service to download movies" they are saying "people have broadband to shop on the internet and download movies. You should subscribe to our broadband service [and then you can do these things]".
They are using the ability to download movies in the reasonable time-frame that broadband gives you as a selling point for their service. And to quote a specific title - Spiderman - that was certainly never available to legally download prior to the cinema release (and I'm pretty sure isn't available to legally download now) is hardly appropriate. Suppose someone downloaded Spiderman and then got a letter from NTL stating that they were in breach of the T&C/AUP for doing so - I think the user would have a strong case to complain on the basis they were only using the account for the purpose for which it had been advertised.
A further quote from the feature is "We have only just scratched the surface of what you can experience and do in this magazine [with broadband]".
There is no mention of any "recommended daily download limits" mentioned anywhere in the advertisment feature although it does state "services available in ntl cabled streets and subject to capacity".
Duncan