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Originally posted by timewarrior2001
Sorry but I distinctly read somewhere that FACT had been contacted. Therefor it is about getting NTL prosecuted.
I am not going to comment on the article as I have no legal experience and I do not know anything of copyright law.
What I do know is that some people have jumped in here and done some very strange things. It appears because of personal vendettas against NTL its ok to make others suffer.
Think about this:-
If NTL get shafted in court and it costs them Millions, how the hell are they gonna upgrade and improve the service?
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I have contacted FACT as ntl appear to promote copyright theft.
I apreciate that any financial imposition levied against ntl will be paid by it's customers in the same way that I apreciate we paid for that damn advert.
What I
DON'T apreciate is the thought that turning a blind eye to save yourself a few quid is acceptable!
If you don't want ntl to be finned because your services may become more expensive / upgrades will take longer, how far are you prepared to go?
Will it be OK for ntl to tell people they can go on the net and download movies, music, pornography, where to get the best "anonymizer" software, how to hack other ISPs etc. if it means you get cheaper service and quicker upgrades?
How on earth does
breaking copyright law become acceptable just because the offending company is in financial difficulty???
Now, before you mug me off as just a muppet with a grudge.... I had a row with NTL about DPA and was in a position to get ntl a hefty financial penalty, but chose not to. The reason I didn't was simple. I was the only affected person as a result of ntl's DPA breach, no-one else. I asked for an appology and (eventualy) got one. That's all I wanted.
Now all I want (along with FACT) is a public appology in an official press release to clear up the copyright laws and what is / isn't permited as acceptable use.