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Originally posted by timewarrior2001
Right I have just re-read the article.
NTL are not saying anything, what they are doing is quoting Facts about the internet.
They do not say use NTL to illegally download movies, they dont even say Download movies. It says 400,000 to 600,000 movies are downloaded a day. It doesnt even say 400,000 to 600,000 movoies are downloaded using NTL home internet a day.
Then it says that spiderman was available on the net before the cinemas, which is true, so was the Hulk.
can someone show me where it says illegally download movies, I cant see it, can someone show me where it says Use your NTL connection to steal copyright?
well can they?
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If the article was merely a discussion of what goes on on the internet, there would be no wrongdoing on ntl's part. But it is not merely a discussion. It is in the context of an advertisement, and the reasonable assumption is that anything said in an advert is intended to support the proposition that you buy/subscribe to the product being described. So when NTL advertises its broadband internet, and tells people they should sign up, and then issues statistics about illegal activities as part of that advert (without saying these are illegal and warning you not to do it), we can reasonably conclude that they are inciting people to commit an illegal act. IMHO. But I think the ASA might agree.