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Originally Posted by Zeph
Im not sure what you're getting at with this response, you can download a full Linux Distribution on 5 CDs or a DVD totally legally (as most Linux distributions are free) BitTorrent in itself is legal, its the content that can be aqquired with it that can be questionable. And the term "theft" is an odd one (no im not supporting it) to use as Theft implies taking something of value where as in my mind anyway, a Piece of software you haven't bought (or wouldn't have bought) in the first place isn't of value to the company as they wouldn't have had your money in the first place
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Yep, your correct. I apologise, I misread. Linux is free. If it wern't, that would be a diffrent matter.
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Originally Posted by unlimited
Why should i have a substandard service just so NTL can continue with its insane obsession for buying other companies. I think that money should be spent on there network myself not on the purchase of other companies.
We have seen before where that gets them. In the book of how not to run a company look under CHAPTER 11.  |
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Originally Posted by Ignition
Perhaps they should have considered their debt before they decided to stump up a mostly cash bid for Telewest then throw a billion towards Virgin Mobile  |
I agree!!! This is a very thorny issue with me....
I'm a ex-shareholder who cashed about £20 worth of cheques last week. If the company had been run properly there would have been a few more zeros on that cheque...Because of all the debt-for-equity swap, I lost the bulk of my money to the yanks who now own UK Cable PLC. (I can hear the violins now
) Although really our American friends always did own/control the UK cable networks from the very start.
Believe me, ntl's bosses are very aware they need to make money...This is how they're going to do it, I think...The legal downloading of film/tv and other content, for a fee, from ntl's own systems using bittorrent or such like system. Which has already been publicly announced. Of course to free up bandwith, those pesky folk illegally downloading stuff needs to be controlled a bit more than as is now. I'm whiter than white on this issue of course..
The question is, if people are getting stuff for free now, would they pay for it in the future? Perhaps that's why a "nudge" is needed now to turn people away from the dark side and into the paying light