NTL promoting copyright infringement
04-09-2003, 17:40
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NTL promoting copyright infringement
Just received the latest ntl:home advert - a big advertisement feature attached to the local free newspaper.
In the section on Broadband, it states the following:
"400,000-600,000 movies are downloaded every day" and "Spiderman was available on the net before it was even in the cinema"
How on Earth can NTL expect it's customers to respect copyright when it is actively promoting their broadband service for illegally downloading movies??
Duncan
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04-09-2003, 17:42
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Can you scan a copy of that and post it on here Duncan?
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04-09-2003, 17:47
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Originally posted by Scooby
Can you scan a copy of that and post it on here Duncan?
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aye, go on Duncan, post it here and then lets mail the URL to the newspapers ... ntl could get a good kicking if this is true...
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04-09-2003, 18:52
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Here it is - the quotes are in the box down the left-hand side.
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04-09-2003, 19:11
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Welll more ammo for the advertising standards can you say which paper it is in and get a few copies please
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04-09-2003, 19:13
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It says at the top left hand corner of the article 
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04-09-2003, 19:13
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thank you
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04-09-2003, 19:14
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i dont think they should be advertising piracy imagine if the MPAA got there hands on it yes i know in the uk they cant do a thing YET!!!
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04-09-2003, 19:24
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I don't think it is that bad. It's not promoting that you should do it, it only advises that alot of people do d/load movies. Not sure how it will sit with the powers that be but I guess legal checked it before marketing it.
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04-09-2003, 19:24
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it must be worth dropping them a line NTL are a usa company
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04-09-2003, 19:33
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Originally posted by Macca
I don't think it is that bad. It's not promoting that you should do it, it only advises that alot of people do d/load movies. Not sure how it will sit with the powers that be but I guess legal checked it before marketing it.
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but people can not do it remember the cap hence the advertising is incorrect
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04-09-2003, 19:37
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Originally posted by th'engineer
but people can not do it remember the cap hence the advertising is incorrect
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lol...I think anyone on any connection would struggle to download 400,000 movies don't you :p
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04-09-2003, 19:37
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Originally posted by th'engineer
but people can not do it remember the cap hence the advertising is incorrect
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Fair point, never looked at it that way. Thought people were complaining that ntl were promoting illegal d/loads.
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04-09-2003, 19:44
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Thanks for that Scooby makes interesting reading (I haven't seen a LWN for months  )
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04-09-2003, 19:45
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If it is stating fact, which it probably is, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. If ntl were also consistently applying the cap, then it may be construed as misleading; but ntl do not appear, at the present time, to be actively applying it.
It therefore appears to be quite good marketing.
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