Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes? - Page 62

thebestie4lifexx · 03-01-2011, 19:44

Why is p2p tv downloads only a civil offence?

and owning an r4?

not condoning just asking

thebestie4lifexx · 07-01-2011, 16:59

as far as im corncerned then TBH it should be a criminal offence to own a mod chip for a wii/ds/ps3 and to download films and tv shows from p2p why is it not?

joglynne · 07-02-2011, 15:16

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Starview cardshare server busted in Derbyshire

http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2011/02/0...in-derbyshire/

I wasn't sure where to post this link originally posted by muppetman11 but I thought it was worth putting it somewhere that more members would be able to see/comment without taking the Coming Soon thread way off topic.

I do like to see good news being reported. Maybe those who paid money up front to participate in the theft of TV services will think twice about doing it again.

muppetman11 · 07-02-2011, 15:18

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Originally Posted by joglynne

http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2011/02/0...in-derbyshire/

I wasn't sure where to post this link originally posted by muppetman11 but I thought it was worth putting it somewhere that more members would be able to see/comment without taking the Coming Soon thread way off topic.

I do like to see good news being reported. Maybe those who paid money up front to participate in the theft of TV services will think twice about doing it again.

Wasn't quite sure were to put it LOL

joglynne · 07-02-2011, 15:19

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Wasn't quite sure were to put it LOL

Good news bears repeating.

WillPS · 07-02-2011, 16:09

Card sharing is seriously stupid (relatively easy to stop at the source and traceable).

Is it only me which finds it annoying that VM/Telewest spent years exclaiming dodgy boxes are inflating the price for everybody else... yet now they've got around to doing something about the vast majority of boxes - oh, the price is still going up.

Makes me feel a little better about my position on dodgy boxes at the time which was that although I didn't condone it, I didn't find it offensive (unlike cloned modems which wreck someone else's connection).

Digital Fanatic · 07-02-2011, 16:17

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Originally Posted by joglynne

http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2011/02/0...in-derbyshire/

I wasn't sure where to post this link originally posted by muppetman11 but I thought it was worth putting it somewhere that more members would be able to see/comment without taking the Coming Soon thread way off topic.

I do like to see good news being reported. Maybe those who paid money up front to participate in the theft of TV services will think twice about doing it again.

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Originally Posted by WillPS

Card sharing is seriously stupid (relatively easy to stop at the source and traceable).

Is it only me which finds it annoying that VM/Telewest spent years exclaiming dodgy boxes are inflating the price for everybody else... yet now they've got around to doing something about the vast majority of boxes - oh, the price is still going up.

Makes me feel a little better about my position on dodgy boxes at the time which was that although I didn't condone it, I didn't find it offensive (unlike cloned modems which wreck someone else's connection).

Theft is theft, what ever way you look at it.

Sirius · 07-02-2011, 17:13

This is such good news

**Chris** · 07-02-2011, 17:48

Yep, hooray for Section 11 of the Fraud Act 2006 ... that inconvenient little law that the thieves and cloners either think doesn't exist or doesn't apply to them.

News just in: It does and it does.

jb66 · 07-02-2011, 18:10

Virgin IMO wasnt bothered about dodgy boxes. They still got there basic subscription charges (where the money is), folk stole sky movies and sports (which virgin dont make money on anyway)

**Maggy** · 07-02-2011, 18:12

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Originally Posted by jb66

Virgin IMO wasnt bothered about dodgy boxes. They still got there basic subscription charges (where the money is), folk stole sky movies and sports (which virgin dont make money on anyway)

Nice view down in the sand?

Sirius · 07-02-2011, 18:13

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Originally Posted by jb66

Virgin IMO wasnt bothered about dodgy boxes. They still got there basic subscription charges (where the money is), folk stole sky movies and sports (which virgin dont make money on anyway)

They were and you guessed it they still are as this proves.

The servers are the weak link and are so easy to trace.

jb66 · 07-02-2011, 18:18

They are now that sky threatened them with the removal of sky sports but i dont think they were. Any plans to sort out the dodgy modems?

Sirius · 07-02-2011, 18:24

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Originally Posted by jb66

They are now that sky threatened them with the removal of sky sports but i dont think they were. Any plans to sort out the dodgy modems?

Dodgy modems are dead in the water. There are hardly any of them on the network now. Look at the sites where the modders live and you will see they have all but given up on them because of the new network and its security.

indie1982 · 07-02-2011, 18:24

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Originally Posted by jb66

Any plans to sort out the dodgy modems?

Yep, the migration to DOCSIS 3.0 and presumably the introduction of SEC as a follow on to BPI+