Virgin Media Customers Sued for Piracy
20-09-2021, 23:14
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Virgin Media Customers Sued for Piracy
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20-09-2021, 23:35
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Re: Virgin Media Customers Sued for Piracy
Did VM contest it? They dont say they did, so they probably just rolled over and dished out the details of their customers. Nice of them.
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21-09-2021, 01:58
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Re: Virgin Media Customers Sued for Piracy
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Originally Posted by Skie
Did VM contest it? They dont say they did, so they probably just rolled over and dished out the details of their customers. Nice of them.
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Virgin Media Confirms Subscriber Data Handover
Speaking with TorrentFreak, a Virgin Media spokesperson confirmed that the company had indeed handed over subscriber information to Voltage Holdings.
“We take the privacy and security of our customers’ data very seriously. Virgin Media will only ever disclose customer information to third parties if required by law to do so through a valid Court order,” the company explained.
“In this case a Court order was successfully granted to Voltage Pictures which means a very small number of Virgin Media customers may now receive correspondence from this organization.
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21-09-2021, 08:19
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Re: Virgin Media Customers Sued for Piracy
That doesn't say they contested the court order, just that there was a court order. If VM didn't contest, of course it was granted.
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21-09-2021, 08:51
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Re: Virgin Media Customers Sued for Piracy
Is this only related to Torrents?
I've not used Torrents for donkeys years.
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21-09-2021, 09:00
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Re: Virgin Media Customers Sued for Piracy
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Is this only related to Torrents?
I've not used Torrents for donkeys years.
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Yes just torrents. Could all have been avoided with a VPN so no sympathy for them.
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21-09-2021, 09:32
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Re: Virgin Media Customers Sued for Piracy
I've never even heard of a movie called "Ava" If it's only rated 16% then who would want to download it? 
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21-09-2021, 10:43
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Re: Virgin Media Customers Sued for Piracy
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Yes just torrents. Could all have been avoided with a VPN so no sympathy for them.
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yeah you should always wear a raincoat as it were
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21-09-2021, 11:52
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Re: Virgin Media Customers Sued for Piracy
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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
I've never even heard of a movie called "Ava" If it's only rated 16% then who would want to download it? |
Do you use a VPN as i know you Torrent alot?
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21-09-2021, 12:11
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Re: Virgin Media Customers Sued for Piracy
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Do you use a VPN as i know you Torrent alot?
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I don't but I have membership of a private tracker whos members are by invitation only. Also only the tracker is used to reference peers. No local discovery.
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21-09-2021, 12:29
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Re: Virgin Media Customers Sued for Piracy
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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
I've never even heard of a movie called "Ava" If it's only rated 16% then who would want to download it? |
I actually really liked it
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21-09-2021, 18:34
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Re: Virgin Media Customers Sued for Piracy
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Yes just torrents. Could all have been avoided with a VPN so no sympathy for them.
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22-09-2021, 13:51
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Re: Virgin Media Customers Sued for Piracy
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Yes just torrents. Could all have been avoided with a VPN so no sympathy for them.
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Do people really try this without VPN or a proxy server nowadays? To access most torrent sites in this country you need VPN to get around the blocks ISPs put on. Having done that, why did they then disconnect their VPN?
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22-09-2021, 15:48
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Re: Virgin Media Customers Sued for Piracy
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Originally Posted by pip08456
Yes just torrents. Could all have been avoided with a VPN so no sympathy for them.
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Not necessarily, SH3 had a vulnerability for a few months whereby peoples ‘real’ ip addresses have been obtained whilst using VPN’s
VPN’s don’t offer the level of security that most people believe
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22-09-2021, 16:12
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Re: Virgin Media Customers Sued for Piracy
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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees
Not necessarily, SH3 had a vulnerability for a few months whereby peoples ‘real’ ip addresses have been obtained whilst using VPN’s
VPN’s don’t offer the level of security that most people believe
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You have a link for that?
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