Virgin sends out first letters to filesharnig subscribers

Wednesday, June 18, 2008 8:30 PDT -07:00   News  


We recently brought you news that Vigrin Media is teaming up with the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) to send out letters to people who use filesharing services. The letters will “educate” people about legal ways to get legal music downloads.

Any doubters that Virgin would actually do this have now been silenced after the first batch of letters was sent out to Virgin subscribers warning them of the evils of filesharing. Virgin is the first ISP in the UK to take such action, although criminal charges will not be brought against people who receive the letters — yet.

Virgin has also vowed that it won’t be disconnecting any of its customers if they use filesharing services. This whole thing is really just a PR stunt for Virgin — and a damn good one it is, too.

Part of the letter Virgin is sending out reads as follows:

We understand you may be concerned about this, and you might be unsure how it happened. One possible answer is that other people in your household have used your computer and/or internet connection, and they might have shared these files with others by using unauthorised ‘peer-to-peer/P2P’ filesharing networks like ‘BitTorrent’ or ‘Limewire’

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