Virgin Media Denies Doing a Deal to Disconnect Pirates

Written by enigmax on April 03, 2008 

Virgin Media, the ISP accused of doing a deal with the British Phonographic Industry to disconnect persistent file-sharers from the internet, has denied the reports. Calling such measures “draconian”, Virgin went on to say they raise both privacy and legal issues.

Last week it was reported by The Telegraph that UK ISP Virgin Media had done a deal with the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) to disconnect persistent file-sharers from the internet. Now, according to a Computer Active report, Virgin Media is denying it has reached an agreement.

A Virgin Media spokesperson said: “There is no pilot in place. There are no details to confirm as we haven’t come to any sort of agreement with the BPI. The BPI wants the Government and ISPs to adopt the three-strikes system, we don’t want to go down to that level as it raises questions about privacy and funding.”

Under the suggested proposals, those caught sharing unauthorized files would be disconnected from the internet, should they fail to heed warnings to stop. Virgin is right to be cautious about privacy issues. Anti-piracy outfit Logistep ran headlong into operating illegally in Italy recently, when it was ruled that they illegally spied on P2P users.

When quizzed, the BPI said it was unable to talk about its discussions with ISPs: “We can’t talk about the pilot and can’t give out details but we have outlined plans with Virgin and do have a dialogue with them. But there is no confirmation of a pilot.”

Previously: Warez Scene Members Facing 5 Years in Prison

Next: ISP Will Protect File-Sharers From Music Industry Disconnection Threat

81 Responses

1 Apr 03, 2008 at 17:52 by Jesus

hahahahaha and the brits think america is a bad place for file sharing hahahahaha

2 Apr 03, 2008 at 18:08 by Generic user

@ 1.

Its not exactly hard to change ISP. In america you have more organisations trying to stop pirates and if your a college student then its even worse. In England nothing has happened to anyone I know (not even a warning letter). Anyhows this is good news.

3 Apr 03, 2008 at 18:23 by $hadow

The US disease and paranoia is spreading in the world, hurry, download your illegal vacina now online before they take that down aswell!
It will come a day that a person will be facing prison for sharing ITS OWNS CREATIONS/PRODUCTS!

4 Apr 03, 2008 at 18:37 by Charles

Poor UK. Makes me happy to be safe in America. Hang tough UK, we can’t bail you out of this one.

5 Apr 03, 2008 at 18:59 by Dan

@4

Bail us out of what? Virgin have obviously denied that they are in cahoots with the BPI.

6 Apr 03, 2008 at 19:14 by Anonymous

America still sucks when it comes to file sharing, so shut it maties.

7 Apr 03, 2008 at 19:33 by eliteghost

Here in canada its still legal no threats nothing shame we lost demonoid though

8 Apr 03, 2008 at 20:29 by delmonti

i some how had a feeling it was a load of horse crap virgin has the fasted public i.p service in the u.k are they really going to want to upset the people who pay their bonuses
have to remember 1 thing virgin also own a record label so if it did bother them surely they would have acted way before.

9 Apr 03, 2008 at 20:29 by nnsa

“Hang tough UK, we can’t bail you out of this one.”
Bail us out? By any chance do you read the news?

10 Apr 03, 2008 at 20:38 by daddyo

Check out this story from Computer Shopper. Sense prevailing a little bit?

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/shopper/news/184386/new-emi-digital-boss-calls-for-rethink-on-music-sharing.html

11 Apr 03, 2008 at 20:56 by Crandom

[quote comment="330036"]i some how had a feeling it was a load of horse crap virgin has the fasted public i.p service in the u.k are they really going to want to upset the people who pay their bonuses
have to remember 1 thing virgin also own a record label so if it did bother them surely they would have acted way before.[/quote]

i agree, although branson sold his record company before the whole filesharing revolution, so doesn’t have much experience of it.

virgin still has the fastest internet connection speeds (20meg now, 50meg later) and amazing reliability (i live miles away from my exchange, yet get 19.7meg :) with only 1 section of downtime when someone crashed into on of those green debundling boxes outside my house) and have very limited speed resctrictions (restrict speed to 5meg for 5hours if you d/l 3gbs between 7-9).

12 Apr 03, 2008 at 21:30 by RAINMAN

[quote comment="329966"]Here in canada its still legal no threats nothing shame we lost demonoid though[/quote]

It may be legal but two of the biggest ISPs throttle our speeds to almost NILL.

13 Apr 03, 2008 at 21:38 by Jesus

@6
america is responsible for most of the movie content thats traded…

without us youd have crappy low budget limey garbage.

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15 Apr 03, 2008 at 22:04 by zarathustra

[quote comment="329880"]Poor UK. Makes me happy to be safe in America. Hang tough UK, we can’t bail you out of this one.[/quote]

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16 Apr 03, 2008 at 22:06 by Merkin

[quote comment="330130"]@6
america is responsible for most of the movie content thats traded…

without us youd have crappy low budget limey garbage.[/quote]

“Us”? What movies have YOU made recently, fucktard?

17 Apr 03, 2008 at 22:08 by Dubya Doofus

[quote comment="330077"][quote comment="330036"]i some how had a feeling it was a load of horse crap virgin has the fasted public i.p service in the u.k are they really going to want to upset the people who pay their bonuses
have to remember 1 thing virgin also own a record label so if it did bother them surely they would have acted way before.[/quote]

i agree, although branson sold his record company before the whole filesharing revolution, so doesn’t have much experience of it.

virgin still has the fastest internet connection speeds (20meg now, 50meg later) and amazing reliability (i live miles away from my exchange, yet get 19.7meg :) with only 1 section of downtime when someone crashed into on of those green debundling boxes outside my house) and have very limited speed resctrictions (restrict speed to 5meg for 5hours if you d/l 3gbs between 7-9).[/quote]

More like between 4 & 10PM if you actually watch the traffic. Notwithstanding, VM is still the single best ISP in the UK.

18 Apr 03, 2008 at 22:24 by Abbey Tittmus

I bet it is Murdoch’s Sky who are reponsible for the original ‘rumour’ ,lol.

Branson does not own Virginmedia. He sold the brandname to NTL when they aquired Telewest. Branson is a shareholder though.

19 Apr 03, 2008 at 22:30 by Anonymous

[quote comment="329912"]Bail us out of what? Virgin have obviously denied that they are in cahoots with the BPI.[/quote]

And Comcast denied that they were interferring with BitTorrent traffic.

20 Apr 03, 2008 at 22:31 by ExNinFan

There is a legal process to dealing with copyright infringement, perhaps both Virgin and the BPI should learn to respect it.

21 Apr 03, 2008 at 23:07 by daddyo

[quote comment="330158"][quote comment="330130"]@6
america is responsible for most of the movie content thats traded…

without us youd have crappy low budget limey garbage.[/quote]

“Us”? What movies have YOU made recently, fucktard?[/quote]

Grow up, children!

22 Apr 03, 2008 at 23:18 by Anonymous

@13

Have you seen the movie “The Limey” starring Terence Stamp? It’s about a Brit that crosses the pond and beats the living shit out of every filthy Yank that gets in his way in search of his kidnapped daughter. Pretty good movie… especially the bits when he beats the living shit out of every filthy Yank that gets in his way.

23 Apr 04, 2008 at 00:55 by GerMac

This Limey v Yank heavy shit is getting tedious. I’m Irish. We don’t do violence. Peace be upon you….(Heh!)

24 Apr 04, 2008 at 01:27 by Yankie Doodle

Limey… quit talking, because if it was not for us you wouldnt be talking English right now… it would be German (And dont you ever forget that)

25 Apr 04, 2008 at 01:45 by Putin 08

[quote comment="330176"]I bet it is Murdoch’s Sky who are reponsible for the original ‘rumour’ ,lol.[/quote]

Or Virgin Media. It’s not uncommon for a company to intentionally leak information for the purpose of gauging the public’s reaction.

A deal with the IFPI may have been on VM’s table until the “rumour” got out and people starting calling it a braindamaged clusterfuck of stupidity and writing emails threatening to switch ISPs.

26 Apr 04, 2008 at 01:52 by madwh

I know this off topic but I really need some help. Does Verizon block p2p traffic? I want to switch from Comcast to Verizon because I’m sick of Comcast’s policies and restrictions. If it blocks p2p traffic is there a better alternative? Any help greatly appreciated.

27 Apr 04, 2008 at 01:54 by Putin 08

>>A deal with the IFPI

Uhh… Deal with the *BPI*.

Fuck. The MAFIAA’s synonyms are all starting to run together in my head.

But then again, how couldn’t they?

28 Apr 04, 2008 at 02:44 by sikantis

we need freedom as long as esteem and respect is garanteed

29 Apr 04, 2008 at 03:24 by 30

Listen here all you ignorant fucks.. THERE IS NO COUNTRY CALLED AMERICA. There is North America, South America, AND Central America (HOLY SHIT THERE’S 3 and the US is ONLY ON ONE!!). Each America consists of multiple countries. I’m sure you all are referring to the United States so call it that (or USA, the US, home of fat asses, etc). What the hell do people in the US think? Oh, we’re the only fucks that live on a continent with America in the name. No wonder everyone hates us (yes.. I live in the US).. people here think we’re the shit. Don’t get me wrong, I love my country and all but the people here (the US not TF) are fucking idiots. All the dumb asses that call the US “America” are the same fucks that complain about jobs moving overseas but then go buy all the CHINESE MADE SHIT SOLD AT WAL-MART. I buy shit from Wal-Mart because I don’t give a fuck if all the manual labor jobs move because I’m getting an education so I can actually have a job. I think we should import fucking Mexicans and other stinky Central Americans to do manual labor here in the US. If you don’t like it, get an education (shit you don’t even really need an education for some businesses) so you can start the company that hires all these imports (you’ll make more money this way).

30 Apr 04, 2008 at 04:28 by Norm

Who gives a fuck about the UK or America, or whatever fucking country your from? There are more similarities than differences that exist between the two countries. And nobody cares which one is better.

31 Apr 04, 2008 at 05:15 by Ruddyhell

@ GerMac

im sick of limey. im scottish. Im from the “uk” in other words and i aint a limey thats a term for english ppl. Just like “british”. Fuckin thick americans(not all just the one that think the whole of the uk is england and not 4 separate countrys (5 if you count jersey). Uk is Scotland, England, wales and nothern ireland. So dont be callin the uk all limeys thats like us callin newyorkers “red necks” lmao.

32 Apr 04, 2008 at 05:20 by Ruddyhell

i should also point out you are called america cause you call your self s americans. Mabye if you called your selfs a united state american or u.s. american we might call your country by its name lol

33 Apr 04, 2008 at 05:44 by TyingLOL_CausesCancer

Ya’ll just stupid, Yank or Limey. First what the heck is a Yank? Or a Limey for that matter? Stupidass names in the first place.

Back to the main article…

Its only a matter of time before the same pressure on people in the UK occurs as it does to people in the US.
BPI will have RIAA and MPAA consult them in measures to take. Only a matter of time.

34 Apr 04, 2008 at 06:16 by kale

the BPI got another smack from Talk-Talk on the news, another big UK ISP.

this is just the BPI trying to flex their muscles, but they’re an irrelevance and it’s a desperate last attempt by them to claw back some kind of importance.

unfortunately for them, Virgin, Talk-Talk and the like know that there is good money to be made from folks who want high speeds and limits and very little to be made by listening to old dinosaurs like the BPI.

this whole “Virgin bans filesharer” crap was bogus from the start, which a bit of fact checking by the Telepgraph writing would have uncovered. it’s just the BPI trying to seem like they matter anymore.

35 Apr 04, 2008 at 07:04 by NoCompetition

I think I’ll remain cautious about making judgement about what’s really happening here as I don’t think it can be that clear cut to think this isn’t part of a process to intorduce something new (as in government intervention).

Maybe nothing will come of it all, but then maybe all hell will break loose. All this could just be typical warming of people’s minds for what’s coming.

BBC link about the CPW response here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7329801.stm

36 Apr 04, 2008 at 07:41 by Spuddy

Well im an ex-virgin media user, DAMN THEY SUCK. Dial up speeds, Anti-P2P,Thorttling,Port blocking. Well now im on an isp that supports piracy, No throttling, No portblocking :D

37 Apr 04, 2008 at 08:09 by YouWish

Virgin is the best of the ISP here in the UK but they would loose ALOT of customers if they did do an anti-piracy scheme, glad there not

38 Apr 04, 2008 at 08:48 by prodigydancer

@13

You made my day. :-) 99% of Hollywood movies deserve to be stuffed back - up their producers’ fat a$$es, where they belong.

They gave us Titanic, H.P., Batman, Spiderman, Bourne, Die Hard and whatnot - and you call this pile of $h1t movies? ROFL.

39 Apr 04, 2008 at 08:49 by boot2ben

In Fiji Unwired tried interrupting p2p traffic in the first few months.Months later changed there mind to “speed humps”. I guess good things come to an end.

40 Apr 04, 2008 at 09:06 by Spanky69

[quote comment="329835"]@ 1.

Its not exactly hard to change ISP. In america you have more organisations trying to stop pirates and if your a college student then its even worse. In England nothing has happened to anyone I know (not even a warning letter). Anyhows this is good news.[/quote]

Ever heard of OiNK?

[quote comment="330161"][quote comment="330077"][quote comment="330036"]i some how had a feeling it was a load of horse crap virgin has the fasted public i.p service in the u.k are they really going to want to upset the people who pay their bonuses
have to remember 1 thing virgin also own a record label so if it did bother them surely they would have acted way before.[/quote]

i agree, although branson sold his record company before the whole filesharing revolution, so doesn’t have much experience of it.

virgin still has the fastest internet connection speeds (20meg now, 50meg later) and amazing reliability (i live miles away from my exchange, yet get 19.7meg :) with only 1 section of downtime when someone crashed into on of those green debundling boxes outside my house) and have very limited speed resctrictions (restrict speed to 5meg for 5hours if you d/l 3gbs between 7-9).[/quote]

More like between 4 & 10PM if you actually watch the traffic. Notwithstanding, VM is still the single best ISP in the UK.[/quote]

Bullshit! Virgin are crap. Be* and bulldog are much better isp’s.

41 Apr 04, 2008 at 10:18 by Tard SPNAKer!

[quote comment="330648"]Well im an ex-virgin media user, DAMN THEY SUCK. Dial up speeds, Anti-P2P,Thorttling,Port blocking. Well now im on an isp that supports piracy, No throttling, No portblocking :D[/quote]

Cretin. That was prolly your complete inability to configure your own end.

42 Apr 04, 2008 at 10:23 by Tard SPNAKer!

[quote comment="330726"]
Bullshit! Virgin are crap. Be* and bulldog are much better isp’s.[/quote]

BWAHAHAHAHAetc.

Gime a shout when your shitty xDSL lines can do 20Mbps, let alone FIFTY! :P

43 Apr 04, 2008 at 10:38 by George

[quote comment="330335"]Limey… quit talking, because if it was not for us you wouldnt be talking English right now… it would be German (And dont you ever forget that)[/quote]
i thought you were helping them ? oh, friendly fire was it , isp s wont be chopping of anyone here, can we survive more of your infested torrents ??

44 Apr 04, 2008 at 11:15 by a/s/l

[quote comment="330335"]Limey… quit talking, because if it was not for us you wouldnt be talking English right now… it would be German (And dont you ever forget that)[/quote]

i think you’re seriously overestimating our language skills: do you honestly think we could learn german in 60 years?

45 Apr 04, 2008 at 11:15 by trailerpark rednecks

Everyone knows americans are just fat 2nd rate English people. If only you could be as civilised and educated as the Brits. Dream on pal.

46 Apr 04, 2008 at 11:52 by George

when are we going to get Rambo 5 ?

47 Apr 04, 2008 at 12:02 by nnsa

[quote comment="330335"]Limey… quit talking, because if it was not for us you wouldnt be talking English right now… it would be German (And dont you ever forget that)[/quote]
I assume you are referring to WW2, could you remind us all what year WW2 started? what year the USA joined in? and what the motivation for the USA joining was?

48 Apr 04, 2008 at 12:07 by Winston

does virgin throttle all its bit torrent traffic anyway , and is one of the worst isp s for doing that

49 Apr 04, 2008 at 12:25 by Monty

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*Hitler[AoE] has joined the game.*
*Eisenhower has joined the game.*
*paTTon has joined the game.*
*Churchill has joined the game.*
*benny-tow has joined the game.*
*T0J0 has joined the game.*
*Roosevelt has joined the game.*
*Stalin has joined the game.*
*deGaulle has joined the game.*
Roosevelt: hey sup
T0J0: y0
Stalin: hi
Churchill: hi
Hitler[AoE]: cool, i start with panzer tanks!
paTTon: lol more like panzy tanks
T0JO: lol
Roosevelt: o this fockin sucks i got a depression!
benny-tow: haha america sux
Stalin: hey hitler you dont fight me i dont fight u, cool?
Hitler[AoE]; sure whatever
Stalin: cool
deGaulle: **** Hitler rushed some1 help
Hitler[AoE]: lol byebye frenchy
Roosevelt: i dont got **** to help, sry
Churchill: wtf the luftwaffle is attacking me
Roosevelt: get antiair guns
Churchill: i cant afford them
benny-tow: u n00bs know what team talk is?
paTTon: stfu
Roosevelt: o yah hit the navajo button guys
deGaulle: eisenhower ur worthless come help me quick
Eisenhower: i cant do **** til rosevelt gives me an army
paTTon: yah hurry the fock up
Churchill: d00d im gettin pounded
deGaulle: this is fockin weak u guys suck
*deGaulle has left the game.*
Roosevelt: im gonna attack the axis k?
benny-tow: with what? ur wheelchair?
benny-tow: lol did u mess up ur legs AND ur head?
Hitler[AoE]: ROFLMAO
T0J0: lol o no america im comin 4 u
Roosevelt: wtf! thats bullsh1t u fags im gunna kick ur asses
T0JO: not without ur harbors u wont! lol
Roosevelt: u little biotch ill get u
Hitler[AoE]: wtf
Hitler[AoE]: america hax, u had depression and now u got a huge fockin army
Hitler[AoE]: thats bullsh1t u hacker
Churchill: lol no more france for u hitler
Hitler[AoE]: tojo help me!
T0J0: wtf u want me to do, im on the other side of the world retard
Hitler[AoE]: fine ill clear you a path
Stalin: WTF u arsshoel! WE HAD A FoCKIN TRUCE
Hitler[AoE]: i changed my mind lol
benny-tow: haha
benny-tow: hey ur losing ur guys in africa im gonna need help in italy soon sum1
T0J0: o **** i cant help u i got my hands full
Hitler[AoE]: im 2 busy 2 help
Roosevelt: yah thats right ***** im comin for ya
Stalin: church help me
Churchill: like u helped me before? sure ill just sit here
Stalin: dont be an arss
Churchill: dont be a commie. oops too late
Eisenhower: LOL
benny-tow: hahahh oh sh1t help
Hitler: o man ur focked
paTTon: oh what now biotch
Roosevelt: whos the cripple now lol
*benny-tow has been eliminated.*
benny-tow: lame
Roosevelt: gj patton
paTTon: thnx
Hitler[AoE]: WTF eisenhower hax hes killing all my sh1t
Hitler[AoE]: quit u hacker so u dont ruin my record
Eisenhower: Nuts!
benny~tow: wtf that mean?
Eisenhower: meant to say nutsack lol finger slipped
paTTon: coming to get u hitler u paper hanging hun cocksocker
Stalin: rofl
T0J0: HAHAHHAA
Hitler[AoE]: u guys are fockin gay
Hitler[AoE]: ur never getting in my city
*Hitler[AoE] has been eliminated.*
benny~tow: OMG u noob you killed yourself
Eisenhower: ROFLOLOLOL
Stalin: OMG LMAO!
Hitler[AoE]: WTF i didnt click there omg this game blows
*Hitler[AoE] has left the game*
paTTon: hahahhah
T0J0: WTF my teammates are n00bs
benny~tow: shut up noob
Roosevelt: haha wut a moron
paTTon: wtf am i gunna do now?
Eisenhower: yah me too
T0J0: why dont u attack me o thats right u dont got no ships lololol
Eisenhower: fock u
paTTon: lemme go thru ur base commie
Stalin: go to hell lol
paTTon: fock this sh1t im goin afk
Eisenhower: yah this is gay
*Roosevelt has left the game.*
Hitler[AoE]: wtf?
Eisenhower: sh1t now we need some1 to join
*tru_m4n has joined the game.*
tru_m4n: hi all
T0J0: hey
Stalin: sup
Churchill: hi
tru_m4n: OMG OMG OMG i got all his stuff!
tru_m4n: NUKES! HOLY **** I GOT NUKES
Stalin: d00d gimmie some plz
tru_m4n: no way i only got like a couple
Stalin: omg dont be gay gimmie nuculer secrets
T0J0: wtf is nukes?
T0J0: holy ****holy****hoyl****!
*T0J0 has been eliminated.*
*The Allied team has won the game!*
Eisenhower: awesome!
Churchill: gg noobs no re
T0J0: thats bull**** u fockin suck
*T0J0 has left the game.*
*Eisenhower has left the game.*
Stalin: next game im not going to be on ur team, u guys didnt help me for ****
Churchill: wutever, we didnt need ur help neway dumbarss
tru_m4n: l8r all
benny~tow: bye
Churchill: l8r
Stalin: fock u all
tru_m4n: shut up commie lol
*tru_m4n has left the game.*
benny~tow: lololol u commie
Churchill: ROFL
Churchill: bye commie
*Churchill has left the game.*
*benny~tow has left the game.*
Stalin: i hate u all fags
*Stalin has left the game.*
paTTon: lol no1 is left
paTTon: weeeee i got a jeep
*paTTon has been eliminated.*
paTTon: o sh1t!
*paTTon has left the game.*

What If the Iraq War Had Been a RTS?

50 Apr 04, 2008 at 12:28 by anon

This is exellent news i think people are more worried about privacy than they are about piracy.

51 Apr 04, 2008 at 12:43 by Anonymous

Why hasn’t the world fucked America off yet? We don’t need them anymore. Telling us what to do, how to do it. I think it’s time for Europe, Asia and Africa to pull together and just let America rot and die. Americans love themselves, learn to love the world. They think they can take on anyone, take on the rest of the world, see where that gets you. Your economy is crap, a lot of people in poverty, schools are shit, health care is shit (this shows how much they really care about their people) and you government rules you.

52 Apr 04, 2008 at 13:13 by PearlHarbor Necklace

@24 you fluff goats, the yanks got rapped at pearl harbor thats why they joined ww2.

Churchill knew it was coming to but he knew the US needed an incentive so you weren’t warned :)

53 Apr 04, 2008 at 14:32 by ace hall

[quote comment="330926"]Why hasn’t the world fucked America off yet? We don’t need them anymore. Telling us what to do, how to do it. I think it’s time for Europe, Asia and Africa to pull together and just let America rot and die. Americans love themselves, learn to love the world. They think they can take on anyone, take on the rest of the world, see where that gets you. Your economy is crap, a lot of people in poverty, schools are shit, health care is shit (this shows how much they really care about their people) and you government rules you.[/quote]

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54 Apr 04, 2008 at 14:37 by TyingLOL_CausesCancer

Another note, you guys are pathetic, there are bigger things to discuss than the connotation of prejudice labels or misuse of American as point of origin. Nor are stereotypes ever completely true. Get over yourselves. All of you.

55 Apr 04, 2008 at 15:12 by Anonymous

I like not being over myself…usa sux

56 Apr 04, 2008 at 15:31 by th3 dam3 0f n07r3 damn

[quote comment="330224"]@13

Have you seen the movie “The Limey” starring Terence Stamp? It’s about a Brit that crosses the pond and beats the living shit out of every filthy Yank that gets in his way in search of his kidnapped daughter. Pretty good movie… especially the bits when he beats the living shit out of every filthy Yank that gets in his way.[/quote]

LULZ

57 Apr 04, 2008 at 15:44 by Adolphe

The mighty USA won the Battle of Britain.

The mighty USA liberated Berlin.

The mighty USA ‘invented’ the Atom Bomb.

The mighty USA won BOTH WORLD WARS.

And don’t you forget it.

If it wasn’t for the USA, the Canadians and the free French, the free Poles, the Russians, the New Zealanders, the Australians, the Indians, the Inuit, the PNG, oh and the British, etc etc. You would all be SPRECHEN DE DEUTSCH or Jap, or Italian, or the capitialist north American god forbids, Russian!!!.

Our Dollars, our(s)Tanks and our Ships saved you guys.

God Bless America. Fuck the USA.

58 Apr 04, 2008 at 16:45 by Neil

i always get a kick out of americans who feel personally responsible for ‘winning’ world war 2.

59 Apr 04, 2008 at 16:53 by Anonymous

Virginmedia go and suck Cartman’s balls :P

60 Apr 04, 2008 at 18:01 by col mcg

And Americans wonder why they are loathed world wide?

61 Apr 04, 2008 at 18:48 by Frank

If an ISP was going to do this it will be boycotted. After all there is already an alternative to the internet for file sharing via wifi client server application. The software is open source and it is working. All it need is enought people to run the software on their system an dfile exchange can be performed without internet.

62 Apr 04, 2008 at 18:49 by Anonymous

While the USA does produce the most content, the quality is lacking in the extreme in most cases.

Quality is better than quantity and typically UK shows are better.

I’m currently watching SKINS and SHAMELESS which I would watch online through the BBC…. if I could, but since it’s not available to me here, my only choice is to pirate.

I love both these shows and never would something like this be produced in the USA because american studios cater to the lowest common denominator which equals crap shows and movies.

63 Apr 04, 2008 at 19:05 by Frank

“typically UK shows are better”

Agree.

64 Apr 04, 2008 at 19:55 by Elliott99

I live in the UK and I have NEVER once received a warning notice from my ISP. I have a monthly download of 100GB~ and not once have I anything sent in the post.

65 Apr 04, 2008 at 22:42 by phil

Oh yeah, that was the war you turned up late for… the one that got your sorry economy out of the crap… the one where your pres bush’s grandpappy was up in court for funding the nazis… yeah, that one…

Prick.

66 Apr 04, 2008 at 22:58 by delmonti

[quote comment="330161"][quote comment="330077"][quote comment="330036"]i some how had a feeling it was a load of horse crap virgin has the fasted public i.p service in the u.k are they really going to want to upset the people who pay their bonuses
have to remember 1 thing virgin also own a record label so if it did bother them surely they would have acted way before.[/quote]

i agree, although branson sold his record company before the whole filesharing revolution, so doesn’t have much experience of it.

virgin still has the fastest internet connection speeds (20meg now, 50meg later) and amazing reliability (i live miles away from my exchange, yet get 19.7meg :) with only 1 section of downtime when someone crashed into on of those green debundling boxes outside my house) and have very limited speed resctrictions (restrict speed to 5meg for 5hours if you d/l 3gbs between 7-9).[/quote]

More like between 4 & 10PM if you actually watch the traffic. Notwithstanding, VM is still the single best ISP in the UK.[/quote]

i think your being a bit picky there with the numbers all in all virgin is a great isp provider for file sharing

67 Apr 05, 2008 at 00:44 by UK Boi

Children, children, this is gonna screw us all over at sum point… This “Disease” is spreading.

Heres to the new BT protocol… soon as u can guys :)

68 Apr 05, 2008 at 01:20 by Quartz

It once again nice to see the Recording Industry told in no uncetrain terms that there will be no gravy-train here.

The truth is simply that waiting 7 or so years before delivering a legal download service means the industry hardliners have blown the deal.
No filesharer I know is going to buy when they can obtain free content of a better quality with zero DRM, its 2008, the bus has pulled away.

Should matters become ambivilent in the future I,m sure Rshare/StealthNet can be obtained rapidly enough.

69 Apr 05, 2008 at 06:21 by Real American

Seems like everything in our country is shit as of late. Our country is infected with corruption. But there are still some of us who are trying to purge the fascists; that is what they are too. Fascism is politics working with business for a profit.

70 Apr 05, 2008 at 08:56 by Hello

Oh handbags at 10 paces everyone its a flame war !

Anyway seems the tide is turning against the copyright cartels.

ISPs damn well know what the interwib is used for mostly and they are not going to shoot their own customers. The interwib is far bigger than you copyright cartels so get used to it or die

71 Apr 05, 2008 at 12:23 by Anonymous

“Limey… quit talking, because if it was not for us you wouldnt be talking English right now… it would be German (And don’t you ever forget that)”

Whereas if it wasn’t for us there would be no such place as the USA (and don’t you ever forget that)and no such thing as the English language(and don’t you ever forget that)

Anyway, the colonies are expected to help out when the mother country is attacked

72 Apr 05, 2008 at 19:18 by HM2K

You yanks are full of shit.

73 Apr 05, 2008 at 20:41 by Anonymous

[quote comment="331097"]The mighty USA won the Battle of Britain.

The mighty USA liberated Berlin.

The mighty USA ‘invented’ the Atom Bomb.

The mighty USA won BOTH WORLD WARS.

And don’t you forget it.

If it wasn’t for the USA, the Canadians and the free French, the free Poles, the Russians, the New Zealanders, the Australians, the Indians, the Inuit, the PNG, oh and the British, etc etc. You would all be SPRECHEN DE DEUTSCH or Jap, or Italian, or the capitialist north American god forbids, Russian!!!.

Our Dollars, our(s)Tanks and our Ships saved you guys.

God Bless America. Fuck the USA.[/quote]

What the fuck are you on about. Everyone else was fighting 4/5 years before you fat lazy idiots did anything. Everyone knew what was happening in concentration camps too, the U.S even made a film about in 1940 but were too lazy to help, germany doesn’t have any oil so why help the jews? fucking idiots now you’re stuck in iraq, time everyone else got out to watch your country fall in depression and the murdering u.s.a. army get wiped out!

74 Apr 05, 2008 at 20:42 by Slayker

Fucking Yanks. Biggest cowards on the planet. Can never finish what they start. My father was a Para in the second world war and he said that the English were more afraid of being shot by the Yanks than the Germans. Still like that today by all accounts. TWATS.

75 Apr 06, 2008 at 00:34 by limey01

[quote comment="330335"]Limey… quit talking, because if it was not for us you wouldnt be talking English right now… it would be German (And dont you ever forget that)[/quote]
get a grip you sad wankbag

76 Apr 06, 2008 at 17:49 by Ernesto

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