Virgin warns illegal downloaders: stop or face prosecution

**Spike2k1** · 9th June 2008

i would have thought they could only do to torrents what they did to kazaa etc is have fake users uploading shite files and then monitioring the ips from that, also port watching as many BT progs use a specific port as default which alot of people dont change.
they cant check exactly what ur downloading, unless all of a sudden theres some new piece of software all VM customers have to install soon to give us a smoother net speed or some bollocksa and ends up being a trojan for VMs viewing pleasure.

**TheDean** · 12th June 2008

Originally Posted by inspectercoley

You wouldn't steal a hand bag would you?
If you could then make an exact duplicate of it and then return it to the owner?

I love that advert before films and stuff. I remember seeing it and it said:
"You wouldn't steal a car would you?"

My mate said: 'I bloody would If I could click a link, it would be in my garage as quick as a flash and nobody would ever know!"

**Raptor** · 12th June 2008

p2p is gay and for idiots anyway

i spit on ppl who use limewire. tards.

**Mickey** · 21st June 2008

I have had a letter this morning saying that i downloaded a copyrighted mp3 on Direct c0nnect. gave my ip and logon name and the file i downloaded. I think sum (unt sharing theese files reported me. Also in the lettter is a letter from the BPI warning me about it
Time to change to sky then

**Anakin** · 21st June 2008

Just use newsgroups. Why bother with P2P.

**Turbo-Nutter** · 23rd June 2008

hope the guy whos mac im using doesnt get done

**liveseytowers** · 23rd June 2008

I hope other ISP's don't do this. If you used sites like rapidshare would they be able to monitor that instead? I'd love to know how it works.

**DejaVu** · 24th June 2008

Originally Posted by Turbo-Nutter

hope the guy whos mac im using doesnt get done

Class! lol

ISP's can only monitor traffic your using via your IP address /MAC Address and Port numbers you are downloading from. ie 80 for http or 21 or FTP. With Torrents you have the ability to choose what port you use. Say for example, opening port 80 on your utorrent would make a 700MB Xvid file your downloading look like normal internet 'surfing' bandwidth.

When you download from anywhere, you are downloading loads of tiny 'packets' that translate into a file once they are all downloaded. Your ISP cannot tell what you are downloading unless someone bubbles you up.

As for the 6.5 million' statistic. It's BS. When I first got on the internet in '95. It was a simple case of, what IS this internet good for... Free stuff!

Since then, everyone I know who has an internet connection has downloaded at least 1 MP3! So, what they gonna do? Bang everyone up? Fine everyone?

They simply dont have the manpower to do such a thing. Providing is one thing, monitoring is another.

You will get the 'example made out of you' speeches to people they do nick. But seriously, 60 million+ people in this country, 70% of which are internet users.

Do the Maths.

SCARE TACTICS ALL THE WAY. It's another 'press release' that will lead nowhere.

All I can say is "bring on the 50Mb!" Then what?

**{{909}}** · 24th June 2008

Vm are just covering their backs so MPIA or whatever theyre called dont point the finger at them, if they really wanted to stop this sort of thing they could cut peoples connections but that wouldnt make them rich.