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In short, UK ISPs are going to send letters to educate their users on downloading entertainment platforms illegally (piracy).

I've not had too long to think about it but the quote that struck a cord for me was from a UK ISP called Andrews & Arnold...."don't worry, we won't be sending any silly letters like these from A&A". Director Adrian Kennard told Wired.co.uk in an email: "We are not the police, or a school for that matter. You don't see the electricity suppliers that power the laptops sending 'educational' letters."

Guess they realized threats wont work, and are going for propaganda.

Today's anti-piracy message is being brought to you by the letter 'C'.

Okay that was stupid and I seriously doubt we have a lot of Sesame Street fans here. :P

one two three four five
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eleven twe-elve

FOUR! Four copyright scofflaws! (lightning strikes) AH-HAH-HAH-HAH!

yeeeeeeep, yep yep yep yep yep yep

Here.

You mean letters to teach them how to set up a torrent client?

The Cunt?

I am just waiting for the letter stating that I cannot download from GOG and must buy from Steam as it allows more control over my internet usage. I could do with that, I always get confused when using TPB.

That's back when I was playing him.

The "we see you" may have an impact on the parents against their pirate-kids. However inelegant, it may slow down piracy a tiny little bit.

I think I'll put my 4 letters on the wall of my house, in nice glass frames.

This won`t change sod all & to be honest, if some films didn`t turn out so abysmal, those downloading may even buy them afterwards. Or not /shrug

One thing does piss me off though. I buy legit dvds, sit down to watch it & I`m then forced to watch trailers, logos for the production etc followed up by an un-skippable warning for piracy &/or several countries worth of legal notices...On a legit disc before the film will even start.

/facepalm


Pirate I say, screw the forced ad`s.

As for the four letters, send them back in unstamped envelope, it`ll cost them ;)

Very much this. I am most galled by those who abuse the "unskippable" code (which I knew vendors would do). Closely behind them are the ones who ignore the "go to disc menu" button - one of the worst is the BBC, who cram at least four preludes on every Doctor Who release and force you to keep hitting the fast-forward button to finally get to the menu.

I'm not a pirate, but they sure make it tempting to become one.