Filesharing: The letters sent to Virgin Media customers

Courtesy guardian.co.uk Technology  Thu, 07/03/2008 - 07:18

Virgin Media and the BPI have sent warning letters to people whose IP addresses have been identified as having been used for file-sharing.

Both letters are reprinted below.

The text of Virgin Media's letter to customers

We're writing to you about downloading and sharing of copyrighted files on the internet.

That's because we've received a report that copyrighted music has been shared using a computer linked to your Virgin Media internet account.

Please allow us to explain.

As...

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