...this will get police to your (approximate) location even if all you do is dial it and hang up
Unfortunately not here in the UK
"The UK's Virgin Media could start suspending persistent file sharers"
Surely once should be enough! The police don't wait until you have persistently commited a crime before arresting you. In order to establish that you were a persistent file sharer wouldn't they lose the right to claim they were acting as a 'mere conduit' in order to avoid civil liability themsleves?
On a secondary note - if they warned a customer ahead of time about their alleged persistent *illegal* file sharing (as distinct from sharing, say, open source software) would they be allowed to "promote" their new service at the same time (and would this amount to a "get out of jail not-so-free card" or alternatively "demanding money with manaces")?
Say what you like, but downloading music and movies for free is still theft, no matter how you look at it.
Maybe where you come from. Here in the UK theft is theft and copyright infringment is copyright infringement - Theft is covered by criminal law and results in a prison sentence, copyright infringement is covered by civil law and results in damages being awarded.
Regardless - Here in the UK downloading music and movies is neither theft or copyright infringement - however uploading music and movies would be the latter....but its still not theft!
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