Are Virigin Media planning to charge or fine anyone for using Limewire ? ?

Question

Are Virigin Media planning to charge or fine anyone for using Limewire ? ?

Answer 1

I very much doubt it. If they take any action they will just reduce your bandwidth so it takes an age to download, or put a max gb download allowance on for repeat offenders.

They can probably tell the file sizes you have downloaded but they will have no idea whether the content is copyrighted or not. They cannot tell what film title I have, just maybe know a 800mb file.

I use Virgin and limewire and have heard nothing from them.

Answer 2

No, Virgin media are one of a few ISP that have signed a deal with record labels. This deal means that if they suspect you of downloading music illegally (be it from limewire or somewhere else) they will send you a warning letter that if you continue they will disconnect your Internet.

Answer 3

I should hope not.

Will they be stopping our connection if we happen to do this odd bit of file sharing?

ISOHUNT RULES!

I know my connection is now limited between 4pm and midnight and apparently this was in the Terms and conditions.

they shoulda mentioned this huge life altering fact before I signed up.

I now have to cope with slow pages when I am trying to run a business.

Every week they work out if I have behaved myself and penalise me accordingly.

My restriction is removed on sunday and then I have to make sure I dont download too much after 4pm and before midnight or it happens again...

:O(

I dont feel like an 'offender' and my connection is a 'so called' unlimited connection. It is not supposed to be capped.

That is why I switched!

Answer 4

Virgin Media are not a court they can't fine anyone.

What they can do is report people using Limewire or reduce their bandwith or disconnect them